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PSYCH660 – ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
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Ethics Awareness Inventory
Complete the Ethics Awareness Inventory Tutorial.
Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word summary of your findings. Address the following:
· Explain the importance of understanding your personal ethical perspective.
· Analyze the relationship between personal and professional ethics in psychology.
· Discuss how the APA decision-making process facilitates more ethical professional behavior.
· Describe how your ethical awareness inventory scores relate to the concept of aspirational and enforceable standards
Psych 660 Ethics Awareness Inventory
Case Study One Worksheet:
Dr. Eduardo Romaro, a clinically trained forensic psychologist, was retained by the prosecution to evaluate the intellectual competence of John Stone, a 50-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder of a guard during a bank robbery. John had claimed he was innocent throughout the trial. In the state in which the trial was conducted, individuals convicted of such an offense face the death penalty. John’s attorney challenged the death penalty option for his client, claiming that the defendant is intellectually disabled. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia (2002) that the execution of those with intellectual disability (formerly known as mental retardation) is unconstitutional. Dr. Romaro had worked with the prosecution before on intellectual disability cases, but this is the first time he had been retained for a capital punishment case. He is personally ambivalent about whether states should implement the death penalty.
Respond to the following questions in 1,250 to 1,500 words.
Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
How might Dr. Romaro’s ambivalence toward the death penalty influence his decision to offer a forensic diagnosis of intellectual disability? How might John’s “confession” or his comment about the “boy waiting for the bus” influence the decision? To what extent should these factors play a role in Dr. Romaro’s report?
How are APA Ethical Standards 2.0f, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.01, 9.01a and 9.06 relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?
What steps should Dr. Romaro take to ethically implement his decision and monitor its effect?
Psych 660 Case Study One
Ethical Decision Making Debate
Full paper on: A psychologist is referred a patient that he/she is not competent or trained to treat. The psychologist has not been trained or ever received a referral for ADHD and the client is a child. The psychologist is a marriage and family therapist and counsels mainly couples and divorced parents. What should the psychologist do in receiving this referral?
Select an ethical dilemma related to professional competence.
Obtain faculty approval prior to beginning the assignment.
Develop a 5- to 10-minute debate based on your selected dilemma.
Address the following items:
· Describe your selected ethical dilemma and why it is a dilemma.
· Provide an argument for two methods of resolving the issue and justify the ethical resolution process you would take under each method.
· Provide an argument for why each method should be used.
Submit a transcript of the debate.
Include a reference page with two to three peer-reviewed sources.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Psych 660 Ethical Decision Making Debate
Article Analysis Presentation
**Appelbaum, P. S. (2009). Mental retardation and the death penalty: After Atkins. Psychiatric Services, 60(10), 1295-1297**
Select an article from the University of Phoenix Material: Article Analysis Topics.
Obtain instructor approval prior to beginning the assignment.
Develop a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to brief the class on your selected article. Include the following:
A properly formatted title page
An agenda for your presentation
An outline of the purpose or focus of the article
An evaluation of the ethical issues presented in the article
An explanation of the conclusions drawn by the article and their implications for the clinical practice of psychology
An analysis of the implications of the ethical issues presented in the article to the practice of psychology
A properly formatted reference slide
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment
Psych 660 Article Analysis Presentation
Dual-Relationships and Boundaries Paper
Full Paper on : A close friend of yours is having difficulty with her teenage daughter. She knows you are a psychologist who specializes in adolescents. She asks if you would be willing to see her daughter for a few sessions to straighten her out.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper based on your selected scenario in which you examine the concept of dual relationships. As part of your examination, address the following items:
Identify ethical and unethical actions you could take.
Define the concept of dual relationships.
Analyze the dual relationships presented in your scenario.
Discuss the ethical issues presented by these dual relationships.
Explain the challenges presented by boundary issues in professional psychology.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Psych 660 Dual-Relationships and Boundaries Paper
Case Study Two
Case of Irina.
Irina, a 13-year-old girl of Arabic cultural heritage living in Boston, Massachusetts, was brought by her parents to a hospital emergency room after an assault by a stranger. Based on her injuries, the hospital staff suspected that the attacker had also sexually assaulted the girl, but she and her parents refused medical evaluations for rape. The family received a referral to see Janet Matthews, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent trauma. During their initial meeting with Dr. Matthews, the parents asked the psychologist not to discuss any sexual aspects of the assault with their daughter but to treat the psychological trauma from the assault in general. They told the psychologist that admitting a rape had taken place would cast a stigma on their daughter and make her ineligible to be married to men in their closely knit ethnic community. When asked in private, the girl also requested that sexual issues not be discussed for the same reason.
