CME Sponsor: 

National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)


Course Directors/Instructors:
Mary Caldwell, MA

Cost: $36.00

Number of Credits: 3 hours CE

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Detailed Description:

Advanced Ethics for Mental Health Professionals begins with a brief review of ethical theory and principles. Next, ethics of care, an “advanced” ethical theory is explored as it relates to the work of mental health professionals. The course focuses on two major topic areas: ethical issues involving mental health care for children and adolescents, and ethical issues involved in the spiritual dimension of care. Case examples deal with these two topic areas and other general ethical dilemmas encountered by mental health professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify an ethical dilemma
  • Identify and describe the four principles used in ethical decision-making
  • Articulate the meaning and relevance of ethics of care for mental health professionals
  • Identify ethical issues specific to caring for children and adolescents, and describe ethical choices for mental health professionals
  • Recognize spiritual issues as they arise, and discern appropriate ethical boundaries for providing spiritual care, as well as appropriate spiritual interventions or referrals.