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These Terms of Use and Disclaimer govern access to and use of Mental Health Board Org, available at https://mentalhealthboard.org.

By accessing or using the website, visitors acknowledge these Terms and agree to use the website lawfully and consistently with its institutional, educational, ethical, scientific, and editorial purposes.

These Terms should be read together with the Privacy Policy and any specific notice associated with particular content or functionality.

Mental Health Board Org is intended to serve as an institutional editorial reference for mental health ethics, responsible communication, educational standards, evidence-informed good practices, and related subjects.

THE TERM “BOARD” DOES NOT, BY ITSELF, MEAN THAT MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG IS A STATE MEDICAL BOARD, PSYCHOLOGY BOARD, LICENSING AUTHORITY, STATUTORY PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT REGULATOR, ACCREDITING BODY, CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY, DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL, OR OTHER PUBLIC AUTHORITY.

THE WEBSITE DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY, SOLELY BY VIRTUE OF ITS NAME OR PUBLICATIONS, TO ISSUE OR REVOKE PROFESSIONAL LICENCES, IMPOSE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE, DETERMINE LEGAL SCOPE OF PRACTICE, OR DECLARE AN INDIVIDUAL “BOARD-CERTIFIED.”

Any institutional standards, principles, recommendations, or codes published by the project should be understood as project-level materials unless an external legal, governmental, professional, or scientific authority is expressly and accurately identified.

Dr. Thomas Rivera is identified as an editorial and institutional contact. That identification does not independently establish a particular professional licence, medical speciality, board certification, governmental position, or academic appointment.

Educational and Informational Nature

The website may publish articles, essays, ethical frameworks, standards, policy analyses, evidence summaries, good-practice recommendations, educational materials, and reference content concerning mental health, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, wellbeing, neuroscience, technology, professional ethics, and related fields.

The content is provided for institutional, educational, ethical, scientific-literacy, editorial, and informational purposes.

Nature of Institutional Standards

Where the website publishes an original guideline, standard, code, or recommendation, the material should identify its nature and intended scope when necessary to avoid confusion.

AN INTERNAL OR EDITORIAL STANDARD IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY A LAW, REGULATION, CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE, LICENSING REQUIREMENT, STANDARD OF CARE, OR PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINARY RULE.

Where a document reproduces or summarises an external requirement, the responsible authority and source should be accurately identified.

Hierarchy of Evidence and Authority

The website should distinguish, where material, among:

binding laws and regulations;
requirements issued by competent regulatory authorities;
formal clinical or professional guidelines;
public health recommendations;
systematic reviews and scientific evidence;
individual research studies;
expert commentary;
professional consensus statements;
theoretical or psychoanalytic interpretations;
editorial positions or internal Mental Health Board Org standards.

THE PLACEMENT OF MATERIAL UNDER THE TITLE “GUIDELINE,” “STANDARD,” “BOARD RECOMMENDATION,” OR “BEST PRACTICE” DOES NOT CHANGE ITS ACTUAL LEGAL OR SCIENTIFIC STATUS.

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER AND CLINICAL LIABILITY NOTICE

ALL CONTENT CONCERNING MEDICINE, MENTAL HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOANALYSIS, NEUROSCIENCE, MEDICATION, DIAGNOSES, SYMPTOMS, THERAPY, TREATMENT, OR CLINICAL PRACTICE IS PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS, PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT, PSYCHOTHERAPY, DIAGNOSES, PRESCRIPTIONS, TELEHEALTH SERVICES, CLINICAL SCREENING, PATIENT TRIAGE, OR INDIVIDUALISED TREATMENT.

A MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG STANDARD, ARTICLE, CHECKLIST, OR RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT CREATE A DOCTOR-PATIENT, THERAPIST-PATIENT, PSYCHOLOGIST-PATIENT, ANALYST-ANALYSAND, SUPERVISOR-SUPERVISEE, OR OTHER CLINICAL RELATIONSHIP.

THE WEBSITE'S EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DOES NOT REPLACE CLINICAL JUDGEMENT, AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT ASSESSMENT, APPLICABLE LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CODE, A LICENSING BOARD REQUIREMENT, OR AN AUTHORITATIVE CLINICAL GUIDELINE.

DO NOT START, STOP, SUBSTITUTE, OR CHANGE MEDICATION, PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, OR OTHER TREATMENT SOLELY BECAUSE OF MATERIAL PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DIAGNOSE THE READER, FAMILY MEMBERS, PARTNERS, STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, PATIENTS, PUBLIC FIGURES, OR OTHER PEOPLE.

Anyone experiencing symptoms, persistent psychological distress, or concerns regarding mental or physical health should seek appropriate assessment from a qualified professional.

