PAP Code of Ethics part 2

advertisement and public statements

(a) avoidance of false or deceptive statements (b) public statements (c) workshops, seminars, and non degree granting educational programs (d) media presentations (e) testimonials

avoidance of false or deceptive statements

making sure the announcements include scientifically acceptable and factually informative material

avoidance of false or deceptive statements

these are presented in a highly professional manner without trace of > sensationalism, exaggeration, or superficiality

avoidance of false or deceptive statements

includes our posts/comments/shares/ in social media

avoidance of false or deceptive statements

misrepresentation should be avoided and competencies should be stated accurately

public statements

must adhere to 4 principles

public statements

must clearly state whether representing self as private citizen, as member of specific organization or groups, or as representative of discipline of psychology whenever making public statements or public activities

public statements

don't advertise, claim, or imply a certainty of cure for any conditions > to be treated or success of psychological services.

workshops, seminars, and non degree granting educational programs

refers to people or organizations that uses psychology or psychologist in their events even not affiliated to attract people to attend their event

media presentations

cautious when providing public advice or comment through: printed materials, social media platforms, radio or television programs, internet or other electronic transmission.

media presentations

we need to be cautious when providing public advice as said above to ensure that our statements are: based on professional level, training or experience, accord with appropriate psychological literature and practice, consistent w/code of ethics, not indicative that professional relationship has been established by recipient

not indicative that professional relationship has been established by recipient

If a psychologist gives advice (for example, in a workshop, an online post, or a public event), and someone listens or benefits from it, that alone doesn't mean the psychologist has accepted that person as a client.

testimonials

do not ask from current and past clients as that includes their confidential information we can only use _ on products like soap but not in psychology

testimonials

a statement or review from people who share their personal experience

records and fees

documentation and maintenance of records

documentation and maintenance of records

to facilitate provision of services by ourselves or by other professionals, allow replication and evaluation for research, meet institutional requirements, ensure accuracy of billing and payments, ensure compliance with relevant laws

records and fees

confidentiality of records, withholding client records, fees and financial arrangements

ethical standards in specific functions

assessment, therapy, education/training

assessment

(a) bases for assessment (b) informed consent in assessment (c) assessment tools (d) obsolete and outdated test results (e) interpreting assessment results (f) release of data (g) explaining assessment results (h) test security (I) assessment by unqualified persons (j) test construction

bases for assessment

should be based on tests and interviews and must know the limitations of the test that will be given to the client

informed consent in assessment

clients has the right to be informed and to know everything that will do to them in the assessment

assessment tools

_ tools that will be using should be updated

obsolete and outdated test results

tools and _ results should be updated for example, MMPI - 3 is the latest but is only 1 year old. you can still use MMPI - 2 but if the latest MMPI - 3 is 10 years old and you still haven't use it and then that's obsolete. use the latest

interpreting assessment results

in _ the client's assessment result we should know their culture because we have to respect the individuality of the client

release of test data

no raw data should be provided to clients or non-psych professionals even psychiatrists. only Rpm's and psychologists are allowed to interpret test results

explaining assessment results

explain assessment results only to sources of referral

test security

secure the test. it my be stole and misused

assessment by unqualified persons

do not assess a client if you are not professional or licensed to do so

test construction

must adhere to the scientific method

client's well being (therapy)

there are moments in therapy that the therapist needs to induce stress to help the client to be better

relationships (therapy)

therapist should not have romantic relationship with their client

relationships (therapy)

refuse to be the therapist of the client if you have relationship with them like your friend, your business partner, or if you have connection. no multiple relationship because it may affect your clinical judgement to the client

record keeping (therapy)

ask permission to take records like video, voice record but if the client refuses written record will do

competent practice (therapy)

if you think you cannot handle the case, refer it to another therapist that you think might help the client more

working with vulnerable populations: women, children, minorities (therapy)

for example women and children are more comfortable building a rapport with a women therapist not men

referrals (therapy)

when the therapy feels stocked, and the therapist feel like he is not equipped to handle the client, encourage the client that you will be referring them to another therapist

interruption (therapy)

interrupts happen when there's a relocation of a client or a therapist or when the therapist died it means your therapy sessions was interrupted

termination (therapy)

mutual agreement between the client and therapist to terminate the session, it signifies that the client is already healed

termination (therapy)

2 reasons (a) client or therapist that their session is stocked and not working (b) signifies that the client is already healed

design of education and training programs (education and training)

next iteration of RA 10029 includes RPA (registered psychologist associate) can now design education and training programs only without supervision

descriptions of education and training programs (education and training)

training programs should have proper descriptions like who are qualified, for whom, and for what

accuracy in teaching (education and training)

what you teach should be accurate and has basis

student disclosure of personal information (education and training)

you have to keep everything gathered confidentially between you and the client only

mandatory individual or group therapy (education and training)

it is a required therapy sessions, you have to do it.

assessing student and supervisee performance (education and training)

therapist should be impartial or fair when assessing performance

sexual relationships with students and supervisees (education and training)

its unethical to have sexual relationships with your students or supervisee

rights and dignity of participants (research)

before the beginning of the research you need to obtain essential information about their mores, culture, social structure, customs, and traditions

offering inducements for research participation

offering prizes should not be substantial

deception in research (research)

hiding the real reason for the experiment so the results would not be affected but there should be debriefing tell why it is important what is deception

research

deception, debriefing, observational, humane care and use of animals, care for the environment, reporting research results, plagiarism, publication credit, duplicate publication of data, sharing research data for verification, reviewers, limitations of the study