Chapter 15 - Legal And Ethical Issues Flashcards

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Canadian psychological associations code of ethics

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Guides the behaviour of psychologists

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2
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Dr. Smith research on psychotherapy

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Look this up

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3
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Ethical practice of psychology

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Beneficence, non maleficence 
Fidelity and responsibility 
Integrity
Justice
Respect for people's rights
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4
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Deinstitutionalization

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Beds decreased 78% between 1962 and 1977
Problems emerged by 1979
Reasons for failure?
Homelessness increase

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5
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Homelessness

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33-73% have psych
Schizophrenia at greatest risk after deinstitutionalization
Comorbidity with drug and alcohol

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6
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Civil commitment

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Involuntary treatment made by government on people who present danger to themselves and others
Also outpatient commitment

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7
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Criminal commitment

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Court ordered that forces involuntary treatment in person with psych who commits a crime

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8
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NGRI

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Not guilty by reason of insanity

Used in 1% of felony cases successful 15-25%

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M’Naghten rule

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England 1843 not guilty of crime if they didn’t know their actions were wrong

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10
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Mens rea

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Latin term for guilty mind

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11
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GEI

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Guilty except insane

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12
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Andre Dallaire

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34 broke into PM’s house

Paranoid schizophrenia, found NCRMD

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Blair Donnelly

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48 male
Stabbed daughter to death
Manic episode, found NCRMD

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14
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Luca Magnotta

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Murdered student, convicted, fled Canada

BPD? Failed plea of NCRMD

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15
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Fitness to stand trial

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If they can’t assist in their own defence, considered incompetent to stand trial

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16
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Kenneth Bianci

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Hillside strangler claimed MPD, was lying

Dr. Martin Orne conducted research in hypnosis, memory, lie detection

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Duty to warn

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Reasonable care to protect third parties from dangers posed by patients
Tarasoff decision
Based on belief that mental health clinicians can predict human behaviour

18
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Licensing

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To practice therapy, must adhere to the laws and codes of ethics
Must attend continuing education

19
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Rights of participants in research

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Nuremberg code (voluntary consent)
Experiment must be conducted by qualified individuals
Discontinue participation at any time
Declaration of Helsinki
Belmont report
Informed consent
Institutional review board
20
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Tuskegee Experiment

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400 poor black men with syphilis

Penicillin in 1947, denied treatment

21
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KKI lead paint study provided testing not treatment Baltimore

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Offered benefit to those already living in house with lead paint
IRB did not consider all the risks to the patients
Harmful to group moved

22
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Psychologist ability to predict violence

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A little better than chance

23
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Psychologists in custody evaluations, percent of ethics complaints

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35%