Stay up-to-date on the ethical and legal issues that affect your
clinical and professional decisions! Ethical and Legal Issues for
Mental Health Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook of Principles
and Standards details the ethical and legal issues that involve
mental health professionals. Respected authorities with diverse
backgrounds, expertise, and professional experience discuss
contemporary theories emphasizing professional ethics, the
ramifications of professional actions and decisions, and ethical
standards on teaching, training, research, and publication. This
informative handbook provides invaluable up-to-date information and
guidelines vital for every mental health professional. This book is
a thorough examination of ethical behavior which can be used as a
reference source for the professional or a textbook for graduate
students. The handbook itself is divided into five sections. The
first section is a detailed introduction of ethics, law, and
licensing. The second section presents general ethical principles
like competence, integrity, and respect for individual rights and
dignity. The third section examines confidentiality, privilege,
consent, and protection. The fourth section focuses on general
ethical standards in practice, including sexual contact, multiple
relationships, and bartering. The fifth section presents the
ethical principles and standards in teaching, training, and
research. Appendices include the Ethical Principles of
Psychologists and Code of Conduct (American Psychological
Association, 2002) and the Code of Ethics of the National
Association of Social Workers (National Association of Social
Workers, 1999). Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health
Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook of Principles and Standards
discusses: the history of basic approaches and issues in ethical
philosophy five fundamental areas in the process of developing
competence the necessary ingredients for the mental health
professional's practice of integrity aspirational versus
enforceable standards of ethics concern for the welfare of others
as a core ethical principle the notion of social responsibility in
the ethics codes of psychologists and social workers ethical
principles, statutes, and case law protecting privacy and
confidentiality issues involving the therapist-patient privilege
the "duty to protect" doctrine and relevant legal issues the
dynamics of multiple relationships and boundary violations
sexualized dual relationships between psychologists and patients
possible conflict of interest in bartering for services the
requirements and implementation of maintaining patient records to
avoid ethical and legal problems possible ethical dilemmas
involving referrals and fees much, much more This Handbook is an
essential resource for all mental health professionals, including
psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors,
therapists, and graduate students in mental health and the related
fields. Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: A
Comprehensive Handbook of Principles and Standards is the first of
three volumes under this title. The following volumes will focus on
forensic settings and special populations/special treatment
modalities.
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