The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology Series

The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics is a valuable resource for psychologists and graduate students hoping to further develop their ethical decision making beyond more introductory ethics texts. The book offers real-world ethical vignettes and considerations. Chapters cover a wide range of practice settings, populations, and topics, and are written by scholars in these settings. Chapters focus on the application of ethics to the ethical dilemmas in which mental health and other psychology professionals sometimes find themselves. Each chapter introduces a setting and gives readers a brief understanding of some of the potential ethical issues at hand, before delving deeper into the multiple ethical issues that must be addressed and the ethical principles and standards involved. No other book on the market captures the breadth of ethical issues found in daily practice and focuses entirely on applied ethics in psychology.

Part I. Ethical Issues in Specific Settings and Challenging Populations: 1. Ethical considerations for working with military service personnel; 2. Ethical issues in addressing mental health concerns in schools; 3. Ethical issues in providing mental health services to college students; 4. Ethical issues when working in hospital settings; 5. Ethics in a rural context; 6. Ethics and private practice; 7. Ethics on the edge: working with clients who are persistently suicidal; 8. Applied addiction ethics; 9. Ethics and clients who have experienced sexual trauma and intimate partner violence; 10. Ethical issues in the treatment of eating disorders; 11. Ethical considerations in group psychotherapy; 12. Ethical issues in couple and family therapy; Part II. Ethical Issues in Working with Diverse Populations: 13. Ethical issues in working with older adults; 14. Ethical issues in working with individuals with disability; 15. Ethical issues when working with people of color; 16. Aging: ethical issues in working with diverse populations; 17. Applied research in diverse communities: ethical issues and considerations; 18. Ethical issues and challenges working with religious individuals and organizations: providing culturally competent professional mental health services; 19. Ethical issues associated with mental health interventions for immigrants and refugees; 20. Ethical issues in psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients: a cognitive developmental model of ethical competence; Part III. Legal, Research, and Organizational Issues: 21. Major legal cases that have influenced mental health ethics; 22. Ethical considerations in forensic evaluations in family court; 23. Ethical issues in online research; 24. Ethical issues in international research; 25. Clinical supervision for multicultural and professional competence; 26. Disciplinary supervision: ethical challenges for supervisors; 27. Ethical issues in psychological consultation; Part IV. Emerging Ethical Issues in Professional Practice and Next Steps: 28. Genetic testing and ethical considerations: cases involving adolescents and young adults and cancer; 29. Ethical considerations for behavioral health professionals in primary care settings; 30. Therapy with children and adolescents in an era of social media and instant electronic communication; 31. Ethics and ethical decision making in coaching: four case scenarios; 32. Ethical issues in prevention; 33. Fostering ethical mental health practice across diverse settings and populations: concluding thoughts.

Mark M. Leach is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the University of Louisville. He has over 100 publications, including seven other books, and 120 presentations, many in the area of national and international ethics. He is a Fellow of two American Psychological Association (APA) divisions (17, 52) and was awarded a Presidential Citation from APA. Dr Leach was an Associate Member of the APA Ethics Committee, a member of other APA and division committees and boards, has given multiple keynote addresses, and is Associate Editor or reviewer for multiple journals.
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel is a Professor Emerita from Cleveland State University. Her career spans 36 years in counselling psychology, divided between Boston College and Cleveland State University. She is the author of four books including the text Ethics in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Standards, Research and Emerging Issues (1997), currently in its 6th edition. In addition, she has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, edited books on ethics, and presented her research at dozens of professional conferences. She earned Cleveland State's Distinguished Faculty Award for her teaching and scholarship in professional ethics. Dr Welfel is a sought-after speaker for continuing education programs and has offered them across the country for more than two decades.