Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners : quality care and risk management strategies
Woody, Robert Henley.
Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners : quality care and risk management strategies [E-Book] - New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., 2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
At some point in their careers, mental health professionals may face legal action from clients. Clients may be noncompliant regarding policies agreed upon at the outset of therapeutic services, not adhere to an individualized treatment plan, be inappropriately aggressive, and file unjustified ethics and licensing complaints and/or lawsuits. Unfortunately, many mental health practitioners are not prepared for such actions and suffer great distress that affects their professional and personal lives. This practical text, written by an author who is both a psychologist and an attorney, demonstrate.
English.
9780826195661 0826195660 1306082846 9781306082846
Mental health personnel--Malpractice.
Mental health personnel--Professional ethics.
People with disabilities.
Medical care.
National health services.
Organization.
Health services administration.
Social control.
Economics.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Medical personnel and patient.
Risk management.
Mental health services.
Malpractice.
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Disabled Persons
Interpersonal Relations
Jurisprudence
Delivery of Health Care
Health Services
Financial Management
Organization and Administration
Psychiatry and Psychology
Health Services Administration
Social Control, Formal
Economics
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Persons
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Psychology, Social
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Sociology
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Named Groups
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Professional-Patient Relations
Risk Management
Mental Health Services
Mentally Ill Persons
Malpractice
Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners : quality care and risk management strategies [E-Book] - New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., 2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
At some point in their careers, mental health professionals may face legal action from clients. Clients may be noncompliant regarding policies agreed upon at the outset of therapeutic services, not adhere to an individualized treatment plan, be inappropriately aggressive, and file unjustified ethics and licensing complaints and/or lawsuits. Unfortunately, many mental health practitioners are not prepared for such actions and suffer great distress that affects their professional and personal lives. This practical text, written by an author who is both a psychologist and an attorney, demonstrate.
English.
9780826195661 0826195660 1306082846 9781306082846
Mental health personnel--Malpractice.
Mental health personnel--Professional ethics.
People with disabilities.
Medical care.
National health services.
Organization.
Health services administration.
Social control.
Economics.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Medical personnel and patient.
Risk management.
Mental health services.
Malpractice.
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Disabled Persons
Interpersonal Relations
Jurisprudence
Delivery of Health Care
Health Services
Financial Management
Organization and Administration
Psychiatry and Psychology
Health Services Administration
Social Control, Formal
Economics
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Persons
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Psychology, Social
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Sociology
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Named Groups
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Professional-Patient Relations
Risk Management
Mental Health Services
Mentally Ill Persons
Malpractice