Ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals
Subtitle: in forensic settings
By: Steven F. Bucky, Joanne E. Callan, George Stricker, editors ; Sylvie P. Marques, assistant editor.
Contributors: Bucky, Steven F.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780789038166; 9780789038173
Subjects: Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics -- United States; Mental health services -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Forensic psychiatry -- United States; Mental Health Services -- ethics -- United States; Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Forensic Psychiatry -- ethics -- United States; Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Depositions : discovery, procedures, and practice pointers / Donald N. Bersoff; title: Personal injury : consultation, evaluation, and the expert witness / David D. Stein; title: Preparing for court testimony / Pamela Thatcher; title: How to complete and use a psychological evaluation in an ethical manner / Arthur N. Wiens and Reed M. Mueller; title: Evaluating child custody cases : techniques and maintaining objectivity / Russell S. Gold; title: Acting as a special master in high conflict post-divorce child custody cases / S. Margaret Lee; title: Ethics in performing criminal forensic evaluations / Richard Romanoff; title: When a mental health professional is in litigation / O. Brandt Caudill; title: Civil lawsuits/malpractice professional liability claims process / Margaret A. Bogie and Eric C. Marine; title: Ethical and legal issues in the treatment of patient/plaintiffs with recovered memories of trauma and patients/plaintiffs with "false memories" of trauma / Constance Dalenberg, Eve Carlson, and O. Brandt Caudill Jr.; title: American Psychological Association and state ethics committees / Julia Ramos Grenier and Muriel Golub.