| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 236 pages). |
| Series |
The law and public policy |
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Law and public policy.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Legal credentialing and privileges to practice -- Initiating services -- Maintaining and disclosing information -- Liabilities for professional activities -- Competency determinations -- Child care and protection -- Education of children -- Marriage dissolution and child custody -- Juvenile offenders before the court -- State interventions and services for individuals with special needs -- Law enforcement -- Pretrial matters in criminal and civil litigation -- Trial matters in criminal and civil litigation -- Posttrial criminal matters -- Workplace-related services. |
| Summary |
"Laws Affecting Clinical Practice is a comprehensive, concise, readily understandable resource outlining the legal obligations and responsibilities of mental health professionals (MHPs). Identifying legal topics affecting mental health practices and services, Sales, Miller, and Hall address a wide range of legal topics, including licensing; privacy of professional information; practice laws related to families, juveniles, civil matters, and criminal matters; and limitations on and liability for practice. The laws surveyed are expressed with minimal legal jargon, making this volume maximally accessible to those outside of the legal profession. Laws Affecting Clinical Practice is an essential introduction to clinically relevant laws for MHPs, as well as graduate students training to become MHPs. It will guide readers to become intelligent consumers of legal services. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)"--Jacket. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Mental health personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Mental health laws -- United States.
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Forensic psychiatry -- United States.
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Mental Health -- manpower -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
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Forensic Psychiatry -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Michael O., 1952-
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Hall, Susan R.
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| Note |
Available from some providers with title: PsycBOOKS |
| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 2005000057 |
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