Ethical Conflicts in Psychology

by Bersoff, Donald N.

• ISBN13: 9781557985996
• ISBN10: 1557985995
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Author is director of the JD-PhD Program in Law and Psychology sponsored by Villanova Law School and Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Reference/text for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students. Over 30 new articles and com- mentary have been added. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover, hardcover also available.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	xv
Preface to the First Edition	xvii
Introduction	xxi
Ethics Codes and How They are Enforced
Introduction	1	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Ethical Dilemmas Encountered by Members of the American Psychological Association: A National Survey	4	(3)
Kenneth S. Pope
Valerie A. Vetter
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct	7	(19)
American Psychological Association
Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists	26	(14)
Canadian Psychological Association
Bylaws of the American Psychological Association	40	(2)
American Psychological Association
Rules and Procedures (June 1, 1996)	42	(26)
Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association
Ethical Dilemmas Encountered by Members of the American Psychological Associatio: A National Survey	68	(13)
Kenneth S. Pope
Valerie A. Vetter
How Ethics are Applied
Introduction	81	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
The Failure of Clinical Psychology Graduate Students to Apply Understood Ethical Principles	83	(5)
J. L. Bernard
Carmen S. Jara
Ethics of Practice: The Belief and Behaviors of Psychologists as Therapists	88	(6)
Kenneth S. Pope
Barbara G. Tabachnick
Patricia Keith-Spiegel
Ethical Decision Making and Psychologists' Attitudes Toward Training in Ethics	94	(5)
Alexander J. Tymchuk
Robin Drapkin
Susan Major-Kingsley
Andrea B. Ackerman
Elizabeth W. Coffman
Maureen S. Baum
Ethical Dilemmas in Psychological Practice: Results of a National Survey	99	(8)
Leonard J. Haas
John L. Malouf
Neal H. Mayerson
When Laws and Values Conflict: A Dilemma for Psychologists	107	(4)
Kenneth S. Pope
Theresa Rose Bajt
Explicit Ambiguity: The 1992 Ethics Code as an Oxymoron	111	(4)
Donald N. Bersoff
The Value and Utility of the 1992 Ethics Code	115	(2)
Celia B. Fisher
Jeffrey N. Younggren
Learning Ethics
Introduction	117	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Problems With Ethics Training by ``Osmosis''	120	(3)
Mitchell M. Handelsman
Integrating Psychology and Philosophy in Teaching a Graduate Course in Ethics	123	(3)
Mark A. Fine
Lawrence P. Ulrich
Introducing Ethics to Beginning Psychologists: A Problem-Solving Approach	126	(6)
Larry Eberlein
Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists	132	(1)
Canadian Psychological Association
Introduction to the Special Section: Ethics Education---An Agenda for the '90s	133	(5)
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel
Karen Strohm Kitchener
The Relation Between Ethical Codes and Moral Principles	138	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Peter M. Koeppl
Ethics and the Professional Practice of Psychologists: The Role of Virtues and Principles	141	(5)
Augustus E. Jordan
Naomi M. Meara
The Virtue of Principle Ethics	146	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Confidentiality, Privilege, and Privacy
Introduction	149	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege in Psychotherapeutic Relationships	151	(5)
Michele Smith-Bell
William J. Winslade
Implications of the 1992 Code for the Practice of Individual Psychotherapy	156	(6)
Melba Vasquez
Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychotherapy	162	(3)
Louis Everstine
Diana Sullivan Everstine
Gary M. Heymann
Reiko Homma True
David H. Frey
Harold G. Johnson
Richard H. Seiden
Therapists as Protectors and Policemen: New Roles as a Result of Tarasoff?	165	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (Tarasoff II)	168	(4)
Protecting Third Parties: A Decade After Tarasoff	172	(4)
Mark J. Mills
Greer Sullivan
Spencer Eth
Tarasoff and the Researcher: Does the Duty to Protect Apply in the Research Setting?	176	(6)
Paul S. Appelbaum
Alan Rosenbaum
Limiting Therapist Exposure to Tarasoff Liability: Guidelines for Risk Containment	182	(7)
John Monahan
Outpatient Psychotherapy With Dangerous Clients: A Model for Clinical Decision Making	189	(7)
Derek Truscott
Jim Evans
Sheila Mansell
If It's Not Absolutely Confidential, Will Information Be Disclosed?	196	(4)
David Nowell
Jean Spruill
Confidentiality With Minor Clients: Issues and Guidelines for Therapists	200	(5)
Kathryn E. Gustafson
J. Regis McNamara
Reframing the Confidentiality Dilemma to Work in Children's Best Interests	205	(4)
Linda Taylor
Howard S. Adelman
AIDS: Ethical Implications for Psychological Intervention	209	(4)
Constance F. Morrison
