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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書誌詳細
第一著者: Woody, Robert Henley
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2013.
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=460930
目次:
  • 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.