Ethical Dilemma
Dr. Matthews does not know if she should agree to the parents’ and child’s request.
Respond to the following questions in 1,250 to 1,500 words.
1. Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
2. How might Irina’s age and parents’ involvement in the referral affect how Dr. Matthews can resolve the dilemma? How might the state law on treatment of minors and HIPAA rule on access of guardians to a minor’s health care record influence Dr. Matthews’ decision?
3. How are APA Ethical Standards 2.01a b, and c; 2.04; 3.04; 3.06; 4.01; 4.02; and 10.10a relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?
4. What are Dr. Matthews’ ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principle and enforceable standard, as well as legal standards and Dr. Matthews’ obligations to stakeholders
5. What steps should Dr. Matthews take to ethically implement her decision and monitor its effects?
Psych 660 Case Study Two
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Professional Psychology Paper
Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper in which you examine the legal aspects of recordkeeping and providing expert testimony. As part of your examination, address the following items:
Analyze the ethical issues related to documenting informed consent and ethical release of treatment and assessment records.
Which enforceable standards are relevant to the release of treatment-related materials and disclosure of information arising out of treatment?
Provide specific examples of what each enforceable standard requires or prohibits.
Provide a rationale for your proposed actions in your example and why they are consistent with ethical guidelines.
Evaluate the legal issues associated with assessment, testing, and diagnosis documentation in professional psychology.
What specific legal issues can arise in documenting assessment, testing, and diagnosis?
Provide specific examples that support your evaluation.
Provide a rationale for your proposed actions in your example and why they are consistent with legal requirements.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Psych 660 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Professional Psychology Paper
Case Study Four Worksheet
Dr. Daniela Yeung, a community psychologist, has been conducting a federally funded ethnographic study of men’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence following conviction and release from prison for spousal abuse. Over the course of a year, she has had individual monthly interviews with 25 participants while they were in jail and following their release. Aiden, a 35-year-old male parolee convicted of seriously injuring his wife, has been interviewed by Dr. Yeung on eight occasions. The interviews have covered a range of personal topics including Aiden’s problem drinking, which is marked by blackouts and threatening phone calls made to his parents and girlfriend when he becomes drunk, usually in the evening. To her knowledge, Aiden has never followed through on these threats. It is clear that Aiden feels very comfortable discussing his life with Dr. Yeung. One evening Dr. Yeung checks her answering machine and finds a message from Aiden. His words are slurred and angry: “Now that you know the truth about what I am you know that there is nothing you can do to help the evil inside me. The bottle is my savior and I will end this with them tonight.” Each time she calls Aiden’s home phone she gets a busy signal.
Respond to the following questions in 1,500 to 1,750 words.
Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
Does this situation meet the standards set by the duty to protect statue? How might whether or not Dr. Yeung’s state includes researchers under such a statute influence Dr. Yeung’s ethical decision making? How might the fact that Dr. Yeung is a research psychologist without training or licensure in clinical practice influence the ethical decision?
How are APA Ethical Standards 2.01a b, and c; 2.04; 3.04; 3.06; 4.01; 4.02; and 10.10a relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?
What are Dr. Yeung’s ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principle and enforceable standard, as well as legal standards and Dr. Yeung’s obligations to stakeholders?
What steps should Dr. Yeung take to ethically implement her decision and monitor its effects?
Psych 660 Case Study Four
Hot Topics
Full Presentation on: Confidentiality and involvement of parents in mental health services for children and adolescents. Chapter 7, what do you all think?
Select a topic from the University of Phoenix Material: Hot Topics Presentation Options.
Obtain instructor approval.
Select a case study from the University Library that illustrates your topic.
Develop a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to brief the class on your topic. Include the following:
A properly formatted title slide
An agenda for your presentation
A definition of which ethical aspirational principle and enforceable standards are relevant
An explanation of how the clients in this case study would be affected by unethical disclosure of client information
An explanation of how the issues affect the practice of professional psychology, in regards to professional supervision
An analysis of what the APA Ethics Code would suggest as a resolution to the dispute
A discussion on how your research into the dilemma affected your prior views and assumptions
A properly formatted reference slide
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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Psych 660 Hot Topics Presentation
Case Study Seven Worksheet
Respond to the following questions in 1,250 to 1,500 words.
1. Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
2. To what extent, if any, should Dr. Vaji consider Leo’s ethnicity in his deliberations? Would the dilemma be addressed differently if Leo self-identified as non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, on non-Hispanic Black?
3. How are APA Ethical Standards 1.08, 3.04, 3.05, 3.09, 7.04, 7.05, and 17.05 relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?
4. What are Dr. Vaji’s ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principle and enforceable standard, as well as legal standards and obligations to stakeholders?
5. What steps should Dr. Vaji take to ethically implement his decision and monitor its effects?
Psych 660 Case Study Seven Worksheet
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Culture Neutral Assessment Presentation
Develop an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes on the selection process of a culture-neutral assessment. Include examples of when culture-biased assessments have been problematic.
Develop a role-play for a commitment hearing that illustrates the consequences of not following the selection process. Make sure a team member represents the psychologist, the client advocate, and other roles as necessary.
Submit a transcript of the role-play along with your presentation.
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Psy660 Cultural Neutral Assessment Presentation
Full Course
Includes all listed individual assignments, all team assignments, and all listed DQs.
Psych 660 Full Course
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Course Discussion Questions
Listed below are all Discussion Questions for the course. They can be purchased all together or individually for $3 each. Discussion questions that are not listed can be purchased with advanced notice of at least 3 days for $5 each.
What advantages did the addition of enforceable standards provide to the APA Ethics Code? Did the addition of enforceable standards simplify or complicate making ethical decisions? Explain your response.
As future practitioners or researchers do you have any specific concerns over ethics or practice that you hope to learn more about in this course?
As you complete the Case Study Ten Worksheet and begin to think about your responses to this thread I want you to think about the following question: How does your concept of personal ethics differ from those defined by the APA Ethics Code decision-making process? What are some similarities?
What is forensic assessment? What field(s) of psychology is this most used by?
Can the APA Ethics Code assist psychologists in resolving ethical conflicts with conflicting organizational interests? Why or why not? Which interests should predominate when conflicting interests occur? Why?
In the discussion from last week I asked if the results from Milgram and Zimbardo’s studies would be the same if done today. Some of you said no. In fact, Milgram’s study has actually been replicated recently (2009), though it wasn’t an exact replication (the experiment stopped at the 150 volt mark). Here is a summary of the replication: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2007/december-07/replicating-milgram.html Here is the actual paper: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-64-1-1.pdf What do you all think about this?
How can you define a dual relationship to a layperson? What prohibitions does the APA Ethics Code place on psychologists regarding dual relationships? Do you agree with the prohibitions? Why or why not?
Search your state’s legal statutes in the code of professional standards regarding professional boundaries in psychology. What types of activities would the APA Ethics Code consider to be professional boundaries violations? How do your local statures relate to a potential violation?
Why do you believe the security of confidential therapy and health records is important to the ethical practice of psychology? What is the role of HIPAA in regards to the confidentiality of records?
What expectations does the APA Ethics Code require of researchers? What types of activities does the code specifically prohibit? Do you agree with the prohibitions? Why or why not?
In Week 2 you each completed the worksheet about the dilemma faced by an expert and evaluating a person convicted of murder. I want you to assume you have been called as an expert witness in a court proceeding. What considerations or limitations does the APA Ethics Code place upon you in terms of what you may disclose as part of your testimony? What potential challenges might this present to your professional relationship with your client?
A clinical training program requires all trainees to participate in a group therapy session as part of the program. The supervisors serve a dual role, functioning as supervisors and facilitators for the training group therapy session. Would this practice be a potential ethical violation? Why or why not?
Why is consent such an important component of research protocols? What specific things should be taken into account when proposing consent procedures?
Why is debriefing after a research study an important ethical consideration?
What is an Institutional Review Board? What are the mission/goals of this organization?
Why is the selection of culturally neutral assessment tools so critical to the ethical practice of psychology? What potential harm can result if assessment materials are culture-bound? What potential limitations do you foresee encountering with culturally neutral assessment tools?
With the rapid changes in technology what do you think about the use of E-therapy? What are the benefits, drawbacks, and concerns with this?
According to the APA Ethics Code, what conditions would justify termination of therapy? Do you agree with the prohibitions? Why or why not?
PSYCH660 – ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