EMERGENCIES AND CRISIS SITUATIONS

MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG IS NOT AN EMERGENCY SERVICE, CRISIS CENTRE, SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE, OR SUBSTITUTE FOR IMMEDIATE PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.

If you or another person is in immediate physical danger or experiencing a medical emergency in the United States, call 911 or seek an appropriate emergency department.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call, text, or use available 988 crisis support in the United States.
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 in the United States.
911: use for immediate physical danger, medical emergencies, or circumstances requiring an emergency response.
International resources: people outside the United States should use local emergency services and may consult international support directories such as befrienders.org or findahelpline.com.

988 AND CRISIS SUPPORT RESOURCES DO NOT TURN THIS WEBSITE INTO A CRISIS SERVICE OR CLINICAL PROVIDER.

DO NOT RELY ON EMAIL, COMMENTS, CONTACT FORMS, AUTOMATED TOOLS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OR ORDINARY WEBSITE COMMUNICATION WHEN IMMEDIATE SAFETY IS AT RISK.

Crisis-service availability and operating procedures may change and should be confirmed with the relevant provider when necessary.

Content Accuracy and Editorial Review

Mental Health Board Org seeks to maintain strong standards of factual accuracy, scientific proportionality, source attribution, methodological transparency, ethical review, correction, and human editorial responsibility.

Health and Clinical Claims

Claims concerning prevention, diagnosis, treatment, safety, efficacy, symptom reduction, risk, or health outcomes should be proportionate to the supporting evidence.

A HEALTH CLAIM SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED AS ESTABLISHED FACT WHEN THE SUPPORTING SCIENCE IS PRELIMINARY, CONFLICTING, INDIRECT, OR OTHERWISE INSUFFICIENT FOR THAT LEVEL OF CERTAINTY.

Where commercial health products, applications, technologies, programmes, or services are discussed or promoted, objective claims should be truthful, non-misleading, and supported by evidence appropriate to the claim.

Express and reasonably implied health claims should both be considered during editorial review.

Scientific Evidence

When scientific research is cited, relevant considerations may include study design, sample size, population, comparison groups, outcome measures, duration, conflicts of interest, statistical limitations, replication, and consistency with the broader body of evidence.

AN INDIVIDUAL STUDY SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED AS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS MERELY BECAUSE ITS FINDINGS SUPPORT A DESIRED CONCLUSION.

Correlation should not automatically be presented as causation.

A testimonial, personal experience, professional anecdote, or case description does not by itself establish treatment efficacy.

Clinical Guidelines and Editorial Recommendations

When discussing clinical-practice guidelines, the website should identify the responsible organisation and relevant version or date where reasonably possible.

A MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG EDITORIAL RECOMMENDATION MUST NOT BE FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, A U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY, A PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD, A MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, OR ANOTHER EXTERNAL AUTHORITY.

If multiple authoritative guidelines materially disagree, the disagreement should not be concealed merely to produce apparent certainty.

Professional Ethics

The website may discuss confidentiality, informed consent, professional boundaries, conflicts of interest, responsible communication, patient dignity, discrimination, digital-health ethics, and other professional issues.

Ethical principles should be distinguished from binding legal duties where the distinction matters.

THE WEBSITE'S INTERPRETATION OF AN ETHICAL ISSUE DOES NOT REPLACE A PROFESSIONAL'S OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW APPLICABLE LAW AND THE RULES OF THE ACTUAL LICENSING OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY GOVERNING THAT PROFESSIONAL.

Institutional Evaluations and Certifications

If the website ever publishes rankings, ratings, seals, assessments, certifications, recommendations, or lists of professionals, organisations, courses, applications, or services, the underlying methodology and material commercial relationships should be transparently disclosed where necessary to avoid misleading users.

THE WEBSITE MUST NOT USE A SEAL, BADGE, “BOARD APPROVED” DESIGNATION, OR SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION OF GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL, PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, OR INDEPENDENT ACCREDITATION.

Responsible Mental Health Communication

For content involving suicide, self-harm, or mental health crises, the website seeks to observe responsible communication practices recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Such content should avoid sensationalism, romanticisation, glorification, unnecessary description of suicide methods, simplistic causal explanations, and presentation of suicide as inevitable or as an ordinary solution to problems.

Where appropriate, content should provide accurate help-seeking information and emphasise coping, support, prevention, hope, survival, and recovery.

The website should exercise particular caution when discussing suicide involving celebrities, public figures, or identifiable individuals.

Reference to WHO recommendations does not constitute WHO sponsorship, approval, certification, accreditation, partnership, or endorsement of Mental Health Board Org.

