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1 Case Study: Duty to Protect Kumesha Sanders Grand Canyon University Contemporary and Ethical Issues in Psychology Dr. Andrea Hogan October 18, 2023

2 Case Study: Ethical Consultation In today's fast changing and increasingly complex healthcare and mental health service environments, the mix of ethics and advertising produces a challenging terrain that practitioners in the healthcare and mental health industries must navigate with extreme caution and attention. Dr. Jamison's recent absorption into a group psychiatric practice has highlighted a variety of delicate ethical considerations, including client confidentiality, informed consent, professional boundaries, and marketing honesty. This paper examines the moral quandaries raised by Dr. Jamison's situation, evaluates the steps she could take to address such issues, and makes recommendations for more respectable, discreet, and honest advertising strategies. By thoroughly investigating this situation, we seek to shed light on the difficult ethical challenges that occur while promoting mental health services and provide advise on how to uphold the profession's most stringent ethical rules. Ethical Issues Dr. Jamison's decision to start a group psychology practice raises various ethical concerns. The most serious of these concerns is client confidentiality, as the testimonials shown on the practice's social media website may mistakenly reveal clients' personal information, risking their privacy and faith in mental health care. Another ethical problem concerns informed consent (2017); it is unclear whether clients have explicitly provided permission for their feedback to be publicly broadcast, which would violate the ethical norm of fully informing clients and

3 respecting their right to withhold consent. Furthermore, Dr. Jamison's desire for testimonials from prior clients may result in distorted professional boundaries, potentially manipulating the therapeutic connection. Finally, there is the ethical worry that false or inflated testimonials may undermine the practice's transparency and honesty in presenting its services. Discovery of Potential Ethical Concerns Dr. Jamison should take a number of careful steps to appropriately handle these ethical quandaries. To begin, she should review the ethical guidelines of her professional association, whether it is the APA or NASP, to obtain a thorough understanding of the precise principles guiding client confidentiality and advertising activities. As a result, having an open and truthful discourse with her colleagues in the group practice is critical. Dr. Jamison can strive to explain the group's goals and explore feasible solutions to the ethical challenges at hand by expressing her doubts and requesting their thoughts. She should also perform a thorough evaluation of the current testimonials on the social media page to identify instances when clients' personal information is published and remove such content as soon as possible to protect client confidentiality. Furthermore, if Dr. Jamison decides to proceed with the testimonial collection, it is critical that she educates her former clients about the implications of sharing their experiences on the group's social media platform, obtains informed consent, and gives clients the option to anonymize their testimonials. Finally, Dr. Jamison and her colleagues should work together to develop clear and well-defined ethical advertising criteria for their social media presence (2020).

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