Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice

✍ Scribed by Ezra Griffith (editor)

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 375
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Forensic psychiatry and psychology involve specialized practice with unique patients, including children, the incarcerated, and involuntary clients, presenting practitioners with specific ethics challenges. Griffith provides a roadmap for specialists in these evolving fields to recognize dilemmas, articulate problems, and create solutions.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction
PART I. APPROACHES TO SOLVING ETHICS PROBLEMS IN FORENSIC PRACTICE
1. Resolving Ethics Dilemmas in Forensic Practice
2. Feminism and Forensic Ethics
3. Ethics Challenges for Forensic Practice in a Context of Limited Resources
4. On Wearing Two Hats: Ethics Challenges and Role Conflicts in Forensic Practice
5. Objectivity and Boundaries of Competence as Ethical Issues in Forensic Assessments
PART II. ETHICS IN MAJOR AREAS OF FORENSIC PRACTICE
6. Minors’ Autonomy in Forensic Child and Adolescent Practice
7. Ethics Dilemmas in Correctional Institutions
8. Forensic Ethics and Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
9. Neuroscience in Forensic Contexts: Ethical Concerns
PART III. SPECIFIC ETHICS PROBLEMS IN FORENSIC PRACTICE
10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Psychological Testing in Forensic Assessment
11. Ethics and the Mandated Video Recording of Forensic Evaluations
12. Current Ethics Dilemmas in the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders
13. The Internet and Forensic Ethics
14. Ethical Dilemmas in the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Guantánamo Detainees Mass-Administered Mefloquine
15. Terrorism and National-Security Evaluations: Ethics Dilemmas in Forensic Practice
16. Ethics and Forensic Specialists Interacting with the Media
17. Ethical Dilemmas for Forensic Practitioners Working with Asylum Petitioners
18. Addressing Ethics Dilemmas in Violence-Risk Assessment: A Forensic Psychologist Perspective
19. Forensic-Ethics Challenges in the Psychiatric Treatment of Children
20. Forensic Ethics and Clinical Collaborations Across Medical Specialties
List of Contributors
Index

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