From The National Psychologist

Ethics and Risk Management: Expert Tips VII is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses a variety of ethics and risk management topics in the form of 22 archived articles from The National Psychologist and is intended for psychotherapists of all specialties. Topics include:

3-Hour Online CE Course

• Why the Mismatch and What Do I Do?
• What Malpractice Insurance Isn’t
• An Ethical Prohibition That Isn’t – And Never Really Was
• Documentation, Lawyers and Common Sense
• Hot Topics in Psychological Practice
• Self-Care Important for Psychologists and Graduate Students
• I Confess …
• Forensic Psychology IS a Specialty
• Ethics with Feeling
• Patient Access to Records: The Invisible Confidentiality Right
• The Minefield of Divorce Counseling
• Ethics, Psychology and the Prison Mess
• Risks Accompany Benefits of Telecommunications
• Most Psychologists Misinformed on ‘Duty to Warn’
• Legal Pitfalls in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
• Ethical Issues in Assessing & Treating Elite Athletes
• Electronic Health Records Raise New Ethical Concerns
• Legal, Clinical, and Ethical Implications of Legalized Marijuana
• Test Security Must be Maintained
• No Thinking Allowed: Ethics in Reverse
• Employ Spiritual Practices Ethically

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Course #30-81 | 2015 | 43 pages | 34 posttest questions

This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. Successful completion of the online CE test (80% required to pass, 3 chances to take) and course evaluation are required to earn a certificate of completion. You can print the test (download test from My Courses tab of your account after purchasing) to mark your answers on it while reading the course document. Then submit online when ready to receive credit.

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology & School Psychology, Dietetics & Nutrition, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy Practice; the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board; the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs; and by theTexas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists and State Board of Social Worker Examiners.