Discussion:
Confidentiality in the field of mental health
Confidentiality is one of the most significant ethical and legal issues in the field of mental health. Clients/patients rely on this confidentiality when they share their personal issues with the therapist.
1) According to the American Psychological Association (2013), "psychologists have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions to protect confidential information obtained through or stored in any medium" (para 1). Basically does this mean? Provide an example.
American Psychological Association. (2013). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Retrieved on July 7, 2013, from
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=7
2). The APA Code of Ethics that states that, "Psychologists take reasonable steps to avoid harming their clients/patients, students, supervisees, research participants, organizational clients and others with whom they work, and to minimize harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable" (APA, 2013, para 4). Essentially what does this code mean exactley? Provide an example.
American Psychological Association. (2013). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Retrieved on July 7, 2013, from
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=7
Use a min. of one scholary source and cite any sources used with an APA format