Certificate holders can only choose to disclose "such things as child abuse, reportable communicable diseases, possible threat to self or others, or other voluntary disclosures provided that such disclosures are spelled out in the informed consent form."

Such things are spelled out in the consent form as follows: "You should understand that we will in all cases, take the necessary action, including reporting to authorities, to prevent serious harm to yourself, children, or others. For example, in the case of current or imminent child abuse or neglect. Note: We are NOT mandated to report PAST sexual abuse of children and we will not do so, but we cannot protect information of ongoing, current or imminent sexual abuse of children from subpoena."

The researchers are in no position to know what is happening in any respondent's life. Thus, they can only know what the respondent tells them. Some questions have room for comments. If you say, e.g., "I have bought a gun and ammunition, and next Wednesday evening I'll go to place X and murder Mr. Y," or "Every Saturday afternoon I go to 10-year-old Jenny W's house and we have sex and I'm going again this Saturday," those are things they'd be obligated to report or respond to if subpoenaed. Note that no questions ask about such things, but one is theoretically free to type in such a thing in a comment box. My recommendation is do not disclose any such info, and they will not be able to disclose anything about you.






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