A comprehensive, concise, resource outlining the legal obligations and responsibilities of mental health professionals. It addresses a range of legal topics, including licensing; privacy of professional information; practice laws related to families, juveniles, civil matters, and criminal matters; and limitations on and liability for practice.
Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Theories in the Classroom
Provides psychologists and educators with a foundation to create their own multicultural feminist pedagogy. The volume challenges them with self reflection and thought-provoking questions.
Critiques the current treatment of sex offenders in an effort to determine how best to prevent reoffending without infringing on the rights of citizens. The book offers the latest data about sex offenders and the legal measures enacted to prevent sexual violence.
In this work, contributors examine the unquestioned givens of psychology and suggest other ways of looking at them. It covers six major psychology subdisciplines, ranging from clinical psychology to neuropsychology.
Explores the explosion of research on the neuroscience and endocrinology of sexuality and presents findings in the field. From studies of twins to test a genetic basis for sexual orientation to examinations of the roles of the endocrine system and hypothalamus in sexuality, this volume gives a portrait of the state of the art in sexuality ......
Behavioral and Social Facts in Legal Decision Making
An introduction for students and other readers to the ways in which behavioral and social knowledge can and should inform legal decisions, as well as ways in which such knowledge can be misused. Considers legal decisions such as mandatory testing for drug use in schools, abortion, use of the death penalty, and jury selection, among others.
Dr Thomas A. Parham demonstrates an African-centered, culturally based approach that can augment any therapy with African American clients. Dr Parham's approach honors spirituality, interconnectedness, and self-knowledge, and is aimed at treating the client holistically - that is, without dividing a client's issues into affective, cognitive, and ......
Dr Jean Lau Chin demonstrates an approach that addresses issues of culture and cultural competence within the therapeutic session, in essence acknowledging the client's culture as a "third person" in the therapy room. In this session, Dr Chin works with a 40-year-old woman who immigrated to the United States from Vietnam who is dealing with issues ......
In Client-Directed Outcome-Focused Psychotherapy, Dr. Scott D. Miller presents a meta-approach to talk therapy that is designed to help tailor the treatment to fit the client's particular therapeutic goals. Technique is deemphasized in favor of developing a strong therapeutic alliance and using the client's experience of the treatment as a guide ......
