Ethics, Professional Issues & Boundaries. Ethics and Self-Disclosure

Ethics, Professional Issues & Boundaries. Ethics and Self-Disclosure is organized by ACTS Consulting, Inc.

Course Description:
This package combines two Ethics Courses:

• Ethics. Professional Issues, Boundaries and Dual Relationships and
• Self-Disclosure and the Impact on Mental Health Services. 

Ethics, Professional Issues, Boundaries,  and Dual Relationships

Ethics are generally regarded as guidelines for addiction professionals to follow, that governs conduct, and guides decision making. It is the obligation for all addiction professionals to protect the integrity of the profession and clinical practice. The addiction professional should always be aware of and adhere to an ethical code of conduct, that commonly being the one ascribed by the credentialing authority.

Ethics, Professional Issues and Dual Relationships.

• Explore dilemmas when personal and professional values intersect
• Read about different relationships that may represent dual-relationships and the inherent problems therein
• Review ethics code and the law
• Ethical quandaries to consider when working with family member of persons in substance use disorder treatment.
• Self-Disclosure and the Impact on Mental Health Services. 

The stigma associated with mental illness is one of the most persistent problems people face. It is fundamental to discrimination in housing, employment, and health insurance. It prevents treatment, and it impedes recovery. In this monograph, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration examines the role self-disclosure plays in reducing stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Current literature related to self-disclosure is reviewed and provides the findings from a series of key informant interviews to examine the factors that promote or hinder self-disclosure. Finally, this monograph examines techniques used by groups who have disclosed private issues. (SAMHSA, 2008).

Objectives:

•  Review  literature relevant to self-disclosure
• Learn factors that facilitate appropriate self-disclosure
• Learn about different considerations relevant to self-disclosure in different environments