Clinical Psychology

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Competency and Sanity are the two

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Biggest areas in clinical work for forensic psychologists.

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Every crime has an ___ (actus reus) and _____ (mens rea). The forensic psychologist is important to criminal law in determining ______.

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Every crime has an act (actus reus) and intent (mens rea). The forensic psychologist is important to criminal law in determining intent.

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Competency

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can individual make a rational decision about how to handle the case? Is one’s mental disorder keeping him/her from receiving benefits of due process because can’t participate rationally in own defense?

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Sanity

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two-pronged: doesn’t know what s/he’s doing and doesn’t know what s/he’s doing is wrong (lacks capacity because of mental disorder to know that what s/he’s doing is wrong).

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Most of the time, psychologist can catch

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Faking

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Dan White (twinkie defense) case. Responsible for taking “______ ________” out of the definition of “________.”

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Dan White (twinkie defense) case. Responsible for taking “diminished capacity” out of the definition of “insanity.”

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Professional Ethics

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Standards of correct professional behavior

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Fidelity and Responsibility

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psychologists establish relationships of trust with those with whom they work…(and) are aware of their professional and scientific responsibilities to society and to their own communities

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Beneficence and Nonmaleficence:

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Psychologists strive to benefit those whom they work and take care to do no harm

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Integrity:

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psychologists seek to promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness in the science, teaching, and practice of psychology

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Justice:

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all people are entitled to access and benefit from the contributions of psychology

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Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity

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respect worth of all people and their rights to privacy, confidentiality, and self determination

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Fiduciary relationship

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a relationship based on trust in a professional

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Paternalism:

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overriding a person’s autonomy for beneficent reasons

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Most Frequent Problem Areas

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•Confidentiality
•Sexual misconduct
•Forensic and child custody evals
•Managed care
•Competence

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Professors are less likely to consider these things unethical than clinicians are

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•Asking small favors of student
•Working while too distressed to be effective
•Becoming sexually involved with student
•Lending money to student
•Attending student’s party
•Selling goods to students
•Becoming sexually involved with student after class ended

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Clinicians are less likely to consider these unethical and are more likely to be engaged in...

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•Hugging a client
•Telling a client, “I’m sexually attracted to you.”
•Being sexually attracted to a client
•Accepting an inexpensive gift
•Engaging in sexual fantasies about clients
•Helping file a complaint against a colleague

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Female clinicians are more likely to

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Hug a client, and be addressed by first name

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Male clinicians are more likely to

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tell a client: I'm sexually attracted to

•Treating homosexuality per seas pathological
•Engaging in sexual fantasy about a client
•Directly soliciting a person to be a client

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Multiple (dual) relationships

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•“…those situations in which the psychologist functions in more than one professional relationship, or those situations in which the psychologist functions in a professional role and another definitive and intended role (not one growing out of and/or limited to a chance encounter).”

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what percent of psychologists have accepted a client's invitation to a party?

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40%

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How many psychologists have invited a client to a social event?

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16%

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How many psychologists have provided psychotherapy advice to a friend?

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28%

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How many psych educators have sold products to students?

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25%

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Facts about sexual relationships

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•6-10% of clinicians nationally
•80% of those with more than one client
•90% male therapists with female clients
•Therapist is 10 –15 years older than client
•Clients have history of boundary intrusions
•5% minor or child clients
•5% false allegations

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Non-sexual relationships

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•33% clinicians nationally
•Male and female therapists equally

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Problems with multiple relationships (6)

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•Distort and erode professional nature of clinical relationship
•Create conflicts of interest and so compromise the disinterestnecessary for sound professional judgment
•May interfere with credibility or integrity of testimony
•Client cannotenter 2ndrelationship on equal footing
•Drastically change nature of the professional stance
•Affect cognitive processes that play important role in maintaining beneficial effects of txand/or assessment

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Ethical Decision-Making

7 steps

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•Identify the ethical aspects
•Identify the ethical problems
•Identify relevant ethical standards
•Determine the facts
•List options for resolving the problem
•Decide on and evaluate action plan
•Take action and evaluate outcome

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Beneficence and Nonmaleficene

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Do no harm - benefit patient

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Fidelity and Responsiblity

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Establish relationships of trust and responsiblity

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Integrity

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Promote accuracy, honestly, and truthfullness

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Justice

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All persons access to and benfit from the contributations of psychology and quality in the process

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Respect for people's rights and dignity

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Rights to privacy, confidentiality and self-determinaton

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Giddeans Truppet

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Flordia said that he didn't have a right to an attorny - Giddean fought it, and got the right

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Murphy's Conerviatiship

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If your in a state hospital, and can't restore your competency by 3 years