The website may correct, supplement, update, archive, supersede, or withdraw content where a material error, unreliable source, new evidence, updated regulation, or other significant issue is identified.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG IS NOT LIABLE FOR MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, PSYCHOANALYTIC, THERAPEUTIC, OR PHARMACOLOGICAL DECISIONS MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF GENERAL CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE.

A WEBSITE GUIDELINE, STANDARD, CHECKLIST, OR BEST-PRACTICE DOCUMENT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISH THE LEGAL OR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD OF CARE FOR A PARTICULAR PATIENT, PROFESSION, STATE, OR CLINICAL SETTING.

THE WEBSITE DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT A PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD, COURT, EMPLOYER, HEALTHCARE ORGANISATION, INSURER, UNIVERSITY, ACCREDITOR, OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY WILL ADOPT OR ACCEPT A MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG STANDARD.

THE TERM “BOARD” DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO LICENSE, CERTIFY, DISCIPLINE, SANCTION, OR REGULATE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

THE WEBSITE DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT A PARTICULAR INTERVENTION, DIGITAL TOOL, THERAPY, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, OR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WILL PRODUCE A SPECIFIC HEALTH OUTCOME.

THE WEBSITE DOES NOT GUARANTEE UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ABSOLUTE SECURITY, COMPLETE ABSENCE OF TECHNICAL ERRORS, OR PERMANENT ACCURACY OF ALL HISTORICAL OR REGULATORY MATERIAL.

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE DISCLAIMED OR LIMITS NON-WAIVABLE RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE CONSUMER, PRIVACY, HEALTH, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR OTHER LAW.

External Links and Third-Party Websites

The website may link to government agencies, universities, journals, professional associations, clinical guideline publishers, mental health organisations, charities, software providers, research institutions, or other external resources.

A link or citation does not automatically constitute partnership, sponsorship, endorsement, certification, common ownership, or approval.

When a material commercial, affiliate, sponsored, or other relationship exists, it should be disclosed where relevant to a reasonable user's interpretation.

The website does not continuously control the accuracy, privacy practices, licensing status, safety, current content, or availability of third-party websites.

A LINK TO A PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RESOURCE, OR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE EXTERNAL ORGANISATION APPROVES OR ENDORSES MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG.

Visitors should independently review external providers' policies and claims.

User Content

If comments, policy feedback, questions, submissions, or other participatory features are offered, users remain responsible for material they submit.

Users must not submit unlawful, threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, fraudulent, infringing, or privacy-invasive content.

USERS MUST NOT PUBLISH IDENTIFIABLE PATIENT RECORDS, PSYCHOTHERAPY NOTES, SESSION TRANSCRIPTS, PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS, DIAGNOSES, OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL CLINICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIRD PARTIES.

THE WEBSITE'S COMMENT OR CONTACT CHANNELS ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINARY COMPLAINT SYSTEMS AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR REPORTING TO AN ACTUAL LICENSING BOARD, LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, HEALTHCARE ORGANISATION, OR OTHER COMPETENT BODY.

Clinical terminology should not be used to harass, stigmatise, or publicly diagnose another identifiable person without an appropriate basis.

Users must not fabricate studies, credentials, disciplinary findings, licensing status, institutional endorsements, or complaints.

The website may moderate, decline, restrict, or remove material that violates applicable law, privacy, confidentiality, intellectual-property rights, these Terms, or reasonable editorial standards.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, original articles, ethical frameworks, institutional standards, educational materials, analyses, compilations, editorial organisation, graphics, branding, and other original materials published by Mental Health Board Org are protected under applicable intellectual-property law.

United States copyright protection is governed principally by Title 17 of the United States Code.

Public access to the website does not transfer copyright ownership or other intellectual-property rights to visitors.

Fair use and other statutory exceptions remain available to the extent provided by applicable law.

Clinical guidelines, governmental documents, articles, images, trademarks, scales, psychological instruments, translations, and third-party publications remain subject to their respective copyright, licensing, trademark, contractual, or other legal status.

THE FACT THAT A PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINE OR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE IS CITED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DOES NOT MEAN THAT ITS FULL TEXT MAY NECESSARILY BE REPUBLISHED WITHOUT AUTHORISATION.

Unauthorised systematic copying, commercial republication, removal of attribution, or other infringing use may be restricted according to applicable law.

DMCA and Copyright Notice Procedure

Where the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applies, notices may be handled in accordance with 17 U.S.C. section 512 and other applicable copyright law.

A copyright notice should, where legally applicable, identify the protected work, the allegedly infringing material and its location, the complaining party's contact information, and the statements and signature required under applicable law.

