Am I doing the right thing?

[7colorsrainbow]

Upon discharge a 23-year-old young man who came in for seizure, he requested for appointment at psychological medicine clinic because unable to sleep for few days and low mood. When I informed him about the date of appointment under psychological medicine, his mother at bedside seemed not understand, looked surprised and asked why her son need to see psychological medicine doctor but the patient expressed his anger and said never mind!As I realized the patient may not want to let his mother to know about it, so I didn't explain further to his mother for patient's confidentiality.When reflected back about the incident, I was thinking if I do the right thing to disclose the thing to his mother? Should I actually explained to patient's mother so that patient can get psychological support from his mother? What if the source of stress is actually from patient's family? Well, I guess I did the right thing for the issue. if you are in my position, what will you do?

[DeeAngel]

What you did was a huge HIPAA violation, be prepared for blowback.