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Beneficience
Fidelity and Resposibility
Integrity
Justice
Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity
Take care and do no harm
Beneficience
Establish trusting relationships and cooperate with other professionals if needed to serve the best interest of the clients
Fidelity and Responsibility
Promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness
Integrity
Fairness and justice to all persons to access and benefit to the contributions of psychology
Justice
Respect the dignity and worth of ALL pips by excercising their rights to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination
Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity
Psychologists should do their services within the boundaries of their competence, which is based on the amount of training, education, experience, or consultation they had
Competence
Understanding of factors associated with age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, culture, etc. are essential for effective implementation of their services
Competence
When they are tasked to provide services to clients who are deprived with mental health services (e.g., communities far from the urban cities), however, they were still not able to obtain the needed competence for the job, they could still provide services AS LONG AS they make reasonable effort to obtain the competence required, just to ensure that the services were not denied to those communities
Competence
When assuming forensic roles, they must be familiar with the judicial rules governing their roles
Competence
During emergencies, psychologists provide services to individuals, even though they are yet to complete the competency/training needed just to ensure that services were not denied. However, the services are discontinued once the appropriate services are available
Competence
Psychologist must continuously develop and maintain their competence
Competence
Works and Services must be based on scientific and professional knowledge of discipline
Competence
When delegating work to employees, supervisors, or others (assistants, interpreters, etc.), avoid delegating it to people who could possibly have MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP with the client, authorize it only to “competent” ones, and see if those persons performed the tasks competently
Competence
Psychologists should refrain working if they know their personal problems would affect their performance
Competence
If so, they must take appropriate measures such as referrals, assistance, and determine where they should limit themselves with the case
Competence
Do not engage in unfair discrimination based on gender, age, race, etc.
Human Relations
Sexual Harassment – verbal or nonverbal conduct sexual in nature, either unwelcome or creates hostile workplace, sufficiently severe to be abusive
Human Relations
Psychologists take reasonable steps to avoid harm, therefore, do not participate in activities that would engage in torture (physical or mental), intentionally inflicted on a person
Human Relations
Psychologist is in a professional role with the client, at the same time is in another role with them (e.g., family, intimate relationships, friends), or with their closely associated/related family or friends, or promises to enter in “another” relationship with them in the future or a person closely related with the client
Human Relations
Multiple relationship that would not reasonable be expected to cause impairment or risk exploitation or harm is UNETHICAL
False; It’s OKAY
Psychologists shouldn’t seek professional role when personal, scientific, professional, legal, financial or other interest could impair the objectivity and could lead to exploitation
Human Relations
When asked for services as a third party psychologist, they must clarify the nature of the relationships of all individuals involved (role of psychologists, identification of client, use of the services) and they must ensure the confidentiality of the case
Human Relations
Cooperation with other professionals is allowed to serve the clients effectively and appropriately
Human Relations
Informed Consent:
✓ When conducting research, providing assessment, therapy, counseling, or consultation
Human Relations
Infrmed conset: For legally INCAPABLE, they must provide appropriate explanation, assent, consider the client’s preferences and best interests, and obtain permission from a legally authorized person
Human Relations
Informd Consent: If COURT ORDERED, they must inform the nature of the services, whether it is court order or mandated, as well as, its limits of confidentiality before proceeding
Human Relations
Informed Consent: Must document written or oral consent, permission, and assent
Human Relations
Informed Consent: In case of interruption of services (such as death, relocation, illness, retirement), psychologists must make reasonable efforts to plan for continuing services
▪ Unless stated in the contract
Human Relations
Psychologists should discuss the limits of confidentiality, uses of the information that would be generated from the services to the persons and organizations with whom they establish a scientific or professional relationships
Privacy and Confidentiality
Before recording voices or images, they must obtain permission first from all persons involved or their legal rep
Privacy and Confidentiality
Before recording voices or images, they must obtain permission first from all persons involved or their legal rep
Privacy and Confidentiality
Disclosure is allowed with appropriate consent ▪ No consent is not allowed UNLESS mandated by the law
Privacy and Confidentiality
No disclosure of confidential information that could lead to the identification of a client unless they have obtained prior consent or the disclosure cannot be avoided
▪ Only disclose necessary information
Privacy and Confidentiality
Exemptions to disclosure:
✓ If the client is disguised/identity is protected
✓ Has consent
✓ Legally mandated
Privacy and Confidentiality
No false, deceptive, or fraudulent public statements concerning their research, practice, or other works
Advertising and Other Public Statements
Don’t fabricate level of competency, degrees, credentials, affiliations, services, etc.
