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

* About the Contributors * Acknowledgements * Foreword (Robert Geffner) * INTRODUCTION * Ethics Law and Licensing (George Stricker and 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 (Joanne E. Callan and Megan E. Callan) * Competence (Thomas F. Nagy) * The Practice of Integrity for Mental Health Professionals (David Mills) * Professional and Scientific Responsibility: Integrity (Rodney L. Lowman) * Respect for People's Rights and Dignity (Rodney L. Lowman) * The Concerned Mental Health Practitioner: Welfare of Others (Charles Clark) * Social Responsibility and the Mental Health Professions (Erica H. Wise) * CONFIDENTUALITY PRIVILEGE, CONSENT, AND PROTECTION * Informed Consent (Muriel Golub) * Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality (O. Brandt Caudill and Alan I. Kaplan) * Therapist-Patient Privilege: Who Owns the Privilege? (Alan Kaplan) * Tarasoff and the Duty to Protect (Simone Simone and Solomon M. Fulero) * GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PRACTICE * Misuse of Psychologist Influence: Multiple Relationships (Clark R. Clipson) * Sexual Contact between Psychologists and Patients (Natalie Shavit) * Bartering (Ronald Gandolfo) * Requirements and Implementation of Maintaining Patient Records: The Mental Health Professional's Best Protection (O. Brandt Caudill, Jr.) * How a Mental Health Professional Handles Referrals and Fees (Alan Kaplan) * ETHICS IN TEACHING * Ethics and Legal Considerations in the Training of Mental Health Professionals (Thomas McGee) * Ethics in the Teaching of Mental Health Professionals (Joanne E. Callan and Steven F. Bucky) * Ethics in Research (Julian Meltzoff) * Ethics in Publication (Julian Meltzoff) * APPENDICES * Ethics Codes of Major Mental Health Professionl Associations * Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (National Association of Social Workers, 1999) * Index * Reference Notes Included