Revising the APA Ethics Code
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 defici
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Revising the APA Ethics Code
Revising the APA Ethics Code
Gerald Young
Revising the APA Ethics Code
Gerald Young Glendon College York University Toronto, ON, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-60001-7 ISBN 978-3-319-60002-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60002-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943511 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Ethics is essential to effective and moral practice in mental health. All major mental health organizations have ethics codes that help practitioners practice, undertake research and teaching, and engage in other professional functions. The leading psychological organization in this regard is the American Psychological Association (APA). It has a professional ethical code dated 2002 with minor modifications in 2010 (as certified in 2016). For the psychiatric field, the American Medical Association (AMA) published an ethics code in 2017 that applies to psychiatry. Other psychological ethics codes include that of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) code of 2017. At the international or universal code level, there is the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists (International Union of Psychological Science, 2008). The present book attempts an integration of these various sources of mental health ethical codes in order to improve the one of the APA, in particular, and toward developing a universal mental health ethics code applicable to psychology, psychiatry, and other mental health professions. Typically, mental health ethics codes include principles and standards. Normally, the principles are aspirational and the
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