The website may request additional information where a complaint is materially incomplete.

A copyright complaint does not automatically establish infringement where the material is authorised, licensed, in the public domain, protected by fair use, or otherwise lawfully used.

If the operator seeks reliance on a statutory DMCA safe harbour for user-generated content, the responsible operator should separately assess all applicable statutory requirements, including any required designation and registration of a DMCA agent.

User Conduct

Users agree not to:

attempt unauthorised access to administrative systems or accounts;
exploit security vulnerabilities;
introduce malware or malicious code;
conduct abusive automated activity that materially disrupts the website;
engage in fraud or identity impersonation;
unlawfully collect personal information;
disclose confidential patient or client information;
present editorial content as individual clinical diagnosis;
publicly diagnose third parties without an appropriate basis;
fabricate studies, statistics, evidence, or clinical outcomes;
fabricate professional licences, certifications, board status, or disciplinary decisions;
fabricate government approval or institutional endorsement;
create false “Board Approved” or equivalent claims;
fabricate scientific references, authors, DOI numbers, or quotations;
fabricate patient testimonials or clinical cases presented as real;
misrepresent an internal editorial standard as binding law or regulation;
misrepresent a certificate as a professional licence;
infringe copyright or other intellectual-property rights;
use the website for unlawful purposes.

Use by Health Professionals

Physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, nurses, counsellors, researchers, educators, students, healthcare administrators, and other professionals may consult Mental Health Board Org as educational or institutional reference material.

The website does not replace primary scientific literature, clinical judgement, supervision, accredited professional training, formal clinical guidelines, laws, regulations, ethical codes, or requirements of the professional's actual licensing authority.

GENERAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT OR A MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG STANDARD SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, PRESCRIPTION, PATIENT MANAGEMENT, OR ANOTHER MATERIAL HEALTHCARE DECISION.

Professionals remain responsible for checking the current law, licensing requirements, evidence, contraindications, patient circumstances, professional guidance, and applicable standard of care.

AN INTERNAL MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ORG GUIDELINE DOES NOT OVERRIDE A STATE MEDICAL BOARD, PSYCHOLOGY BOARD, PROFESSIONAL REGULATOR, FEDERAL LAW, STATE LAW, COURT ORDER, EMPLOYER POLICY, OR OTHER LEGALLY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT.

IDENTIFIABLE CLINICAL CASES USED IN TEACHING, PUBLICATION, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOLARLY DISCUSSION REQUIRE APPROPRIATE ATTENTION TO CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY, CONSENT WHERE REQUIRED, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, AND APPLICABLE LAW.

Nothing on this website grants a medical, psychology, psychotherapy, psychoanalytic, counselling, nursing, or other regulated professional licence.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Editorial Production

Mental Health Board Org may use artificial intelligence systems as supporting tools in selected stages of editorial production.

Such systems may assist with preliminary research, thematic organisation, drafting support, language review, translation, classification, document comparison, summarisation, or visual-content development.

FINAL EDITORIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY MUST REMAIN HUMAN.

Standards and Guidelines

Artificial intelligence may assist in organising drafts, but an AI-generated recommendation does not automatically become an adopted institutional standard.

AI MUST NOT BE USED TO INVENT CLINICAL GUIDELINES, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, LICENSING RULES, OR WHO RECOMMENDATIONS.

Any external guideline, law, regulation, professional code, or institutional standard suggested by AI should be verified against an appropriate source before publication.

Scientific Evidence

AI MUST NOT FABRICATE STUDIES, AUTHORS, DOI NUMBERS, STATISTICAL RESULTS, PATIENT OUTCOMES, CLINICAL TRIALS, META-ANALYSES, OR SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS.

Scientific claims prepared with AI assistance require human verification against appropriate source material.

Clinical Recommendations

AI-GENERATED CONTENT MUST NOT BE PRESENTED AS A PERSONALISED DIAGNOSIS, PRESCRIPTION, TREATMENT PLAN, OR PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL DECISION.

Automated fluency, confidence, or apparent expertise does not establish clinical validity.

Professional and Institutional Claims

AI MUST NOT INVENT PROFESSIONAL LICENCES, BOARD CERTIFICATIONS, REGULATORY APPROVALS, DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS, ACCREDITATIONS, UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS, OR INSTITUTIONAL ENDORSEMENTS.

Privacy and Confidentiality

IDENTIFIABLE PATIENT RECORDS, PSYCHOTHERAPY NOTES, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS, SESSION TRANSCRIPTS, OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL CLINICAL INFORMATION MUST NOT BE ENTERED INTO GENERAL-PURPOSE AI SYSTEMS AS AN ORDINARY EDITORIAL PRACTICE.

