Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook of Principles and Standards

by Bucky; Steven F

• ISBN13: 9780789027306
• ISBN10: 0789027305
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-08-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 Standardsdetails 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 Standardsdiscusses: 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 Sduty 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 Standardsis the first of three volumes under this title. The following volumes will focus on forensic settings and special populations/special treatment modalities.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Foreword	xxiii
Robert Geffner
INTRODUCTION
Ethics Law and Licensing	1	(10)
George Stricker
Steven F. Bucky
GENERAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
An Historical Overview of Basic Approaches and Issues in Ethical and Moral Philosophy and Principles: A Foundation for Understanding Ethics in Psychology	11	(16)
Joanne E. Callan
Megan E. Callan
Competence	27	(24)
Thomas F. Nagy
The Practice of Integrity for Mental Health Professionals	51	(12)
David Mills
Professional and Scientific Responsibility: Integrity	63	(8)
Rodney L. Lowman
Respect for People's Rights and Dignity	71	(8)
Rodney L. Lowman
The Concerned Mental Health Practitioner: Welfare of Others	79	(10)
Charles Clark
Social Responsibility and the Mental Health Professions	89	(12)
Erica H. Wise
CONFIDENTIALITY PRIVILEGE, CONSENT, AND PROTECTION
Informed Consent	101	(16)
Muriel Golub
Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality	117	(18)
O. Brandt Caudill
Alan I. Kaplan
Therapist-Patient Privilege: Who Owns the Privilege?	135	(10)
Alan I. Kaplan
Tarasoff and the Duty to Protect	145	(24)
Simone Simone
Solomon M. Fulero
GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PRACTICE
Misuse of Psychologist Influence: Multiple Relationships	169	(36)
Clark R. Clipson
Sexual Contact Between Psychologists and Patients	205	(36)
Natalie Shavit
Bartering	241	(8)
Ronald Gandolfo
Requirements and Implementation of Maintaining Patient Records: The Mental Health Professional's Best Protection	249	(14)
O. Brandt Caudill, Jr.
How a Mental Health Professional Handles Referrals and Fees	263	(8)
Alan I. Kaplan
ETHICS IN TEACHING
Ethical and Legal Considerations in the Training of Mental Health Professionals	271	(16)
Thomas McGee
Ethics in the Teaching of Mental Health Professionals	287	(24)
Joanne E. Callan
Steven F. Becky
Ethics in Research	311	(26)
Julian Meltzoff
Ethics in Publication	337	(20)
Julian Meltzoff
APPENDICES
Ethics Codes of Major Mental Health Professional Associations	357	(38)
Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers	395	(28)
©1999, National Association of Social Workers, Inc.
Index	423