With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". in the course of mental health counseling. See id. at 561. Any threat of disclosure of such information would obstruct, if not bar, successful treatment. See McCormick § 98, at 447. Moreover, unwanted disclosure of highly personal information separately implicates one of the most fundamental tenets of all law—the right to privacy. Heemstra, 721 N.W.2d at 561. Thus, we are not just dealing with a strong belief recognized by statute, but a right with roots found in our constitution. The privilege necessarily recognizes a right to protect the privacy interests of the individual to keep private information from public disclosure, independent from the need for optimum medical treatment recognized by statute. See McMaster v. Bd. of Psychology Exam’rs, 509 N.W.2d 754, 758-59 (Iowa 1993) (<HOLDING>). Nevertheless, all fifty states and the

A: recognizing an individuals right of privacy in the content of health records and noting that health records are the property of the health care entity maintaining them
B: recognizing the roots of the right to privacy in mental health records
C: holding that every citizen has a constitutional right of privacy in his or her medical records
D: recognizing a constitutional right of privacy in mental health records
D.