Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners : quality care and risk management strategies /
At some point in their careers, mental health professionals may face legal action from clients. Clients may be noncompliant regarding policies agreed upon at the outset of therapeutic services, not adhere to an individualized treatment plan, be inappropriately aggressive, and file unjustified ethics...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2013.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=460930 |
Table of Contents:
- Mental health practitioners under siege
- Social psychology of practitioner vulnerability: avoiding psychological errors
- Knowing the opposition
- A protective shield for professional services
- The practice context
- Business savvy: structuring and operating a mental health business
- Dealing with attorneys and the legal system
- Threatening and dangerous service users
- Appropriate defensiveness
- Avoiding ethical and licensing complaints and legal challenges.