Malpractice in Psychology  (English, Hardcover, Shapiro David L.)

With combined expertise in psychotherapy and law, David L. Shapiro and Steven R. Smith expertly navigate readers through the unfamiliar territories of professional liability, negligence, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, HIPAA, defamation, violence and suicide, and malpractice trials and settlements. Through its illustrative case examples and up-to-date discussion of law and ethics, this book will help mental health practitioners enrich and protect their professional practice.