Exam 15: Abnormal Psychology: Legal and Ethical Issues

The function of an Institutional Review Board is to

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups are often somewhat reluctant to participate in research studies because

Explain the concept of Prediction of Dangerousness and how it has improved over the past decade. Name two of the tools used to predict dangerousness in clients.

If you are a psychologist, you assume ethical responsibilities for

Shirley is an elderly woman who believed that her husband of 40 years was trying to kill her. One evening, she took a fireplace poker and chased him around the house accusing him of trying to poison her with the dinner he prepared. She was finally restrained when the police arrived. After being evaluated at a local emergency room, she was transferred to an inpatient psychiatric facility against her will. The latter would be known as a(n)

The deinstitutionalization movement has successfully reintegrated most people with psychological disorders into the community.

Which of the following questions has been disallowed on adolescent research protocols in certain school districts because of a concern over suggestibility, thus denying the principle of justice?

In addition to consideration of an appropriate after-discharge treatment plan, successful deinstitutionalization requires

With the proclamation of the 1992 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there has been increasing recognition across the provinces and territories of the right for competent, even involuntarily committed patients to:

Currently, psychologists have prescription privileges in

Why is outpatient commitment considered less coercive than inpatient hospitalization?

The Nuremberg Code (1947) and the Declaration of Helsinki (1967) set forth guidelines affirming that

The most common malpractice charge against psychologists occurs

Professionals who hold licenses to practice therapy have credentials that

Over the past 50 years:

In 2016, provincial/territorial mental health legislation generally does not allow for institutionalization and compulsory treatment of people who refuse treatment, unless:

Issues of cultural diversity affect all aspects of the research process, from the initial development of the project to recruitment of participants, to the study design and selection of assessment methods, to how the data are collected and interpreted.

All mental health professionals are ethically bound to report a client to the authorities if:

Under certain circumstances, the government can involuntarily force a person to undergo psychiatric treatment.

From 1962 to 1977, the population of Canadian provincial psychiatric hospitals fell by ___%, despite the fact that the number of mentally ill people continued to rise as the Canadian population grew.