Law and Mental Health: Ethical Challenges in Forensic Practice

Описание: Law and Mental Health: Ethical Challenges in Forensic Practice -Gerald Koocher PhD

Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri. He previously served as Chief of Psychology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and as health sciences dean at Simmons and DePaul Universities. He remains a Senior Associate in Psychology at Children’s Hospital and Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.

He is the founding Editor of the journal Ethics & Behavior, and previously served as Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and The Clinical Psychologist. He has published more than 350 articles and book chapters and authored or edited 17 books including Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions, the Psychologists’ Desk Reference, and The Parent’s Guide to Psychological First Aid.

He earned five specialty diplomas from the American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical, Clinical Child /Adolescent, Family, Forensic, and Health Psychology) and holds active psychology licenses in Illinois, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

He served as APA President in 2006 and currently serves on the boards of directors for APA divisions 29 (psychotherapy) and 42 (independent practice).

Learning Objectives:

1. Summarize how to maintain competence and optimize rigor when offering expert testimony, including advocacy bias,
cases of first impression, and incidental discoveries.
2. Describe the ethical risks involved when serving as an invisible (undisclosed) forensic expert. 3. Summarize how to handle complex confidentiality issues involving privilege and mandated reporting.
4. Describe fee-setting issues to optimize ethical practice.

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