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Volume 34, No. 1 January 2003

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10 ways practitioners can avoid frequent ethical pitfalls



  Further reading
Print version: page 55

* American Psychological Association. (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. American Psychologist, 57(12).

* Benjamin, G.A.H., & Gollan, J.K. (in press). Family evaluation in custody litigation: Reducing risks of ethical infractions and malpractice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

* Caudill, O.B. (2002). Risk management for psychotherapists: Avoiding the pitfalls. In L. VandeCreek & T.L. Jackson (Eds.), Innovations in clinical practice: A sourcebook. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.

* Foxhall, K. (2000). How to protect your practice from fraud and abuse charges. Monitor on Psychology, 31(2), 64-66.

* Gottlieb, M.C. (1993). Avoiding exploitive dual relationships: A decision-making model. Psychotherapy, 30(1), 41-48.

* Haas, L.J., & Malouf, J.L. (2002). Keeping up the good work: A practitioner's guide to mental health ethics (3rd ed.). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.

* Koocher, G.P., & Keith-Spiegel, P.C. (1998). Ethics in psychology: Professional standards and cases (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

* Nagy, T.F. (2000). Ethics in plain English: An illustrative casebook for psychologists. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

ON THE WEB

* APA's Ethics Office: (202) 336-5930; e-mail: Ethics ; Web site: www.apa.org/ethics.

* APA's Insurance Trust offers an ethics and risk management CD-ROM worth continuing-education credit at www.apa.org/ce/apait.html.

* APA's Record Keeping Guidelines are at www.apa.org/practice/recordkeeping.html.

* APA's child-custody evaluation guidelines are at www.apa.org/practice/childcustody.html. Guidelines on many other topics, such as evaluating dementia, are also available on APA's Web site.

 

 



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