Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners : quality care and risk management strategies [E-Book]
Publication details: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
| Item type | Home library | Class number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic book | Stenhouse Library | Link to resource | Available |
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.
Print version record.
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.
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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