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1 online resource |
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data file |
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Bibliography |
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polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mental health personnel -- Malpractice.
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Mental health personnel -- Malpractice. |
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Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics.
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Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics. |
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Mental health personnel. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woody, Robert Henley. Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners. New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2012 9780826195654 (DLC) 2012013910 (OCoLC)778417909 |
| ISBN |
9780826195661 (electronic book) |
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0826195660 (electronic book) |
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1306082846 |
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9781306082846 |
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9780826195654 |
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0826195652 |
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