Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Like its pioneering predecessor, this new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers an interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics. Organized around scenarios that pose important—sometimes thorny—ethical questions, the book draws on the diverse clinical and research experience of its contributors, who have backgrounds in medicine, ethics, psychology, law, medical education, religious studies, public health, and related fields. The editor, an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, and medical education, oversaw a rigorous review process, ensuring that the content meets the highest standard, as befits a text on ethics and professionalism. The book begins with an overview of the role of ethics in caring for people with mental illness, concepts and models of professionalism, and ethics education, followed by a chapter examining ethics in the mental health professions, with emphasis on learning and applying essential skills. Questions and annotated answers follow, and the brief case descriptions that frame each question, presented in single-answer, multiple-choice format, echo the real-life complexities of clinical practice.

Psychiatry has evolved significantly since the last edition, and the new edition's plentiful revisions and fresh material reflect these changes: • Assisted suicide and euthanasia, which pose controversial and difficult ethical questions, are explored in-depth, with attention accorded religious views, the complexity of informed consent, and the concern that some who choose euthanasia may be clinically depressed.• Navigating social media, experiencing the loss of anonymity, and engaging in self-disclosure of all kinds presents new challenges for practitioners; the pitfalls, both ethical and psychological, are thoroughly discussed. • The digital age poses many ethical dilemmas regarding patient privacy. Is it acceptable for clinicians to "Google" their patients, or is it merely voyeurism? What about consent? • Burnout among mental health practitioners is growing, and professional well-being is an emergent topic. The book examines the increased expectations of physicians and what setting reasonable limits in an era of the electronic health record might look like.• Over the past few decades, neuroscience has been accepted as the conceptual basis for understanding and treating mental illness, and neuroethics have achieved an attendant importance. Human subjects research and the active question of public trust in science, as well as emerging domains, including neurotechnologies, neurolaw, and philosophy of cognition, are carefully examined.

Eloquent, instructive, and pragmatic, Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers critical learning to prepare professionals for ethical challenges in care and research and is an essential reference and tool for an increasingly complex world.

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Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Like its pioneering predecessor, this new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers an interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics. Organized around scenarios that pose important—sometimes thorny—ethical questions, the book draws on the diverse clinical and research experience of its contributors, who have backgrounds in medicine, ethics, psychology, law, medical education, religious studies, public health, and related fields. The editor, an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, and medical education, oversaw a rigorous review process, ensuring that the content meets the highest standard, as befits a text on ethics and professionalism. The book begins with an overview of the role of ethics in caring for people with mental illness, concepts and models of professionalism, and ethics education, followed by a chapter examining ethics in the mental health professions, with emphasis on learning and applying essential skills. Questions and annotated answers follow, and the brief case descriptions that frame each question, presented in single-answer, multiple-choice format, echo the real-life complexities of clinical practice.

Psychiatry has evolved significantly since the last edition, and the new edition's plentiful revisions and fresh material reflect these changes: • Assisted suicide and euthanasia, which pose controversial and difficult ethical questions, are explored in-depth, with attention accorded religious views, the complexity of informed consent, and the concern that some who choose euthanasia may be clinically depressed.• Navigating social media, experiencing the loss of anonymity, and engaging in self-disclosure of all kinds presents new challenges for practitioners; the pitfalls, both ethical and psychological, are thoroughly discussed. • The digital age poses many ethical dilemmas regarding patient privacy. Is it acceptable for clinicians to "Google" their patients, or is it merely voyeurism? What about consent? • Burnout among mental health practitioners is growing, and professional well-being is an emergent topic. The book examines the increased expectations of physicians and what setting reasonable limits in an era of the electronic health record might look like.• Over the past few decades, neuroscience has been accepted as the conceptual basis for understanding and treating mental illness, and neuroethics have achieved an attendant importance. Human subjects research and the active question of public trust in science, as well as emerging domains, including neurotechnologies, neurolaw, and philosophy of cognition, are carefully examined.

Eloquent, instructive, and pragmatic, Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers critical learning to prepare professionals for ethical challenges in care and research and is an essential reference and tool for an increasingly complex world.

