ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

PSYCH 401

Focuses on the role that psychological principles, research evidence and social science play in the laws of U.S. society, especially in the policies and mechanisms of social control of human behavior. Topics include: the ways society defines membership; the role of psychology determining who should be excluded or restricted from open society; how selected processes work in the legal and social context; students' own roles as citizens in supporting or changing these social processes; clinical-legal processes used to determine the disposition of individuals considered marginal in society; mechanisms used to exclude individuals from open society through criminal and civil court processes; the role of psychology as a science; and the role of psychologists as behavioral experts in criminal and civil courts, and in shaping social policies.

LAW 798

Covers the Wisconsin Rules of Professional Conduct as specifically applied to criminal defense practice. Topics covered include perjured testimony, confidentiality, client counseling, witness interviewing, handling evidence, hard bargaining, statements regarding judicial qualifications and contempt of court.

RP&SE 735

Legal and ethical issues for counselors, with an emphasis on the American Counseling Association (ACA) and Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) ethics codes and Wisconsin statutes relevant to counseling practice and research.

LAW 913

Introduction to cases, statutes, and legal doctrines related to rights, treatment, and hospitalization and incarceration of mentally ill persons. Includes topics such as involuntary civil commitment; the historical arc of psychiatric hospitals; competency to stand trial assessment and restoration; insanity defense evaluations; moral panics and socio-legal repercussions; right to refuse psychiatric treatment; effectiveness of psychotropic medicine; dangerousness and risk; social science research of eyewitness memory, interrogation and confessions, and jury decision-making; juveniles and treatment; regulation of the mental health system and mental health providers; confidentiality and duty to protect clients; policing functions; and personal mental health for lawyers.

COUNPSY 926

Intended to strengthen students' identities as counseling psychologists. Includes examination of (a) historical and contemporary issues that have affected psychology; (b) training and practice guidelines; and (c) ethical and legal issues, including the American Psychological Association ethics code and ethical decision-making.