What You’ll Discover in Susan Lewis Maine Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians
- Faculty:
- Susan Lewis
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 2 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- April 11, 2019,
Description
Keep an eye out Susan Lewis, psychologist and attorney, in this recording that will prepare you for You client’s license and you could be sued for litigation. and Your practice is at risk This course will teach you how to organize your practice to reduce risk. and These actions will help you protect yourself in case of a claim. Susan The following will help you to make the right decision-Home tools to reduce risk
- HIPAA Updates and Maine Legislation and Regulations
- Risk management strategies
- How to avoid complaints and litigation and Malpractice
- Informed consent is best practice in professional relationships and Office policies
Through problem solving, you will gain insight-These discussions are representative of the ethical decisions that you will encounter in your clinical practice. The blending Susan’s experience as a lawyer, work within the court system and Her extensive clinical experience makes her an expert in this field.-You are a great instructor!
This recording will make your fear disappear and Competent when and If you’re faced with litigation.
Handouts
| Manual Maine Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians (1.28 MB) | 46 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Clinician-Client Relationship
- Law vs. ethic
- Legal informed consent elements
- Nuts and Bolts of office policies
- Records vs. Psychotherapy Notes
- What should you do to set a record?
- Limitations on confidentiality
- Maine Case law & danger to other people
- Maine Duty to warn potential victims
- HIPAA
- You need the most recent updates
A Practical Approach to Risk Management
- Consent elements
- Competence and scope of practice
- Boundary violations/crossings
- Issues Modern technology
- Texting, cell phones and e-Mail and video psychotherapy
- Supervision: The perils
Litigation
- Licensing complaints & malpractice lawsuits
- Maine Specific statutes
- Maine rules and Regulations
- Case law and How to Find It
Navigate to Legal System
- Roles for attorneys
- Confidentiality/privilege
- Subpoenas & disclosure confidential information
- Depositions, interrogatories and expert testimony
Treatment of minors
- Maine Age of majority
- Consent to treatment
- Privilege/confidentiality
- Separation & divorce
Case Studies
Faculty
Susan Lewis, Ph.D., J.D. Similar seminars and products: 26
Susan J. Lewis, Ph.D., J.D., Is a licensed clinical pharmacist and Forensic psychologist and lawyer. She has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice with unique populations that have included female sexual offenders incarcerated at a woman’s prison, self-Injurious people, forensic victims and People who have severe disabilities and persistent mental illness. Dr. Lewis As a clinical director and program manager, he has held leadership positions. and supervisor for Residents in psychiatry and Post-doctoral psychologists.
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Currently, Dr. Lewis Courses in Law taught by a professor and Ethics Mental Health They are state-specific to the laws of each individual state. She has also spoken nationally on the DSM-5® and differential diagnosis. She taught courses at Harvard’s Extension School and Northeastern University – The Psychology of Criminal Behavior She is the author Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians: Best Practices for Avoiding Litigation, Complaints and Malpractice (PPM, 2016) and her latest book From Deep Within: A Forensic and The Journey of a Clinical Psychologist (2018).
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It is a sought-after-After consulting, Dr. Lewis Works with attorneys to address controversial issues like dangerousness, competency, and criminal responsibility evaluations. and civil and Criminal commitment. She collaborates with lawyers to determine how mental illness could impact legal decisions-making. Dr. Lewis In almost every district, he has been adjudicated an Expert and Superiority in Massachusetts
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Because of her extensive clinical experience, she is an expert in this area.-She is a highly qualified instructor. She is engaging and She is a funny and witty person, and she brings that sense to her seminars.
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Speaker Disclosures
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Financial: Susan Lewis She is currently in private practice. PESI, Inc. provides a speaking honorarium.
Non-financial: Susan Lewis The American Psychological Association is a member.
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