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Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals

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Like its pioneering predecessor, this new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers an interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics. Organized around scenarios that pose important—sometimes thorny—ethical questions, the book draws on the diverse clinical and research experience of its contributors, who have backgrounds in medicine, ethics, psychology, law, medical education, religious studies, public health, and related fields. The editor, an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, and medical education, oversaw a rigorous review process, ensuring that the content meets the highest standard, as befits a text on ethics and professionalism. The book begins with an overview of the role of ethics in caring for people with mental illness, concepts and models of professionalism, and ethics education, followed by a chapter examining ethics in the mental health professions, with emphasis on learning and applying essential skills. Questions and annotated answers follow, and the brief case descriptions that frame each question, presented in single-answer, multiple-choice format, echo the real-life complexities of clinical practice.

Psychiatry has evolved significantly since the last edition, and the new edition's plentiful revisions and fresh material reflect these changes: • Assisted suicide and euthanasia, which pose controversial and difficult ethical questions, are explored in-depth, with attention accorded religious views, the complexity of informed consent, and the concern that some who choose euthanasia may be clinically depressed.• Navigating social media, experiencing the loss of anonymity, and engaging in self-disclosure of all kinds presents new challenges for practitioners; the pitfalls, both ethical and psychological, are thoroughly discussed. • The digital age poses many ethical dilemmas regarding patient privacy. Is it acceptable for clinicians to "Google" their patients, or is it merely voyeurism? What about consent? • Burnout among mental health practitioners is growing, and professional well-being is an emergent topic. The book examines the increased expectations of physicians and what setting reasonable limits in an era of the electronic health record might look like.• Over the past few decades, neuroscience has been accepted as the conceptual basis for understanding and treating mental illness, and neuroethics have achieved an attendant importance. Human subjects research and the active question of public trust in science, as well as emerging domains, including neurotechnologies, neurolaw, and philosophy of cognition, are carefully examined.

Eloquent, instructive, and pragmatic, Professionalism and Ethics: Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers critical learning to prepare professionals for ethical challenges in care and research and is an essential reference and tool for an increasingly complex world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781615373963
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date: 08/03/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 390
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., is Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Table of Contents

ContributorsPrefaceIntroductory CommentsPart I: Ethics and ProfessionalismChapter 1. Ethics, Professionalism, and the Field of Mental Health: An OverviewChapter 2. Ethics In the Mental Health ProfessionsPart II: Questions and Annotated AnswersChapter 3. Core Concepts in Ethics and ProfessionalismChapter 4. Ethics and Professionalism in Clinical CareChapter 5. Ethics and Professionalism in Medical ResearchChapter 6. Ethics and Professionalism in Interactions With Colleagues and TraineesPart III: Self-Assessment and Further StudyChapter 7. Ethics and Professionalism Questions for ReviewReferences

What People are Saying About This

Mark Siegler

Drs. Roberts and Hoop provide a lucid and concise guide to examine professionalism and ethics, dual concepts that serve as a moral compass to conscientious mental health professionals. Although the authors' specific focus is on clinical ethics problems in mental health, the book's insights will be helpful to all health professionals who care for patients.

Robert Freedman

From how to handle a discussion among patients about the existence of God to whether or not to allow a child to interpret for his parents, Drs. Roberts and Hoop and their colleagues pose real-life questions and provide in depth a set of solutions to guide practice.

Catherine Chiles

Crafted as a study guide for mental health professionals, professionalism and Ethics includes a scholarly overview of a critically important topic straight from the day's health care headlines and clinical headaches. (The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)

James L. Levenson

This unique book tackles the tough ethical questions that arise in our daily work as mental health clinicians, teachers, and investigators, translating philosophical and legal concepts into practical guidance. The editors have assembled a diverse multidisciplinary group of expert contributors. Drawing on professional standards and codes of conduct and the law, full of clinical pearls and thought-provoking self-assessment questions, this excellent book will be valued by both beginners and advanced practitioners and academicians in all of the mental health professions.

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