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Mother Warns of Risks After Teen Dies Hours After Reading Her Mental Health Records
After reading her mental health records, Maya Cassady, 17, took her own life; her mother urges mandatory professional support for teens accessing sensitive health data.
- Maya Cassady, 17, obtained her mental-health records via a FOI request, and her mother says she took her own life hours after reading them.
- Clinical notes included working diagnoses such as 'chronic dysthymia vs unspecified depressive disorder' that Hilary Cassady said were not discussed, and her daughter Googled terms and 'gave up hope' after seeing results suggesting the condition was untreatable.
- In most health authorities, people can request records starting at age 12, but treating clinicians are often not notified when an FOI is made, the emergency room psychiatrist said.
- Jeremy Valeriote raised the case in the legislature last week and echoed calls for support, while Josie Osborne said the province is focusing on youth supports including a suicide prevention network.
- The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulation allows public bodies to delay disclosure or involve health professionals if harm is possible, but the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. says screening every request is 'not possible'.
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