| |
| |
Preface | |
| |
| |
| |
Mental Health Practitioners Under Siege | |
| |
| |
Damages From Complaints | |
| |
| |
Reconceptualizing Mental Health Services Practice | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
The Social Psychology of Practitioner Vulnerability: Avoiding Psychological Errors | |
| |
| |
The Nature and Definition of Psychological Errors | |
| |
| |
Determination of a Psychological Error | |
| |
| |
Values, Beliefs, and Biases | |
| |
| |
Ethical Considerations | |
| |
| |
Clinical Versus Statistical Judgments | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Knowing the Opposition | |
| |
| |
Redefining Patients and Clients | |
| |
| |
Social and Cultural Conditions | |
| |
| |
Abusive Conduct by Service Users | |
| |
| |
Public Policy, Law, and Professionalism | |
| |
| |
The Cause of Unequal Treatment for Mental Health Practitioners | |
| |
| |
Who Will Complain or Pose a Legal Challenge? | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
A Protective Shield for Professional Services | |
| |
| |
Individualized Treatment Planning | |
| |
| |
Avoiding Errors in Clinical Assessment | |
| |
| |
Maintaining Clinical Records | |
| |
| |
Ethics-Based Decision Making | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
The Practice Context | |
| |
| |
The Sociocultural Context | |
| |
| |
Quality Care | |
| |
| |
The Practitioner's Personal Needs | |
| |
| |
Misleading Reports From Other Mental Health Practitioners | |
| |
| |
Community Standards | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Business Savvy: Structuring and Operating a Mental Health Business | |
| |
| |
Agency Practice | |
| |
| |
Independent Practice | |
| |
| |
Structuring a Mental Health Practice | |
| |
| |
The Business Mindset | |
| |
| |
Entrepreneurship | |
| |
| |
Targeting and Reaching a Viable Market Sector | |
| |
| |
Adequate Resources | |
| |
| |
Time Management | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Dealing With Attorneys and the Legal System | |
| |
| |
The Rule of Law | |
| |
| |
The Professional Culture for Attorneys | |
| |
| |
Avoiding Alienation of Attorneys | |
| |
| |
Having Allies | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Threatening and Dangerous Service Users | |
| |
| |
Risk and Threat Assessment | |
| |
| |
Violence by Mental Health Service Users | |
| |
| |
Psychological Triggers for Violence | |
| |
| |
Violence in the Mental Health Services Context | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Appropriate Defensiveness | |
| |
| |
Defensiveness Mindset | |
| |
| |
Personal Defense Strategies | |
| |
| |
Defining the Service Context | |
| |
| |
Interactions With Service Users | |
| |
| |
Structuring the Office Setup | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
Avoiding Ethical and Licensing Complaints and Legal Challenges | |
| |
| |
Professional Self-Concept | |
| |
| |
Professional Reputation and Office Arrangements | |
| |
| |
A Protective Practice Framework | |
| |
| |
Client Management | |
| |
| |
A "Warrior" Mindset | |
| |
| |
Conclusion | |
| |
| |
Epilogue | |
| |
| |
References | |
| |
| |
Index | |