Disclosures | Links to External Sites | Electronic Communications Children & Adolescents | Interactive Tools | Personally Identifiable Information
Health Content and Links to External Sites Behavioral Health Link (BHL) has the goal of providing accurate and useful information through its Web site, behavioralhealthlink.com. All healthcare content that is on this Web site should be viewed as general information, intended to add to your knowledge and understanding of behavioral health issues and ways to find resources for help; it is not a substitute for a professional relationship with your own healthcare provider. All information is gathered from evidence-based research, national guidelines, best practice, and reputable resources and written or reviewed by licensed health professionals. The internal reviewers are identified, and the author and/or source of the information will be cited whenever possible. Information is included about author(s) and/or reviewers that enables the user to make judgments about the quality of the information; this includes a brief professional biography of each author or reviewer with his or her professional qualifications. Prior to distribution or viewing, all health content posted on the Web site is reviewed for clinical accuracy, regulatory compliance, readability and functionality. All content developed by third parties and used on behavioralhealthlink.com is held to these same standards and review processes. BHL will not knowingly post any content that contains false or misleading information, or promotes ineffective or dangerous products. BHL does not warrant the accuracy, timeliness or appropriateness for a particular purpose of any information obtained through this Web site. BHL shall not be liable for damages associated with alleged reliance on information provided on this site or information provided on sites linked to this site. Health Content is Not Medical or Behavioral Health Care The information and health content found on this site is not designed as a substitute for health care or medical advice from a heath care professional. All questions about treatment should be referred to your health care provider. BHL makes no claim of therapeutic benefit for any information on its website. This site should not be used for emergency purposes. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. This site does not provide any communication with a health care professional regarding assessment, diagnosis, or treatment of any health or behavioral health problem; users with questions about behavioral health issues should call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at 1-800-715-4225 or contact a behavioral health care professional; general health questions should be addressed to an appropriate health care provider. Personal health management tools such as self-assessments that may be included on the Web site are not intended to take the place of evaluation by a health care professional.
Information obtained from any external site linked to our Web site is intended for your general knowledge only and does not imply endorsement or recommendation by BHL.
All emails that are received by customer service via the BHL Web site are acknowledged with an automated acknowledgement receipt email. There is a five day response time for most inquiries.
BHL's Web site is not intended for minors and BHL does not intend to collect personal information from minors through its Web Site. Parental discretion is always advised. By allowing a minor under your care, custody or control to view, access and/or use BHL's Web site, you accept full responsibility for any consequences resulting or arising there from.
For all subscriber-interactive communications that may be included on the BHL web site, such as health risk assessments and self-assessment tools, BHL will disclose sources and appropriately describe the scientific basis for their operation, how the results are evaluated, and the date the tool was last reviewed or updated. In addition, prior to entering any secure, interactive section of the web site, a warning will appear advising users that they must be at least eighteen years old to use the interactive features.
6. Personally Identifiable Information
In the event that BHL collects personally identifiable information, BHL will disclose to web site users (1) how personally-identifiable information will be used by BHL, (2) to whom, if anyone, personally-identifiable information may be disclosed (3) how long personally-identifiable information will be retained, (4) the rights of the users with respect to the personally-identifiable information and, (5) the identify of the entity maintaining such information, if not BHL. BHL will only disclose personally-identifiable information in the secure, interactive section of the web site. Prior to entering any such section, a warning will appear advising users that they must be at least eighteen years old to use these features.
BHL will disclose to web site users significant relationships between commercial sponsors and health content by identifying a sponsor's involvement in (a) selecting and preparing health information content that appears on the web site and (b) any co-branding of health content or service delivery. To this end, all health content on BHL's web site will (1) identify the source of the information, where appropriate, (2) be selected solely on the merits of information provided, and (3) forbid the identification of specific products where one could reasonably infer that BHL was endorsing such a specific product to the source's commercial advantage. |
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