Until Death Do Us Part: An Exploration Into Confidentiality Following the Death of a Client	213	(3)
Caroline A. Burke
Strains on Confidentiality in College-Student Psychotherapy: Entangled Therapeutic Relationships, Incidental Encounters, and Third-Party Inquiries	216	(9)
Bruce S. Sharkin
Multiple Relationships
Introduction	225	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Multiple Relationships: Does the New Ethics Code Answer the Right Questions?	227	(4)
Janet L. Sonne
Dual Relationships in Psychotherapy	231	(4)
Kenneth S. Pope
The Concept of Boundaries in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Risk-Management Dimensions	235	(5)
Thomas G. Gutheil
Glen O. Gabbard
Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide for Psychologists	240	(4)
Kenneth S. Pope
Melba J. Vasquez
Explicit Ambiguity: The 1992 Ethics Code as an Oxymoron	244	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Nonromantic, Nonsexual Posttherapy Relationships Between Psychologists and Former Clients: An Exploratory Study of Critical Incidents	247	(7)
Sharon K. Anderson
Karen S. Kitchener
Nonsexual Relationships Between Psychotherapists and Their Former Clients: Obligations of Psychologists	254	(3)
Randolph B. Pipes
How Certain Boundaries and Ethics Diminish Therapeutic Effectiveness	257	(3)
Arnold A. Lazarus
Concrete Boundaries and the Problem of Literal-Mindedness: A Response to Lazarus	260	(3)
Laura S. Brown
The Ethics of Dual Relationships in Higher Education	263	(3)
Belinda Blevins-Knabe
Multiple Role Relationships During Internship: Consequences and Recommendations	266	(4)
P. Ann O'Connor Slimp
Barbara K. Burian
Avoiding Exploitive Dual Relationships: A Decision-Making Model	270	(4)
Michael C. Gottlieb
Criminalization of Psychotherapists--Patient Sex	274	(4)
Larry H. Strasburger
Linda Jorgenson
Rebecca Randles
Remediation for Ethics Violations: Focus on Psychotherapists' Sexual Contact With Clients	278	(5)
Melissa J. Layman
J. Regis McNamara
Psychological Assessment
Introduction	283	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Test Validity and the Ethics of Assessment	285	(2)
Samuel Messick
On Competence and Ethicality in Psychodiagnostic Assessment	287	(2)
Irving B. Weiner
The Legal Regulation of School Psychology	289	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Paul T. Hofer
Ethical Issues and Cases in the Practice of Personnel Psychology	292	(3)
Lorraine D. Eyde
Marilyn K. Quaitance
Ethical Issues in Testing and Evaluation for Personnel Decisions	295	(4)
Manuel London
Douglas W. Bray
Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board	299	(2)
Confidentiality of Industrial Psychological Tests	301	(2)
Larry Eberlein
The Release of Psychological Data to Nonexperts: Ethical and Legal Considerations	303	(5)
Daniel Tranel
Ethical and Professional Considerations in Psychological Assessment	308	(3)
David J. Berndt
The Ethical Practice of School Psychology: Rebuttal and Suggested Model	311	(5)
Donald N. Bersoff
Statement on the Disclosure of Test Data	316	(5)
Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment, American Psychological Association
Strategies for Private Practitioners Coping With Subpoenas or Compelled Testimony for Client Records or Test Data	321	(6)
Committee on Legal Issues, American Psychological Association
Legal Issues in Computerized Psychological Testing	327	(4)
Donald N. Bersoff
Paul J. Hofer
Computerized Clinical Psychological Test Interpretations: Unvalidated Plus All Mean and No Sigma	331	(3)
Joseph D. Matarazzo
Integrity Tests: Facts and Uresolved Issues	334	(5)
Wayne J. Camara
Dianne L. Schneider
Therapy and Other Forms of Intervention
Introduction	339	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Rights of Clients, Responsibilities of Therapists	341	(5)
Rachel T. Hare-Mustin
Jeanne Marecek
Alexandra G. Kaplan
Nechama Liss-Levinson
Facilitating Informed Consent for Outpatient Psychotherapy: A Suggested Written Format	346	(2)
Mitchell M. Handelsman
Michael D. Galvin
The Responsible Psychotherapist	348	(8)
Thomas A. Widiger
Leonard G. Rorer
The Ethical Issue of Competence in Working With the Suicidal Patient	356	(3)
Bruce Bongar
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Marital and Family Therapy	359	(9)
Gayla Margolin
Morality in Group and Family Therapies: Multiperson Therapies and the 1992 Ethics Code	368	(5)
Martin Lakin
Ethical Issues in Rural Mental Health Practice	373	(4)
David S. Hargrove
Dual-Relationship Dilemmas of Rural and Small-Community Psychologists	377	(6)
Janet A. Schank
Thomas M. Skovholt
Antiracism as an Ethical Imperative: An Example From Feminist Therapy	383	(3)
Laura S. Brown
Guidelines for Therapy With Women	386	(2)
Task Force on Sex Bias and Sex Role Stereotyping in Psychotherapeutic Practice
Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations	388	(3)
American Psychological Association
Implications of the 1992 Ethics Code for Diverse Groups	391	(4)
Carolyn R. Payton
