2025 Topic

Conference to Address Ethics and Legal Issues for Mental Health Providers

Practicing Ethically is a Risk Management Strategy (Difference between law and ethics)

• Core Components of Ethics (Technological vs. Adaptive)
• Competence and potentials failures of competence
• Policies and Advance Planning
• Informed Consent
• Boundaries
• Privacy
• Privilege
• Confidentiality & Breach 
• Legal Involvement 
• Licensing Complaints 
• Risk Management Issues with High Risk Populations 
• Abandonment vs. Termination of Clients 
• Technological Advances & Safe Practices
• Telehealth & Teleconferences (PSYPACT)
• Supervisors' Legal Responsibilities and Minimizing Risks