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Legal Issues in Social Work, Counseling, and Mental Health : Guidelines for Clinical Practice in Psychotherapy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services SeriesPublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452251004
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Legal Issues in Social Work, Counseling, and Mental HealthLOC classification:
  • 97045285
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Society, the Law, and Mental Health Practice -- Chapter 2 - Standardization of Practice Policies and Procedures -- Chapter 3 - Disclosure of Confidential Information -- Chapter 4 - The Standard of Care and Practice Issues -- Chapter 5 - Legal and Clinical Standards: Determining "Reasonable Care -- Chapter 6 - Interactions with the Legal System -- Chapter 7 - Knowledge for Practice: Common Legal Problems for Clients -- Afterword -- References -- Legal References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book covers a broad range of topics, including providing testimony, responding to subpoenas, dealing with an attorney, influencing the legal system, and understanding the legal side of the business of psychotherapy. This book will help demystify the North American legal system, thereby empowering psychotherapists to work with it and within it.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Society, the Law, and Mental Health Practice -- Chapter 2 - Standardization of Practice Policies and Procedures -- Chapter 3 - Disclosure of Confidential Information -- Chapter 4 - The Standard of Care and Practice Issues -- Chapter 5 - Legal and Clinical Standards: Determining "Reasonable Care -- Chapter 6 - Interactions with the Legal System -- Chapter 7 - Knowledge for Practice: Common Legal Problems for Clients -- Afterword -- References -- Legal References -- Index -- About the Author.

This book covers a broad range of topics, including providing testimony, responding to subpoenas, dealing with an attorney, influencing the legal system, and understanding the legal side of the business of psychotherapy. This book will help demystify the North American legal system, thereby empowering psychotherapists to work with it and within it.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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