Overview
First major work to focus on the ethics code
Thorough analysis of the code and its principles
Guide for practitioners
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(9 chapters)
About this book
This integrative volume proposes major revisions to the APA ethics code and works toward creating an ethics code applicable across psychology, psychiatry, and related mental health professions. Careful analysis identifies theoretical and structural deficits in the principles and standards comprising the existing APA code, corrects its ambiguities, and provides scientific and compare-contrast illustrations to address current and potential controversies arising from current gray areas. Proposed revisions are informed by the American Medical Association, Canadian Psychological Association, and international ethics codes, emphasizing not only clearer language and diverse situations but also deeper conceptualizations of professional skills such as decision-making and client engagement. Ideally, the resulting universal code would be more inclusive of evolving ethical challenges in increasingly complex work environments and society.
Included in the coverage:
Ā Comparison of the APA and CPA ethics codes.
- ProposingĀ five core and five supplementary ethical principles and their sub-principles. Analyzing the APAās ethical standards toward revising the APA ethics code.
- Elucidating new standards, domains, sub-domains, and meta-principles.
- Culling lessons from the 2017 AMA medical ethics code.
- Examining ethical decision-making: fallacies/biases and models.
- Proposing new concepts, such as participatory ethics and psychological co-regulation.Ā
- Giving concrete and practical recommendations toward revising the APA ethics code and creating a universal mental health ethics code.
An exhaustive text that spans clinical, research, teaching, and education domains, Revising the APA Ethics Code is essential reading for ethics scholars, practitioners, and the APA administrative and ethics committee hierarchies. These real-world guidelines will help ensure that the mental health professions remain both modern and moral.Ā
Authors and Affiliations
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Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada
Gerald Young
About the author
Gerald Young, Ph.D., C. Psych., is a Full Professor, in the Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the sole author or senior editor/ co-author of seven books, including on malingering (Malingering, Feigning, and Response Bias in Psychiatric/ Psychological Injury, published by Springer SBM, New York, 2014). For the area of psychological injury and law, he is the first to have organized (a) a scientific association [www.asapil.net], and (b) an academic journal [Psychological Injury and Law [PIL, springer.com], and (c) he has written integrative articles in multiple journals on the topic. His other books include Development and Causality: Neo-Piagetian Perspectives (Springer SBM, 2011) and Unifying Psychology and Causality (Springer International Publishing, 2016). His most recent book is the present one on Toward Revising the APA Ethics Code (2017). He has successfully testified in a case involving the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of injured workers. He has won awards for his work from both the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, including for lifetime contributions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revising the APA Ethics Code
Authors: Gerald Young
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60002-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60001-7Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86756-4Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60002-4Published: 31 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 307
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychology, general