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It's a pretty bad place as a normal person considering the fact that the state doesn't really exist. As a government agent however, it would be great because you can do your confidential work without anyone suspecting anything since that's what Wyoming is really used for.

I assume that it’s for the sake of people who have genuine needs for information about personal matters that they might want to keep confidential. Like, “Are there any battered women’s shelters near Remotesville, Wyoming?”But you are right that allowing anonymous questions is an open invitation to trolls.We should all remember to check for anonymous troll questions and just downvote them rather than answer them.

Good God, you’ve been getting some inaccurate information here. There’s only one correct answer to your question: It depends on where you live.Are you in California? The rules aren’t the same there as they are in Delaware. Or Idaho. Or Hawaii. Each state has its own laws & canon of medical ethics. Some states might sanction a doctor for failing to report a crime. Others might revoke her license for doing the opposite.Here’s what the American Medical Association has to say on the subject.“In general, patients are entitled to decide whether and to whom their personal health information is disclosed. However, specific consent is not required in all situations. . . . Physicians may disclose personal health information without the specific consent of the patient . . .(d) To appropriate authorities when disclosure is required by law.So there are exceptions to confidentiality. But what does “when disclosure is required by law” even mean?Again, do you live in Wyoming? Alaska? New Jersey? Let’s hope it’s not New Jersey, but you get the point. The rules vary. There’s no nationwide law that requires or even encourages shrinks to report patient confessions of any kind. Quite the opposite:“[I]n most states, psychiatrists are not mandated to report patient self-disclosures about the commission of past murders, rapes, spousal abuse, tax evasion, drug distribution, or the possession and/or distribution of child pornography (and are ordinarily statutorily prohibited from doing so).”There are a few general exceptions.Mandatory Reporting. Psychiatrists are considered “mandated reporters” in many states & are legally required to report ongoing abuse of vulnerable people, especially children.Duty to Protect. About half the states require that doctors report patients who pose an imminent threat to other people. Sometimes this means warning the potential victim, sometimes the police, sometimes both.Crime-Fraud. Let’s say you owe $2 million in payday loans & just lost your job at the car wash. You need money, so you convince your psychiatrist to join you in a scheme to defraud Medicare. Now you’ve dragged her into a federal crime, & she may have to testify against you.But even with these exceptions, psychiatrists have no desire to snitch on their patients. Blabbing would quickly destroy their ability to treat sick people, earn an income, & buy that second Jaguar.Doctors take confidentiality seriously. Believe it or not, so do judges, lawyers, even lawmakers. The rest of us should, too — assuming we value our right to not die from not getting medical care.