The duty to protect
Subtitle: ethical, legal, and professional considerations for mental health professionals
By: edited by James L. Werth Jr., Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel, and G. Andrew H. Benjamin.
Contributors: Werth, James L.; Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds, 1949-; Benjamin, G. Andrew H.; American Psychological Association.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433804120
Subjects: Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics; Mental health personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc; Dangerously mentally ill; Duty to Warn -- ethics; Duty to Warn -- legislation & jurisprudence; Dangerous Behavior; Mental Health Services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A review of duty to protect statutes, cases, and procedures for positive practice / G. Andrew H. Benjamin, Lea Kent, and Skultip Sirikantraporn; title: The duty to protect and the ethical standards of professional organizations / Rita Sommers-Flanagan, John Sommers-Flanagan, and Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel; title: International ethics codes and the duty to protect / Mark M. Leach; title: Protecting others from homicide and serious harm / Derek Truscott and Jim Evans; title: Risk assessment and the duty to protect in cases involving intimate partner violence / Alan Rosenbaum and Lynn S. Dowd; title: Working with the stalking offender : considerations for risk assessment and intervention / Barry Rosenfeld, Joanna Fava, and Michele Galietta; title: Threats against public officials : considerations for risk assessment, reporting, and intervention / Marisa Reddy Randazzo and Michelle Keeney; title: Driving and operating other equipment : legal and ethical issues / Samuel Knapp and Leon Vandecreek; title: The duty to protect : mental health practitioners and communicable diseases / Leslie Kooyman and Bob Barret; title: The duty to protect suicidal clients : ethical, legal, and professional considerations / David A. Jobes and Stephen S. O'Connor; title: Strategies for responding to self-injury : when does the duty to protect apply? / Barent Walsh; title: End-of-life decisions and the duty to protect / James L. Werth Jr. and Jessica Richmond; title: Self care in the context of threats of violence or self-harm from clients / Christiane Brems and Mark E. Johnson; title: Emerging issues in the duty to protect / Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel; title: Practice and policy responses to the duty to protect / James L. Werth Jr. ... [et al.].