PS381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mental Health Professional, Videotelephony, Psychoactive Drug
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Some provinces only regulated health care professionals with training in psychotherapy can provide this service. Core ethical issue is that the psychologist cannot process with any psychological services without the clients agreement to receives the services. This agreement must be based on a reasonable understanding to what the services will entail and the likely outcomes of receiving or not receiving the services. Insufficient to just get patients signature on document, client must have comprehensible account of information to make informed consent. Each person who is involved in services must understand the nature of those services and must consent to receive them. Patients should be informs of all evidence based treatment options. A child who is not competent to give consent still has the right t be aware of the. Must monitor effectiveness of treatment, would not be ethical to continue offering procedures services to a client that aren"t helpful for that person.
