A Clinician's Guide to Legal Issues in Psychotherapy Or Proceed With Caution

6 CE Hours
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About the Course

A Clinician’s Guide to Legal Issues in Psychotherapy is about lowering your legal risk in clinical practice, including understanding common forensic issues and standards as they apply to mental health professionals, recognizing potential problems, and clarifying the risk-benefit issues involved in what you are doing. Dr. Reid is sometimes retained by the plaintiff, sometimes by the defense, and sometimes by the Court itself. What you will find in these pages is designed to keep you from having unwanted contact with forensic experts like Dr. Reid

This course is based on the book, A Clinician’s Guide to Legal Issues in Psychotherapy Or Proceed With Caution created by William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 1999

Course Material Author

William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H.
Past President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. A prolific contributor to the fields, he has written 14 professionals books. Dr. Reid is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about legal risk in clinical practice. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 to be able to understand common forensic (legal) issues as they apply to mental health professions and patient care
  2. 2 to be able to recognize potential legal problems in clinical practice and other professional interactions
  3. 3 to be able to clarify risk-benefit issues involved in counseling

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$54

Course Details

6 CE Hours
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Course 6145

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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