PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Parens Patriae, Involuntary Commitment, Mental Disorder
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What is law: rules that must be followed, based on society"s morals. What is ethics: based on morals, set of core values/guidelines that you should follow, not everything that is not ethical is illegal. Informed consent: history, in the past, people have been assessed and treated without consent, world war 2 experimented on people in concentration camps. Evasive and psychological, w/o consent or will: there are people who cannot give informed consent. People with dementias: no harm, primary concern of clinician is that he/she does not harm the client, deception is done frequently however could be unethical. Used in research: confidentiality (limits, in clinical psychology, client is told that information can only be known by client and clinician, everything in clinical psychology is confidential, limits. Must inform others if there is intent to hurt self or others. Do you have a plan? : becomes a legal issue at this point, tarasoff case set precedent in common law for north.
