Psychology: Ethics

Alexander Street Video: 6:00
This film begins by looking at how stricter ethical guidelines were developed in psychology. Using an on-going research project, it illustrates contemporary ethical guidelines and the issues arising from the potential conflicts between protecting participants and producing socially useful research. It ends by asking if ethical guidelines might have gone too far and are stifling important new research.

Alexander Street Video: 2:51:00
This recording will teach you how to manage 10 of the most challenging ethical situations a mental health professional can face.

ProQuest Video: 2:49:30
Electronic communication, such as social media, email, text, and distance therapy are here to stay and the unique ethical complexities are growing by the day! In this recording, Dr. Casey helps you navigate this legal and ethical minefield.

Alexander Street Video: 8:00
Psychological research is governed by a strict code of ethics covering things like obtaining participants’ consent; protecting them from possible harm and allowing them to withdraw from the research. But there are some “participants” who can’t give consent, may be harmed and are unable to withdraw from the research. Using research examples, this film looks at the use of non-human animals in research. Why are they used? What are the benefits? What is being done to protect them? And, is any research with non-human animals a breach of their ‘rights’?

(American Psychological Association) APA's Ethics Office promotes ethics throughout the field of psychology. The office supports the Ethics Committee in adjudicating ethics cases, offers educational programming, provides ethics consultations, and serves as a resource to members and the Association in addressing new ethical dilemmas as psychology grows and evolves as a discipline.

(American Psychiatric Association) All APA members are bound by the ethical code of the medical profession, specifically defined in American Psychiatric Association's Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry ("Principles").

(American Psychological Association) The American Psychological Association's (APA) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (hereinafter referred to as the Ethics Code) consists of an Introduction, a Preamble, five General Principles (A-E) and specific Ethical Standards.

(American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law) The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is dedicated to the highest standards of practice in forensic psychiatry. Recognizing the unique aspects of this practice, which is at the interface of the professions of psychiatry and the law, the Academy presents these guidelines for the ethical practice of forensic psychiatry.