Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals

Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook of Principles and Standards details the ethical and legal issues that involve mental health professionals. Respected authorities with diverse backgrounds, expertise, and professional experience discuss in depth ethical principles and standards such as competence, confidentiality, informed consent, integrity, responsibility, welfare of others, duty to warn and much more. This informative handbook provides invaluable up-to-date information and guidelines vital for every mental health professional.

* Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook of Principles and Standards is the first of three volumes under this title. The following volumes will focus on forensic settings and special populations/special treatment modalities.