The Danger-to-Self-or-Others Exception to Confidentiality - Softcover

Ahia, C. Emmanuel

 
9780761856474: The Danger-to-Self-or-Others Exception to Confidentiality
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761856471 ISBN 13: 9780761856474
Publisher: University Press of America, 2011

Synopsis

This book will help practicing mental health professionals understand the sometimes intricate responsibility of breaching clinical confidentiality when clients become dangerous to themselves or others. It examines the basis for clinical confidentiality, presents methods for the evaluation of client dangerousness, and proposes legally and ethically permissible methods to breach confidentiality. The Danger-to-Self-or-Others Exception to Confidentiality contains case-law updates which should help practitioners with situations that require the breach of confidentiality. This text strives to clear up some of the confusing issues surrounding suicide evaluation, death with dignity, inherently dangerous populations, and the role of client commitment in the breach-of-confidentiality process. Ahia also discusses two important concepts - informed consent and privileged communication - as they relate to the rights of clients.

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About the Author

C. Emmanuel Ahia, Ph.D., J.D., LPC, is a counseling professor and director of the Ed.S program at Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He has taught mental health law and ethics at John Hopkins and Central Michigan University and is the author of Legal and Ethical Dictionary for Mental Health Professionals, along with many other articles on counseling ethics.

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Publisher
University Press of America
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761856471
ISBN 13 
9780761856474
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
66