Table of contents for Ethics in psychology and the mental health professions : standards and cases / Gerald P. Koocher, Patricia Keith-Spiegel.
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1. On Being an Ethical Psychologist
Introduction
How Ethical Problems Arise
Preventing and Avoiding Unethical Behavior
Informal Peer Monitoring
2. Enforcement of Ethical Conduct
Ethics Codes
Enforcement Options
Ethics Committees
Who Complains Against Psychologists?
Dispositions and Levels of Sanctions Available to Ethics Committees
Who Tumbles Through the Cracks?
3. Knowing Thyself: Competence and Credentials
Conceptual Issues
Training Issues
Credentialing Issues
Licensing
Maintaining Personal Competence
New Practice Domains
The Sick Doctor
Psychologists as Teachers and Researchers
Summary Guidelines
4. Ethical Obligations in Psychotherapy
Ethical Obligations of Psychotherapists
Special Obligations of the Therapist
Summary Guidelines
5. Ethics in Psychotherapy: Techniques
Therapies Involving Multiple Clients
Special Techniques and Issues
Untested or Fringe Therapies
Summary Guidelines
6. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Record Keeping
The Problem of Definitions
Limitations and Expectations
Access to Records
Taking Advantage of Confidential Information
Confidential Material in the Classroom and Laboratory
Record Content Retention and Disposition
Summary Guidelines
7. Psychological Assessment: Testing Tribulations
Varieties of Tests
Key Concepts in Tests and Measurements
Primary Reference Sources
Test Adequacy
User Competence
The Testing Industry
Use of Test Results
Summary Guidelines
8. Multiple Role Relationships and Conflicts of Interest
The Battle Over Boundaries
Evaluating Multiple Role Relationships
Risks of Role Blending and Conflicts of Interest
Types of Multiple Role Relationships
Unexpected Conflicts and Overlaps
Watching for Red Flags
Summary Guidelines
9. Attraction, Romance, and Sexual Intimacies
Attraction and Touching
Romancing and Casually Dating Clients
Sexually Intimate Behavior with Psychotherapy Clients
Characteristics of Psychologists who Engage in Sexual Relations with Clients
Risks to Therapists
Posttermination Sexual Relationships with Clients
Treating Sexual Abuse by Previous Therapists
Delivering Psychotherapy to Former Lovers
Sexual Relationships with "Significant Others" of Psychotherapy Clients
Risks to Students and Their Professors and Supervisors
Summary Guidelines
10. Money Matters and Managed Care
What to Charge?
Fee Splitting
Third-Party Relationships
Fraud
Bill Collecting
Managed Care
Summary Guidelines
11. Psychologists in the Marketplace
Historical Issues
The Nature of Restrictions on Advertisements
The 1992 APA Ethics Code
Elements Allowed in Advertising
Unacceptable Advertising
Summary Guidelines
12. Presenting Psychology to the Public
Psychology's Fractured Public Image
Mass Media Portrayals of Psychology and Psychologists
Socially Responsible (and Irresponsible) Public Acts
Summary Guidelines
13. Relationships with Colleagues, Supervisees, and Employees
Peer and Interprofessional Relationships
Relationships with Supervisees and Employees
Risky Situations
Risky Individuals
Summary Guidelines
14. Ethical Dilemmas in Specific Work Settings: Juggling Porcupines
Basic Considerations
Sample Settings
Summary and Guidelines
15. Psychologists in the Legal System: Tort and Retort
The Culture Gap Between Psychologists and Lawyers
The Forensic Expert
Psychologists as Defendants
16. Psychologists as Teachers: Classroom Conundrums
Advertising and Student Contracts
Evaluations of Students
Exploitation of Students
Telling Students' Stories
Advising and Mentoring Tangles
Other Self-Serving Issues Not Directly Involving Students
Summary and Guidelines
17. Scholarly Publication and Research Ethics
Scholarly Publishing Issues and Abuses
Research Issues
Summary Guidelines
Appendix A: American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
Introduction
General Principles
Ethical Standards
Appendix B: Rules and Procedures of the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee
Overview
Adoption and Application
Part I. Objectives and Authority of the Committee
Part II. Operating Rules
Part III. Membership
Part IV. Show Cause Procedures Based upon Actions by Other Recognized Tribunals
Part V. Complaints Alleging Violation of the Ethics Code
Index
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Psychologists -- Professional ethics.
Psychology -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Psychology -- Study and teaching -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Psychology -- Standards.