Ethical Codes
Before recording the voices or images of individuals to whom they provide services, psychologists obtain permission from all such persons or their legal representatives.
What is ethical code 4.03 Recording?
A case in which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient
What is Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California?
A physical, mental, and/or emotional state in which the client may be an immediate danger to themselves or others.
What is suicidal ideation and homicidal ideation?
any information about health status, provision of healthcare, or payment for health care that is created or collected by a Covered Entity (or a Business Associate of a Covered Entity), and can be linked to a specific individual
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Psychologists have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions to protect confidential information obtained through or stored in any medium, recognizing that the extent and limits of confidentiality may be regulated by law or established by institutional rules or professional or scientific relationship
What is ethical code 4.01 Maintaining Confidentiality?
A case in which the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a mental health professional's duty to predict dangerousness includes consulting a patient's prior records and that their duty to protect includes the involuntary commitment of a dangerous individual; simply warning the foreseeable victim is insufficient.
What is Jablonski by Pahls v. United States?
This type of population is susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm. This population includes children, the elderly, and disabled groups.
What are vulnerable populations?
In doing this, psychologists and other mental health professionals should employ additional measures, including auditing, to protect digitalized sensitive information.
What is protecting EHR?
Psychologists discuss confidential information obtained in their work only for appropriate scientific or professional purposes and only with persons clearly concerned with such matters.
What is ethical code 4.04 Minimizing Intrusions on Privacy?
This court ordered document may require (or force) clinicians to submit for medical records or appear in court.
What is a subpoena?
A service provided by a licensed psychologist or allied mental health professional to an unlicensed or licensed professional in which consultation services are provided (for free or at a fee) for one or more psychotherapy cases.
What is supervision?
An online therapeutic service and electronic communications that are more vulnerable to be exploited and the privacy of clients will more likely be exposed.
What is Teletherapy?
When consulting with colleagues, (1) psychologists do not disclose confidential information that reasonably could lead to the identification of a client/patient, research participant, or other person or organization with whom they have a confidential relationship unless they have obtained the prior consent of the person or organization or the disclosure cannot be avoided, and (2) they disclose information only to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of the consultation.
What is ethical code 4.06 Consultations?
This federal law protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education and is extended to mental health professions working in academic settings.
What is The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)?
A way of digitalizing client records. With the rise of integrated health care systems, client notes are more accessible and searchable.
What are Electronic Health Records (EHR)?
The United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?
Psychologists do not disclose in their writings, lectures, or other public media, confidential, personally identifiable information concerning their clients/patients, students, research participants, organizational clients, or other recipients of their services that they obtained during the course of their work, unless (1) they take reasonable steps to disguise the person or organization, (2) the person or organization has consented in writing, or (3) there is legal authorization for doing so
What is ethical code 4.07 Use of Confidential Information for Didactic or Other Purposes?
This psychologist at UC Berkeley's Cowell Memorial Hospital in 1969 failed to warn a Poddar's victim of his intent and plan to harm her although he civilly committed Poddar.
Who is Dr. Lawrenece Moore?
A method of obtaining payment for services from a client/patient, in which instance disclosure is limited to the minimum that is necessary to achieve the purpose.
What is billing?
Launched in 2012, this online service offered unlimited messaging therapy. By using the app on their smartphones, clients could send text, video, and voice messages all in the same room, any time they wanted, and without limit.
What is Talkspace?