Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice (eBook)

Ezra Griffith (Herausgeber)

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2018
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-54484-9 (ISBN)

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Forensic psychiatry and psychology involve specialized practice with unique patients, including children, the incarcerated, and involuntary clients, presenting practitioners with specific ethics challenges. Griffith provides a roadmap for specialists in these evolving fields to recognize dilemmas, articulate problems, and create solutions.

GriffithEzra: Ezra Griffith is Professor of Psychiatry and African-American Studies, Emeritus in the Yale School of Medicine, where he is also Deputy Chairman for Diversity and Organizational Ethics and Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry. He is the editor of the Journal of the Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. His most recent book is Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice: Bearing Witness to Change (CRC Press, 2016).Ezra E. H. Griffith is professor emeritus of psychiatry and African American studies at Yale University. He is editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He is the recipient of the Seymour Pollack Award and the American Psychiatric Association's 2010 Isaac Ray Award for his distinguished achievements in forensic psychiatry.

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Forensic psychiatry and psychology involve specialized practice with unique patients, including children, the incarcerated, and involuntary clients, presenting practitioners with specific ethics challenges. In this volume, Ezra E. H. Griffith offers a selection of engaging essays that guide practicing forensic specialists through particular situations that often result in ethics dilemmas.In chapters covering topics such as forensic practice and critical feminist theory, neuroethics in court, work with asylum applicants, and ethics problems presented by the internet, the contributors demonstrate methods to help practitioners resolve problems that they are likely to encounter in forensic practice. The concentrated focus on thinking through ethics quandaries encourages forensic practitioners to reflect regularly on the ethics dimensions of their work and provides them with the tools to create ethics-based solutions that are transparent and understandable and best serve their clients. This essential book provides a roadmap for specialists in these evolving fields to recognize dilemmas through reflection and consideration, thoughtfully articulate the problems, and create solutions.

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Introduction, by Ezra E. H. GriffithPart I: Approaches to Solving Ethics Problems in Forensic Practice1. Resolving Ethics Dilemmas in Forensic Practice, by William Connor Darby and Robert Weinstock2. Feminism and Forensic Ethics, by Navneet Sidhu and Philip Candilis3. Ethics Challenges for Forensic Practice in a Context of Limited Resources, by Maisha Emmanuel and Michael Campbell 4. On Wearing Two Hats: Ethics Challenges and Role Conflicts in Forensic Practice, by Rebecca Weintraub Brendel5. Objectivity and Boundaries of Competence as Ethical Issues in Forensic Assessments, by Jennifer Cox and Stanley L. BrodskyPart II: Ethics in Major Areas of Forensic Practice6. Minors’ Autonomy in Forensic Child and Adolescent Practice, by Peter Ash7. Ethics Dilemmas in Correctional Institutions, by Graham D. Glancy and Alexander Simpson8. Forensic Ethics and Involuntary Outpatient Commitment, by Ezra E. H. Griffith and Daniel Papapietro9. Neuroscience in Forensic Contexts: Ethical Concerns, by Stephen J. MorsePart III: Specific Ethics Problems in Forensic Practice10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Psychological Testing in Forensic Assessment, by Lori L. Hauser11. Ethics and the Mandated Video Recording of Forensic Evaluations, by Richard Martinez and B. Thomas Gray12. Current Ethics Dilemmas in the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders, by Dominique Bourget and John Bradford13. The Internet and Forensic Ethics, by Patricia R. Recupero and Frederick G. Reamer14. Ethical Dilemmas in the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Guantánamo Detainees Mass-Administered Mefloquine, by Remington L. Nevin and Elspeth Cameron Ritchie15. Terrorism and National-Security Evaluations: Ethics Dilemmas in Forensic Practice, by Stephen N. Xenakis16. Ethics and Forensic Specialists Interacting with the Media, by Brian K. Cooke17. Ethical Dilemmas for Forensic Practitioners Working with Asylum Petitioners, by Chinmoy Gulrajani and Maya Prabhu18. Addressing Ethics Dilemmas in Violence-Risk Assessment: A Forensic Psychologist Perspective, by Linda E. Weinberger and Shoba Sreenivasan19. Forensic-Ethics Challenges in the Psychiatric Treatment of Children, by Thomas J. McMahon and Christy Olezeski20. Forensic Ethics and Clinical Collaborations Across Medical Specialties, by Christy Olezeski and Thomas J. McMahonList of ContributorsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.9.2018
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-231-54484-7 / 0231544847
• ISBN-13: 978-0-231-54484-9 / 9780231544849