PSY 280: Chapter 15 – Flashcards
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Psychologists assume ethical responsibilities for individuals when they:
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provide clinical services or conduct research.
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Before the 1970s, severely mentally ill patients were typically confined to hospitals because:
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effective treatments and medications had yet to be discovered.
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The effects of deinstitutionalization include:
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contributions to society by some people who would otherwise not have had the opportunity, fewer psychiatric hospital beds and more community-based care, higher rates of incarceration for mentally disabled individuals.
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The deinstitutionalization movement failed because:
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the new outpatient clinics were underfunded and understaffed.
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Outpatient commitment is most successful when it:
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is sustained and intensive.
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A person who is judged to be not guilty be reason of insanity, guilty but mentally ill, or incompetent to stand trial:
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is under criminal commitment.
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The phrase "not guilty by reason of insanity":
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can be applied to individuals with a variety of psychological disorders, is a legal decisions not a psychiatric diagnosis, is not necessarily allowed by every state.
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When a person is found guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) or guilty except insane, the person is:
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considered criminally guilty and is subject to criminal penalties such as incarceration.
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According to the US Supreme Court, people can be medicated against their wishes (involuntarily) to restore competency to stand trial only if:
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important government interests are at stake, the drug is likely to retire their competency, the drug is the least intrusive form of treatment.
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Unlike privacy, confidentiality is held by a therapist and patient and:
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does not apply in some situations.
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Dr. Amanda Stevens, a clinical child psychologist, shares basic diagnostic and treatment information with a 9 year old child's patents and the health insurance company. Dr. Stevens:
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was ethically and legally required to share the information with the patents and the insurance company.
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HIPAA was originally designed to protect Americans who had been previously ill from losing their health insurance when they changed jobs. However, the law also regulates the:
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transmission of health care claims forms.
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John sought treatment from a clinical psychologist to deal with his feelings of depression. At his last therapy session, he revealed that he had a serious plan to harm his boss. The psychologist was obligated to:
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warn John's boss of the threat and inform appropriate law enforcement personnel.
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When psychologists are accused of malpractice, the most common cause is:
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child custody evaluations.
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Professionals who are licensed to provide mental health services have credentials that:
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can be different depending on the state in question.
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Granting prescription privileges to licensed psychologists:
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will be determined by the laws of each state and territory.
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Bot the Nuremberg Code (1947) and the Declaration of Helsinki (1967) set forth early specific directives for:
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protecting human subjects in all experiments.
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The Belmont Report (1979) identified three basic principles to guide behavioral and biomedical research with human subjects. What are they?
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respect for persons, justice, beneficence.
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Conducting psychological research with children in most circumstances and jurisdictions requires parental or guardian consent and:
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eat child's assent, when possible.
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People who are members of racial and ethic minority groups are often reluctant to participate in research because:
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in the past, researchers mistreated members of these groups.
