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Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals
- Gary G. Ford - Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
March 2006 | 408 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This core textbook not only provides ethical and legal issues, along with representative case studies, it also-and more importantly-helps students to develop their own framework for ethical reasoning. The author surveys various methods of ethical reasoning and then helps students to apply ethical principles to novel professional circumstances.
Features & Benefits:
- Survey of major principles and methods of ethical reasoning;
- Innovative framework to support individual ethical reasoning and decision making;
- A comprehensive presentation of ethical issues pertaining to therapy, assessment, industrial/organizational work, teaching, and research;
- A cutting edge chapter on ethics and the use of technology in clinical practice;
- Numerous case situations to exemplify ethical dilemmas and ethical responses;
- Inclusion of ethical codes pertaining to both counseling and psychotherapy.
Preface
Ch 1. Introduction
Ch 2. "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct"
Ch 3. Counseling's Code of Ethics
The Existence of Ethical Conflict
Ch 4. Models of Ethical Reasoning and Their Effectiveness in Resolving Ethical Conflict
Ch 5: A Model of the Ethical Decision-Making Process
Ch 6: Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Ch 7: Organizational Settings and Special Populations
Ch 8: Ethical Issues in Assessment and Testing
Ch 9: The Use of Computer Technology in Professional Practice
Ch 10: Practice and Assessment in Organizational and Business Settings
CH 11: Ethical Issues in Teaching and Supervision
Ch 12: Ethical Issues in Research
Ch 13: Mental Health Professions and the Law
Ch 14: State Boards, Ethics Committees, and Ethics Complaints
Appendices
A: "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct"
B: ACA Code of Ethics
"I would really recommend this as an excellent class text and desk reference. I would describe this as a very comprehensive, up to date text on ethics that includes most mental health professionals.
This was very thorough and well written….the inclusion of case examples throughout the chapters really brought home the points that the author was trying to make. The author was very skilled at going into depth while covering the ethical dimensions and did not merely provide superficial discussion."
The University of Toledo
"A comprehensive description of the ethical issues in clinical and counseling psychology grounded in a philosophical approach to thinking about ethics. The approach it takes of emphasizing ethical theory and reasoning is strong and more useful than the more typical code based approach."
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and University of Minnesota
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Lakeville Health care Management and Business, Minnesota School of Business - Richfield
July 11, 2012
Excellent book for the professor and the students. The information is updated.
Counseling, University of Puerto Rico
November 6, 2010