Psychotherapy by Telephone: Risks and Benefits for Psychologists and Consumers	395	(3)
Leonard J. Haas
J. G. Benedict
Joseph C. Kobos
Ethical and Legal Issues in E-Mail Therapy	398	(7)
Daniel E. Shapiro
Charles Eric Schulman
Academia: Research, Teaching, and Supervision
Introduction	405	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Science and Ethics in Conducting, Analyzing, and Reporting Psychological Research	407	(7)
Robert Rosenthal
Legal and Ethical Concerns in Research	414	(4)
Donald N. Bersoff
Policy for Protection of Human Research Subjects	418	(10)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Informed Consent for Psychological Research: Do Subjects Comprehend Consent Forms and Understand Their Legal Rights?	428	(3)
Traci Mann
Deception Methods in Psychology: Have They Changed in 23 Years?	431	(2)
Joan E. Sieber
Rebecca Iannuzzo
Beverly Rodriguez
Participant Partners: College Students Weigh the Costs and Benefits of Deceptive Research	433	(8)
Celia B. Fisher
Denise Fyrberg
Informed Consent and Deception in Psychotherapy Research: An Ethical Analysis	441	(3)
Richard T. Lindsey
Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals	444	(5)
America Psychological Association
Empirical Studies of Ethical Issues in Research: A Research Agenda	449	(4)
Barbara Stanley
Joan E. Sieber
Gary B. Melton
Will the New Code Help Researchers to be More Ethical?	453	(5)
Joan E. Sieber
Ethical Issues in the Supervision of Student Research: A Study of Critical Incidents	458	(7)
Rodney K. Goodyear
Clyde A. Crego
Michael W. Johnston
Ethics in Academia: Students' Views of Professors' Actions	465	(8)
Patricia C. Keith-Spiegel
Barbara G. Tabachnick
Melanie Allen
Forensic Settings
Introduction	473	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
Use and Then Prove, or Prove and Then Use? Some Thoughts on the Ethics of Mental Health Professionals' Courtroom Involvement	475	(1)
David Faust
Reclaiming the Integrity and Science in Expert Witnessing	476	(1)
Bruce D. Sales
Daniel W. Shuman
Mental Health Professionals and the Courts: The Ethics of Expertise	477	(3)
Stephen L. Golding
Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings	480	(5)
American Psychological Association
The Experimental Psychologist in Court: The Ethics of Expert Testimony	485	(3)
Michael McCloskey
Howard Egeth
Judith McKenna
Experimental Psychologist as Advocate or Impartial Educator	488	(4)
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Psychologists and the Judicial System: Broader Perspectives	492	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists	495	(8)
Committee on Ethical Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists
The Relation Between Ethical Codes and Moral Principles	503	(3)
Donald N. Bersoff
Peter M. Koeppl
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc	506	(2)
Institutional Constraints on the Ethics of Expert Testimony	508	(3)
Bruce D. Sales
Leonore Simon
Expert Opinion	511	(2)
American Psychology--Law Society
Irreconcilable Conflict Between Therapeutic and Forensic Roles	513	(8)
Stuart A. Greenberg
Daniel W. Shuman
Role Conflicts in Coercive Assessments: Evaluation and Recommendations	521	(4)
Jose M. Arcaya
Role Conflict in Forensic Clinical Psychology: Reply to Arcaya	525	(3)
Dewey G. Cornell
Estelle v. Smith	528	(3)
Is It Unethical to Offer Predictions of Future Violence?	531	(6)
Thomas Grisso
Paul S. Appelbaum
On the Ethics of Dangerousness Assessments	537	(1)
Thomas R. Litwack
Structuring the Debate About Ethical Predictions of Future Violence	538	(3)
Thomas Grisso
Paul S. Appelbaum
On Being Ethical in Legal Places	541	(2)
Patricia Anderten
Valerie Staulcup
Thomas Grisso
The Business of Psychology
Introduction	543	(2)
Donald N. Bersoff
The Commerce of Professional Psychology and the New Ethics Code	545	(3)
Gerald P. Koocher
Record Keeping Guidelines	548	(3)
Committee on Professional Practice and Standards, Board of Professional Affairs
Thorough Record Keeping: A Good Defense in a Litigious Era	551	(4)
Ellen L. Soisson
Leon VandeCreek
Samuel Knapp
APA and the FTC: New Adventures in Consumer Protection	555	(6)
Gerald P. Koocher
Legal Liability and Managed Care	561	(5)
Paul S. Appelbaum
Managed Outpatient Mental Health Plans: Clinical, Ethical, and Practical Guidelines for Participation	566	(5)
Leonard J. Haas
Nicholas A. Cummings
Ethical and Liability Issues Concerning Invisible Rationing	571	(2)
Ivan J. Miller
Implications of the 1992 Ethics Code for the Practice of Individual Psychotherapy	573	(2)
Melba J. T. Vasquez
The Vale and Utility of the 1992 Ethics Code	575	(1)
Celia B. Fisher
Jeffrey N. Younggren
The Rape of Psychotherapy	576	(3)
Ronald E. Fox
Parameters of Managed Mental Health Care: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Guidelines	579	(3)
Russ Newman
Patricia M. Bricklin
Mental Health Bill of Rights Project	582	(3)
Joint Initiative of Mental Health Professional Organizations
Index	585	(12)
About the Author	597