By Mark Ruffalo, LCSW
on 11/27/18 - 3:15 PM
Psychoanalyst Mark Ruffalo argues that proponents of the anti-psychiatry notion of “neurodiversity” have hurt rather than helped those suffering from mental illness.
By Deb Kory, PsyD
on 7/28/15 - 5:38 PM
The recently released Hoffman Report, the independent investigation conducted by former Inspector General of Chicago David Hoffman into the American Psychological Association's (APA) collusion in the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo and other CIA "black sites," has sent shock waves through the psychology profession, whose members are not at all happy to be the public face of torture in America. Listservs around the country are erupting with consternation and outrage, with demands for accountability and justice and reform and cries...
By Stephen Feldman, JD, PhD & Marnee Milner, JD, PhD
on 10/22/10 - 3:06 AM
What does your ethical code say about accepting gifts from clients? Is it ethical to do so? If you’re a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, you’re probably not sure. That’s because your official code doesn’t address it. Surprisingly, there’s not a word about gifts in any of the codes pertaining to those disciplines. And yet, virtually every mental health practitioner has, or will, face a situation where some client offers a gift of some sort at some...
