Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals - Softcover

Roberts, Laura Weiss; Termuehlen, Gabriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615373357 ISBN 13: 9781615373352

Verlag: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2021

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Like its pioneering predecessor, this new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers an interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics. Organized around scenarios that pose important-sometimes thorny--ethical questions, the book draws on the diverse clinical and research experience of its contributors, who have backgrounds in medicine, ethics, psychology, law, medical education, religious studies, public health, and related fields. The editor, an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, and medical education, oversaw a rigorous review process, ensuring that the content meets the highest standard, as befits a text on ethics and professionalism. The book begins with an overview of the role of ethics in caring for people with mental illness, concepts and models of professionalism, and ethics education, followed by a chapter examining ethics in the mental health professions, with emphasis on learning and applying essential skills. Questions and annotated answers follow, and the brief case descriptions that frame each question, presented in single-answer, multiple-choice format, echo the real-life complexities of clinical practice.

Psychiatry has evolved significantly since the last edition, and the new edition's plentiful revisions and fresh material reflect these changes:

- Assisted suicide and euthanasia, which pose controversial and difficult ethical questions, are explored in-depth, with attention accorded religious views, the complexity of informed consent, and the concern that some who choose euthanasia may be clinically depressed.
- Navigating social media, experiencing the loss of anonymity, and engaging in self-disclosure of all kinds presents new challenges for practitioners; the pitfalls, both ethical and psychological, are thoroughly discussed.
- The digital age poses many ethical dilemmas regarding patient privacy. Is it acceptable for clinicians to "Google" their patients, or is it merely voyeurism? What about consent?
- Burnout among mental health practitioners is growing, and professional well-being is an emergent topic. The book examines the increased expectations of physicians and what setting reasonable limits in an era of the electronic health record might look like.
- Over the past few decades, neuroscience has been accepted as the conceptual basis for understanding and treating mental illness, and neuroethics have achieved an attendant importance. Human subjects research and the active question of public trust in science, as well as emerging domains, including neurotechnologies, neurolaw, and philosophy of cognition, are carefully examined.

Eloquent, instructive, and pragmatic, Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers critical learning to prepare professionals for ethical challenges in care and research and is an essential reference and tool for an increasingly complex world.

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Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., is Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

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This new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals thoroughly updates the highly regarded and groundbreaking first edition, offering the contemporary reader cutting-edge clinical wisdom and ethical guidance for challenging times. As with its predecessor, the second edition is built on case vignettes that help the reader actively consider options and their potential consequences in the clinical setting. Topics explored in-depth include conflicts of interest in research, the difficult tasks of assigning authorship, the need for disclosure, ethical peer review, and other dilemmas that both students and experienced researchers will find valuable. In addition, ethical questions regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia, social media and the loss of anonymity, professional voyeurism versus patient privacy and consent, the appropriate process for reporting an impaired colleague, problems of burnout and professional well-being, and many other issues of vital interest to the mental health practitioner are discussed with scrupulousness and compassion in a question-and-answer format that is easy to relate to and understand.

Written by a diverse, multidisciplinary team of contributors, Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals poses and plumbs critically important ethical dilemmas in a compelling, down-to-earth way for today's practitioners and learners.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1615373357
• ISBN 13: 9781615373352
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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