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 non-compliant regarding policies agreed upon at the outset of therapeutic services, not adhere to an individualized treatment plan, be inappropriately aggressive, and file unjustified ethic...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798253006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
