The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals: A Complete Guide to Responsible Practice, 2nd Edition

by Thomas L. Hartsell (Northlake College and Texas Woman's University ); Barton E. Bernstein (University of Texas, Arlington )

• ISBN13: 9780470288290
• ISBN10: 0470288299
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Now fully revised and in a second edition, The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals suggests solutions to the simple and complex ethical questions mental health professionals must deal with on a daily basis. This indispensable guide arms you with the expert knowledge you need to avoid an ethical violation?or to handle the situation if a complaint is filed. Web copy, 5/14/08, RH

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Client Issues

Alternative Treatment Methods

Boundary Violations

Confidentiality

Dangerous Clients

Discrimination

False and Misleading Statements

Informed Consent

Interviewing

Prohibited Clients

Risky Clients

Repressed and Recovered Memory

Sexual Misconduct

Terminating Therapy

Ethics Codes and Licensing

Areas of Ethical Complaints

Ethics Codes as Evidence

Licensing Board Procedures

Office of Civil Rights

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Reporting Statutes and Obligations

Practice Considerations

Billing

Establishing a Practice

Closing or Interrupting a Practice

Kickbacks, Bartering, Fees, and Gifts

Malpractice Insurance

Record Keeping

Professional Issues

Drug and Alcohol Use, Impairment

Duty to Warn

Interprofessional Issues

Professional Vulnerability

Supervision

Special Therapy Considerations

Forensic Evaluation

Group Therapy

Don't Do Dumb Stuff

Epilogue: Ethics in the Twenty-First Century

Mental Health Professional Organizations

Allied Healthcare Providers Professional and Supplemental Liability Insurance Policy

Social Workers Professional Liability Claims-Made Policy

Sample Jurisprudence Exam Questions

References and Reading Material

Index

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