Essential ethics for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering core issues.

Nagy, Thomas F.

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“…Before concluding, we want to remind practitioners that the AMPD should not be used "off the shelf" with no preparation. As with all assessment methods and treatments, the ethics of practice require establishing competence in the procedures employed (Magnavita, Levy, Critchfield, & Lebow, 2010;Nagy, 2011). Thus interested practitioners should consult the available training resources, clinical literature, and empirical literature reviewed here.…”

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Three cases of narcissistic personality disorder through the lens of the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders.

Pincus

Dowgwillo

Greenberg

2016

Practice Innovations

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The DSM-5 Section III alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) distinguishes general personality impairment from trait-based descriptions of personality disorder expression. The inclusion of the AMPD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) provides a scaffold for classification and diagnosis of personality pathology that merits further efforts to improve upon its assessment framework. Recent empirical work focuses on evaluating the reliability and validity of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale and the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5, demonstrating the structural and predictive distinctiveness of measures of pathological personality traits and impairment, evaluating practitioner acceptance and clinical utility, and examining associations with other important outcomes. To complement the increased research on the AMPD, this article focuses on the relevance of distinguishing levels of personality functioning and pathological personality traits in clinical practice. We present three cases of patients exhibiting pathological narcissism that vary in terms of severity of general personality dysfunction and prominent pathological personality traits assessed through the DSM-5 AMPD. We demonstrate that the DSM-5 AMPD provides the clinician with diagnostic criteria that exhibit greater fidelity with the varied presentations of pathological narcissism seen in clinical practice. We conclude that the DSM-5 AMPD provides a useful framework for incorporating different clinical presentations of narcissistic grandiosity, as well as characteristics of narcissistic vulnerability into the diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. Finally, we suggest that the clinical relevance of pathological traits in psychotherapy differs as a function of severity of personality impairment.

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Three cases of narcissistic personality disorder through the lens of the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders.

Pincus

Dowgwillo

Greenberg

2016

Practice Innovations

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“…As with medicine, mental health professionals play a role in such issues as individual competency and capacity, restrictions in civil liberty, and perhaps even at some point right-to-life adjudication. Sadly, ethical reflection is often not about moral maximal-ism but rather about how not to get in trouble (Nagy, 2011;Shapiro & Smith, 2011). To move from an identity invested in health care to one invested in legal authority and quasi-judicial power requires foundational realignment.…”

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“…Codes, standards, and guidelines for psychology and aligned mental health professions are invitations to complex thinking rather than prescriptions of simple answers to complex problems. Sadly, ethical reflection is often not about moral maximal-ism but rather about how not to get in trouble (Nagy, 2011;Shapiro & Smith, 2011).…”

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The Issue of Ethics and Authority for Licensed Mental Health Professionals Involved in Parenting Coordination

Amundson¹,

Lux²

2016

Family Court Review

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We examine the ethics of licensed mental health professionals accepting the authority inherent in binding arbitration when acting as parenting coordinators (PCs). PCs execute their duties under the umbrella of their professional identity and standards of practice. Fundamental differences exist in how the law and the behavioral sciences conceive human behavior and authority, in particular, authority by role and authority by status. Ethical concerns arise when licensed mental health professionals accept the authority to render binding judgments and ask clients to surrender their autonomy through informed consent. We offer recommendations for PCs to avoid these ethical complications.

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“…As stated earlier, changing details in the vignette allows students to engage it from a different vantage point and become more flexible and nimble with clinical/ethical decision-making. It also allows for even more practice in applying the ethics code in varying situations, which is something many authors have suggested needs to increase in ethics training of graduate students (Anderson et al, 2013;Callan & Callan, 2005;Knapp & VandeCreek, 2003;McMinn & Meek, 1997;Nagy, 2005Nagy, , 2011.…”

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Teaching Professional Ethics in a Faith-Based Doctoral Program: Pedagogical Strategies

Anderson

2014

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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Teaching professional ethics in faith-based doctoral programs is similar to teaching this subject in secular programs, with some exceptions. Defining what is meant by “faith-based program,” this article discusses unique issues relevant to teaching Christian psychologists in training, as well as two specific pedagogical strategies: inviting students to assess their ethical decision-making heritage, and creative use of vignettes.

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Essential ethics for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering core issues.

Cited by 21 publications

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Three cases of narcissistic personality disorder through the lens of the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders.

Three cases of narcissistic personality disorder through the lens of the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders.

The Issue of Ethics and Authority for Licensed Mental Health Professionals Involved in Parenting Coordination

Teaching Professional Ethics in a Faith-Based Doctoral Program: Pedagogical Strategies

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