Lock up the criminally insane.
No need for such background checks if the insane must be accompanied by a legal guardian at all times.
The pills don’t cure them, they just make them pass for normal until they snap. Or quit taking their meds. Or augment their meds with pot and other drugs.
The leading gay advocacy groups are seeking to end laws that require those with AIDS to notify past sexual partners and to notify any potential new sexual partners before they have sex.
Because AIDS Pride and all that.
If psychiatrists are required to notify the authorities when it is disclosed/confessed that a target has been identified and threats have been made, next thing you know it the military will not be permitted to let fellow Sgt. Akbars make death threats against the lowly kufir and retain their positions.
I can see the arguments on both sides of this. On one hand people with mental issues, who tend to be paranoid anyway, might just refuse treatment or clam up and not say anything if the know the Psychiatrist is essentially required to snitch to law enforcement. On the other hand I would certainly want to know is some nut had me on his hit list. The question is where do you draw the line? If a patient says, “I hate my boss, I would sure like to punch that old dog in the face.” Is that a threat? Or is it just someone blowing off steam and thinking what most people have fantasized about at least once in their life? Should law enforcement and/or the boss be informed?