Forensic Ethics Lecture Flashcards
The ethical principle that allows for decisions to rest on the greatest good for the greatest number is:
a. Utilitarianism.
b. Principalism
c. Deontological.
d. Liberal individualism.
e. None of the above.
a. Utilitarianism.
A forensic psychiatrist is asked to participate in an evaluation of a prearranged police detainee to help the prosecutor determine whether the defense may consider a mental state defense. The prosecutor arranges for the evaluation through local police. This evaluation:
a. can go forward as long as the prosecutor provides the forensic psychiatrist with appropriate retainer fees.
b. Can go forward if the suspect authorizes consent.
c. Cannot go forward because this defendant is not yet assigned counsel.
d. Could that go forward because the evaluation would be biased if conducted while the defendant is in police custody
e. Cannot go forward because the detainee is working to raise bail to be released.
c. Cannot go forward because this defendant is not yet assigned counsel.
During an evaluation of mental state at the time of the offense, the defendant refers to you as “Doctor” and says that he really appreciates that you are there to help him deal with depression. This phenomenon is called:
a. Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
b. Evidence of bias.
c. Slippage.
d. Testimonial misconception.
e. Role confusion.
c. Slippage.
A plaintiff that was evaluated in a sexual harassment claim filed an ethics complaint against the forensic psychiatrist who conducted the evaluation on behalf of the defense. Assuming the forensic psychiatrist is a member of the APA and AAPL, the organizational body that would review and adjudicate this ethical complaint is:
a. AMA first because the ethics principles rely on the AMA’s foundational elements.
b. APA through its district branches first because the APA is the arbiter of ethics complaints against its members.
c. AAPL First, because the complaint involves conduct during a forensic evaluation.
d. AAPL but only in consultation with the APA.
e. APA but only in consultation with the AMA
b. APA through its district branches first because the APA is the arbiter of ethics complaints against its members.
The Goldwater rule is:
a. American Psychiatric Association Ethical prohibition of testimony on record reviews.
b. American Psychiatric Association. Ethical prohibition on reports going to the public.
c. Media rule delineating rules of reporters and interviewees.
d. American Psychiatric Association Ethical prohibition against public diagnostic opinions on public figures absent a personal examination.
e. American Psychiatric Association. Ethical prohibition against public diagnostic options on public figures in all circumstances.
d. American Psychiatric Association Ethical prohibition against public diagnostic opinions on public figures absent a personal examination.
A theory of ethics that requires the balancing of competing factors to achieve an ethically appropriate ban of action has been termed:
a. Dialectical utilitarianism.
b. Dialectical Principlism.
c. Dialectical Deontology.
d. Dialectical reason.
e. Principled utilitarianism.
b. Dialectical Principlism.
