New Ethical Standards in the Use of Technology and Dangers, Part 1

Course overview

For many clinicians, cybertechnology has become the principal tool in delivering services and communicating with patients. New technologies are developing and changing so rapidly that all the mental health professions are scrambling to develop standards of care to keep up. Developed to provide clinicians with guidelines for decision making, these standards become incorporated into the licensing statutes, regulations and professional codes of ethics of all the mental health professions. And while the purpose of these guidelines is to protect the public, woe unto the clinician who has to face his or her licensing board for lapses in judgment. Dr. Frederic Reamer discusses these standards and our ethical conundrums with us.