Advertising and Other Public Statements
Psychologists can create public statements as long as they would be responsible for it
▪ They cannot compensate employees of the media in return for publicity in a news item
Advertising and Other Public Statements
Paid Advertisement must be clearly recognizable
Advertising and Other Public Statements
when they are commenting publicly via internet, media, etc., they must ensure that their statement are based on their professional knowledge in accord with appropriate psych literature and practice, consistent with ethics, and do not indicate that a professional relationship has been established with the recipient
Advertising and Other Public Statements
Do NOT solicit testimonials, unless when trying to implement appropriate collateral contracts that would benefit the client and providing disaster or community outreach services
Advertising and Other Public Statements
Confidentiality must still be ensured when creating, storing, accessing, transferring, and disposing records
▪ Must use coding to hide the identity of the client, especially when data is entered to a system wherein anyone (without consent) could see it
Record Keeping and Fees
Withholding records just because payment is not received for emergency purposes is NOT ALLOWED
Record Keeping and Fees
Payments and financial agreements must be discussed as early as they could
▪ Must be consistent with the law
▪ Do not misrepresent their fees
▪ If ever the client cannot pay for the services, and the psychologists decides to take legal measures, they must first inform their clients about it
Record Keeping and Fees
Barter is only accepted when: (1) not clinically contraindicated (harmful), and (2) not exploitative
Record Keeping and Fees
When psychologists pay, receive payment, or divide fees from another professional, the payment must be based on the services provided
Record Keeping and Fees
Must ensure that the programs are designed to provide the appropriate knowledge and proper experiences, and to meet the requirements for licensure, certification, or other goals for which claims are made by the program
Education and Training
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC DEPRESSION AND DYSTHYMIA DURING AND AFTR USE (INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL) - “All Bears Often Behave Calmly, Showing Sadness.”
Alcohol,
benzodiazepines,
opioids,
barbiturates,
cannabis,
steroids (chronic),
stimulants (chronic)
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC ANXIETY DISORDERS DURING USE (INTOXICATION) - “All Active Cats Can Have Intense Panic Symptoms.”
Alcohol,
amphetamine and its derivatives,
cannabis,
cocaine,
hallucinogens,
intoxicants and
PCP, inhalants,
stimulants
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC ANXIETY DISORDERS AFTER USE (WITHDRAWAL) - “After Chaos, Only Serenity Helps Anxious Souls.”
Alcohol,
cocaine,
opioids,
sedatives,
hypnotics,
anxiolytics,
stimulants
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC Bipolar disorders and mania DURING USE (INTOXICATION) - “Some Active Humans Inspire Superheroes
Stimulants,
alcohol,
hallucinogens,
inhalants (organic solvents),
steroids (chronic, acute)
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC Bipolar disorders and mania AFTER USE (WITHDRAWAL) - “After Big Breaks, Overwhelm Surfaces.”
Alcohol,
benzodiazepines,
barbiturates,
opioids,
steroids (chronic)
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC Psychosis DURING USE (INTOXICATION) - “All Anxious Cats Hear Imaginary Sounds Suddenly Screaming.”
Alcohol,
anxiolytics,
cannabis,
hallucinogens (e.g., PCP), hypnotics
inhalants,
sedatives,
stimulants
SUBSTANCES THAT MIMIC Psychosis AFTER USE (WITHDRAWAL) - “All Scary Hallucinations Appear.”
Alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics
1st Psychologist to free px from phobia
Mary Cover Jones (Mother of Behavior Therapy)
