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Abnormal Psychology
Ethical Issues
Ethical Issues related to Licensed Professional Marriage and Family Therapists
Licensed professional marriage and family therapists have a very important role to play in helping married couples and families solve the relationship problems such as discord between husband and wife, and conflict between parents and children. They help to prevent the family from breaking up by offering professional counseling based on psychological expertise. Since clients confide in them about their very personal family matters, such therapists have to be sensitive to the ethical implications of such a relationship. They should not make unauthorized use of such information. If the information about a patient is to be used to prepare a case study, permission should be sought and the names of the people should be changed. The therapists should also avoid trying to get involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with the client.
Ethical Issues related to Unlicensed Professional Marriage and Family Therapists
The ethical issues become even more serious when an unlicensed professional marriage and family therapist is involved. The unlicensed therapist is not governed by the code of ethics of any professional association and is not bound by its regulations. He or she has to still maintain confidentiality of the information that has been entrusted to him or her by the client. The unlicensed therapist is under a greater ethical duty to avoid making unauthorized use of the client's...
The therapist should also make any recordings of the sessions with the clients after seeking prior permission. The therapist should avoid discussing the client's problems with colleagues or with other clients. The therapist should not try to manipulate the client to achieve any personal interest at the cost of the psychological well-being of the client. The therapist should avoid entering into personal relationships with the client at all costs.
Application of Concepts of Abnormal Psychology outside the Therapeutic Environment
The concepts of abnormal psychology can easily find wide application beyond the therapeutic environment in areas such as business, education, family life and social settings.
Concepts of Abnormal Psychology Applied in Business
The psychoanalytical approach used in abnormal psychology can be used to explain some of the maladaptive behaviors of employees. Employees can also be motivated to learn new behaviors by using the learning models used in abnormal psychology. Some of the disruptive and maladaptive behaviors such as chronic absenteeism or poor performance can be interpreted in the light of learning models of abnormal psychology. For instance, an employee may be demonstrating chronic poor performance or absenteeism as part of a learnt behavior rather than as a biological or cognitive problem. The employee may be taking too long to complete work assignments in order to avoid…
The subject promises to approach issues of theology, sociology, ethicality and behavior with necessary interdependency. Psychology: Professional Ethics and Legal Issues (523), though an elective, seems to be an absolutely indispensable channeling of study time. The examination of issues of ethical and legal centrality to the research or practice of psychology should arm future professionals with the underlying information and philosophical orientation needed to approach this complex field with sensitivity, objectivity and integrity. Teaching Introduction to Psychology (GIDS
Whereas the behaviorist and psychodynamic models contradict each other in their fundamental assumptions and focus, humanistic perspective does not necessarily contradict behaviorism or the psychodynamic approach, except that it considers both of those views as explanations of only portions of human behavior rather than all human behavior. The Cognitive Perspective: The Cognitive perspective broadens the study of human psychology even further than the humanistic perspective. In addition to considering all of the
Among other choices, those related to eating, drinking alcohol, sexuality, and peer group selection are some of the most important. In some respects, those decisions have a lot to do with the way that adolescent brains perceive, process, and react to external circumstances and experiences. The development of eating disorders is one example (Leon, Fulkerson, Perry, & Cudeck, 1993). Specifically, there is empirical cross-sectional data illustrating that specific teenage
Ethics in Mental HealthCare (Anorexia) Eating disorders consist of a variety of symptoms with psychological, social, and physical characteristics. While the physical complications associated with these disorders may cause significant concern to the family members and the health care team, bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are two of the common eating disorders having substantial long-term social and physical sequelae that make recovery difficult. The long-term disabilities associated with these eating disorders
clinical psychology as a distinct pursuit and profession emerged in the late nineteenth century. However, a "climate of ideas receptive to the development of clinical psychology" emerged as early as the late 18th century (Reisman, 1976, p. vii). Clinical psychology perspectives reflected trends in Enlightenment thinking and the rise of the scientific method as a primary means of investigating reality. Enlightenment issues like individualism underlie much of clinical psychology.
Developmental Psychology Body Image, Body Health, and Pathology Eating disorders and anorexia are becoming more commonplace today, and this is true particularly of young women, although older people and men sometimes also suffer from them. It is important to look at this issue as it relates to body image and how one feels about one's body, but also important to see it in the light of the way that one trust's oneself