Do psychotherapy and non-medicinal treatments need to be reported on a 1st class FAA Medical application?
Such as cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, and/or hypnotherapy for conditions like social anxiety? And if so, are any of these things potentially disqualifying?
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December 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
any visit to a "healthcare professional" must be reported on the medical form… They are not necessarily disqualifying, but need to be reviewed to determine if they would affect your ability to function as a pilot.
December 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
No and yes, if you recieved treatment 3 years prior to your exam you need to report it. However dont be worried, if it was cbt or social anxiety they cannot disqualify you at all. If you went away to a mental hospital for trying to kill yourself….then yes.
There is a law known as hippa, so to tell you the truth, you dont have to tell them anything. Just try to steer clear of seeing docs, 3 years prior. If seeing doctors for mental problems hurt your chances of becoming somtthing in life, nobody would go. As a u.s citizen you are protected under hippa.
December 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Jim has it right, Michael doesn’t. HIPAA has no effect on the disclosures you must make to the FAA for a medical. You still have to tell them everything they ask about; you agree to that on the form itself. Failure to do so might prevent you from flying permanently, as the FAA takes a very dim view of people who lie or "forget" on their 8500-8 form. And if you don’t want to agree to disclose this information, well, you don’t get a medical, and you don’t get a license.
December 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Jim is correct. I would report everything and let the chips fall where they may.. Most of the time you will simply be deferred to the FAA medical office and then be issued a "special issuance". This has little effect on your flying.. Some of them will want more information, some of them will require renewing your medical once a year/ every six months. But you will have a legal medical.