Dr. Yeung's Case Summary

Dr. Yeung is a psychologist and in her job description to protect her clients whether its harm to self or others. Her client Aiden is a 35-year-old parolee who was convicted of spousal abuse. Even though to her knowledge when Aiden drinks he doesn't follow through on his threats it's still an ethical dilemma because of Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence which is the psychologist is responsible for the well-being of their client (Fisher, 2013, p. 33). The stakeholders are Aiden because he is the one that Dr. Yeung needs to be concerned about whether or not he is trying to end his own life with a bottle. In addition, Dr. Yeung is a stakeholder as well because she is concern about his well being and only wants nothing but the best for him. Lastly, I would say his parents and girlfriend because they are family and care for Aiden as well. …show more content…
In this case, since researcher will be affected by Dr. Yeung mind in a big way because the research of studying men behavior after being released from jail toward their partner but since Aiden isn’t threatening a partner but himself he will be an outlier. If Dr. Yeung did not have a license then she would be unaware of the steps she needs to take in the order of reporting and getting the right help to Aiden. She might not be aware of what Aiden could be suffering from mentally and won't have the information to diagnose him