Applied Ethics and Decision Making in Mental Health To Alyson, Quentin, Delilah, and Emmeline—you are my inspiration. —Michael Moyer To Camille, my children Dáley and Charlie, my mother Susan, and other vibrant family—all of whom gave me more material from real life than could fit in a book. —Charles Crews Applied Ethics and Decision Making in Mental Health Michael Moyer University of Texas, San Antonio Charles Crews Texas Tech University FOR INFORMATION: SAGE Publications, Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 E-mail:
[email protected] SAGE Publications Ltd. 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London, EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. B 1/I 1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044 India SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. 3 Church Street #10-04 Samsung Hub Singapore 049483 Copyright © 2017 by SAGE Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Moyer, Michael, author. | Crews, Charles, author. Title: Applied ethics and decision making in mental health / Michael Moyer, Charles Crews. Description: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016000039 | ISBN 978-1-4833-4975-6 (paperback : alk. paper) Subjects: | MESH: Counseling—ethics | Mental Health—ethics | Professional-Patient Relations—ethics | Clinical Decision-Making—ethics | Confidentiality—ethics Classification: LCC RC455.2.E8 | NLM WM 21 | DDC 174.2/9689—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016000039 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Development Editor: Abbie Rickard Editorial Assistant: Carrie Montoya Production Editor: Bennie Clark Allen Copy Editor: Pam Schroeder Typesetter: C&M Digitals (P) Ltd. Proofreader: Sue Schon Indexer: Sylvia Coates Cover Designer: Anupama Krishnan Marketing Manager: Shari Countryman Brief Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Editors’ Preface: Introduction to the Series Authors’ Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Introduction to Ethics 2. The Counselor as a Person and Professional Identity 3. Ethical Decision Making 4. Ethics and Diversity 5. Clients’ Rights and Counselors’ Responsibilities 6. Confidentiality and Privileged Communication 7. Ethics in Theory, Practice, and Professional Relationships 8. Appropriate Boundaries and Multiple Relationships 9. Ethics and Technology 10. Ethics in Group Work, Couples, and Families 11. Ethics in School Counseling 12. Ethics in Counselor Education 13. Ethics