If personal information must exceptionally be processed through an AI service for a legitimate purpose, applicable privacy requirements, necessity, security, provider terms, data retention, confidentiality, reuse for model training, subprocessors, and international transfers should be assessed first.

Sensitive Inferences

AI MUST NOT BE USED BY THE WEBSITE TO DIAGNOSE OR CREATE A CLINICAL RISK PROFILE ABOUT A READER SOLELY FROM ARTICLES VIEWED, SEARCH TERMS, ORDINARY NAVIGATION, OR OTHER GENERAL EDITORIAL INTERACTION.

Human Review

Content involving suicide, self-harm, diagnosis, medication, clinical interventions, legal obligations, professional ethics, regulatory standards, or vulnerable populations should receive human review proportionate to the potential harm of error.

Transparency

Where AI has played a substantial role and disclosure is material to understanding how content was produced, an appropriate transparency notice may be provided.

Use of artificial intelligence does not eliminate human responsibility for the final publication or adoption of a standard.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, a user whose unlawful conduct, intentional infringement, fraud, unauthorised disclosure, forged credential, security attack, or other wrongful conduct causes demonstrable loss may be responsible for resulting damages according to applicable law.

Indemnification is not automatic and remains subject to applicable requirements, causation, defences, proportionality, and non-waivable rights.

This provision does not transfer to users responsibilities that applicable consumer, privacy, health, intellectual-property, or other law places upon the responsible website operator.

Termination of Access

Access may be restricted or blocked where there are reasonable indications of fraud, attempted intrusion, malicious automation, infringement, unlawful disclosure, credential falsification, or another material violation of these Terms.

The website may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance, security, technical updates, or institutional reorganisation.

Articles, standards, guidelines, ethical principles, recommendations, and other materials may be corrected, revised, superseded, archived, or withdrawn because of new evidence, updated regulations, factual errors, legal concerns, or editorial developments.

A SUPERSEDED GUIDELINE SHOULD NOT BE REPRESENTED AS THE CURRENT VERSION AFTER A NEW VERSION HAS BEEN FORMALLY ADOPTED.

MATERIAL ERRORS IN HEALTH, LEGAL, ETHICAL, OR SAFETY INFORMATION SHOULD BE CORRECTED WITH APPROPRIATE PRIORITY.

Previous publication does not create an obligation to keep material permanently available.

Governing Law and Forum

These Terms will be governed, to the extent legally permissible, by applicable federal law of the United States and the laws of the State of California.

For disputes in which contractual forum selection is legally enforceable, courts of competent jurisdiction located in California may serve as the agreed forum.

This provision does not waive statutory rights, mandatory consumer forums, professional-regulatory jurisdiction, or other protections that cannot lawfully be waived.

Where the GDPR, UK GDPR, Brazilian LGPD, Peruvian Law No. 29733, or another foreign law has mandatory application to a specific activity, its applicable protections remain effective notwithstanding this governing-law provision.

General Provisions

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Failure to enforce a provision on one occasion does not constitute permanent waiver.

These Terms may be updated in response to legal, regulatory, scientific, technological, ethical, or institutional developments.

The current version will be made available through the website.

INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY IN MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD BE BUILT THROUGH TRACEABLE SOURCES, SCIENTIFIC PROPORTIONALITY, RESPONSIBLE ETHICS, HUMAN REVIEW, TRANSPARENT CORRECTIONS, AND CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN LAW, CLINICAL GUIDANCE, PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, AND EDITORIAL RECOMMENDATION.

THE WORD “BOARD” MUST NOT BE USED TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION OF GOVERNMENTAL, LICENSING, DISCIPLINARY, ACCREDITATION, OR CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY.

MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION MUST NOT BE USED AS A PRETEXT FOR UNSUPPORTED DIAGNOSIS, STIGMATISATION, OR SENSITIVE PROFILING OF READERS.

The website may adopt additional policies concerning research evidence, institutional standards, conflicts of interest, corrections, professional ethics, AI governance, suicide communication, citations, and editorial methodology.

Legal Contact

Legal, copyright, privacy, institutional, ethical, or editorial enquiries may be submitted to:

Mental Health Board Org

Website: https://mentalhealthboard.org

Editorial and institutional contact: Dr. Thomas Rivera.

Email: dr.thomasrivera@mentalhealthboard.org

Nature of the website: digital institutional, educational, ethics, standards, and mental health information project.

Primary jurisdiction: USA.

Last Updated

Original effective date: May 17, 2020.

Legal consolidation of this version: September 2, 2026.