Do antidepressants show up on a background check?
Do antidepressants show up on a background check? Antidepressants are not considered drugs of abuse. That's why employers generally don't usually test for these prescriptions drugs in a screening. However, antidepressants have been known to produce false positives.
Can you ask a doctor to keep something off the record?
Patients should also be allowed to ask questions and make consultations that can remain off the record at their request (as long as there is no risk to other people).
What shows on mental health records?
HHS outlines psychotherapy notes are not inclusive of medical prescriptions, session start and stop times, frequency of treatment, clinical tests, summaries of diagnosis, symptoms, prognosis, etc. These pieces of information are considered mental health records, and thus part of the patient's general medical record.