Recommendations for risk-management practices.

Kennedy, Patricia F.; Vandehey, Michael A.; Norman, W. B.; Diekhoff, George M.

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.34.3.309

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“…We will provide details in our discussion of Standard 10 (Therapy) below, so for now we merely assert that to the extent that problems can be anticipated, their potential negative ramifications can be mitigated by discussing of them in the oral and written informed consent process. Along with consultation and documentation, informed consent is one of the bedrocks of ethical practice and good risk management (Kennedy, Vandehey, Norman, & Diekhoff, 2003).…”

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Ethical challenges of practicing in rural areas

2010

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Mental health professionals practicing in rural areas face ethical dilemmas different from those experienced by their urban counterparts and may find that the existing ethics literature and American Psychological Association (APA, 2002) ethics code not particularly helpful. We highlight parts of five standards from the APA ethics code to illustrate the dilemmas rural practitioners frequently confront and offer suggestions for how to handle them. We discuss competence, human relations, and confidentiality as specific areas and then examine assessment and therapy as broader situations in which dilemmas may occur. We use case examples to highlight complications that may arise in rural areas.

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2010

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“…Special care should be taken in disclosing the limits of confidentiality with a patient receiving PCBH services. Typically, oral or written informed consent is obtained from the patient regarding the assessment, consultation and therapy services that will be provided and how confidential information will be handled (Kennedy, Vandehey, Norman, & Diekhoff, 2003). Ideally, integrated primary care practices should include information about the sharing of patient information among members of the primary care team in new patient intake materials, and then reiterate this information verbally to patients (Hudgins, Rose, Fifield, & Arnault, 2013).…”

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Special ethical considerations for behavioral health consultants in the primary care setting.

Fivecoat

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Possemato

2017

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The growing movement of integrating behavioral health services in medical settings aims to increase ease of access to behavioral health services. Behavioral health consultants (BHCs), who are embedded within primary care clinics, provide a variety of psychological services (screening, brief interventions, and referral to specialized treatment settings) in a novel manner relative to traditional outpatient behavioral health treatment. These alterations in service delivery present unique ethical challenges to effective patient care in primary care behavioral health (PCBH) practice. This article discusses potential ethical dilemmas and challenges that are faced in PCBH. Confidentiality, privacy and informed consent are discussed, given the complex level of communication within primary care clinics. The potential for having multiple relationships with coworkers is reviewed. The need for BHC's to provide sufficient clinical intervention and assessment, and how these may be limited in scope in BHC practice, is discussed. Finally, the complexity of obtaining competence for practice in primary care is explored. We discuss how ethical guidelines apply to this work, and also aim to address where further clarity is needed and context-based ethical decision-making is warranted. Case studies are provided to help illustrate the novel challenges faced by BHCs in integrated medical settings. Public Significance StatementWe describe how psychologists working in primary care settings can experience unique ethical challenges in their clinical practice, relative to those in more traditional clinical settings. We provide ethical considerations and guidance for psychologists working in primary care in the areas of confidentiality, multiple relationships, intervention, assessment and competence.

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“…Greenberg and colleagues (Greenberg & Gould, 2001;Greenberg & Shuman, 1997) delve further into these questions. When professional services are provided in a system in which both litigants (i.e., the divorcing spouses and their extended families) are likely to be unhappy with the outcome and feel injured by the actions or inactions of the psychologist, one needs to be acutely aware of the risks and potential pitfalls inherent in this work and consider risk management strategies (Kennedy, Vandehey, Norman, & Diekhoff, 2003).…”

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Ethical and professional considerations in divorce and child custody cases.

Zimmerman¹,

Hess²,

McGarrah³

et al. 2009

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The provision of psychological (e.g., psychotherapy, coparenting, mediation, collaborative divorce, child custody evaluation) services for families of divorce are growing specialties for many clinical and forensic psychologists. However, practice in domestic relations psychology, such as divorce and custody assessment and testimony, is a high-risk venture for incurring ethics complaints and law suits. The lead article and the three commentaries that follow enumerate the various roles practitioners might play, clarify how each role requires specific skill sets that may be outside one's particular competence and necessitate additional training, describe how countertransferential issues arise, urge meticulous record keeping, discuss some of the subtleties of confidentiality and the releasing of information, describe how transparency in clarifying expectations leads to a lowering of contentiousness, and provide tips for divorce and forensic practice. The special challenges associated with psychologists being tempted to move beyond JEFFREY ZIMMERMAN received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Mississippi. He maintains an independent practice in Cheshire, CT, and Katonah, NY. Special areas of interest include alternatives for effective dispute and conflict resolution as applied to divorcing families and the corporate sector. ALLEN K. HESS earned his doctorate at the University of Kentucky and his diplomate in clinical psychology in 1980. A professor at Auburn University at Montgomery, he has published in forensic psychology, psychological assessment and psychotherapy supervision. NANCY A. MCGARRAH received her PhD in psychology from Emory University. She is the president of Cliff Valley Psychologists in Atlanta, GA. Her areas of professional interest include legal and ethical issues, child development, child abuse and other childhood trauma, and child custody. G. ANDREW H. BENJAMIN received his JD in law and PhD in clinical psychology from University of Arizona. He is director of the Parenting Evaluation/Training Program at the University of Washington. His areas of research and practice focus upon families that are passing their business down to a younger generation or are involved in custody litigation, legal and ethical issues, and lawyer psychopathology. GLENN A. ALLY received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. He received a postdoctoral masters' degree in psychopharmacology from Alliant International University and has prescriptive authority. He maintains an independent practice as a medical psychologist in Lafayette, LA. His areas of interests are psychopharmacology, neuropsychology, and forensic issues. JACKIE K. GOLLAN received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Washington. She is an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Her areas of research and practice are translational affective science research, cognitive and behavioral treatment for depression, and custody evaluation. NANCY KASER-BOYD recei...

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Recommendations for risk-management practices.

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Ethical challenges of practicing in rural areas

Ethical challenges of practicing in rural areas

Special ethical considerations for behavioral health consultants in the primary care setting.

Ethical and professional considerations in divorce and child custody cases.

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