Transcription of ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONDUCTING FORENSIC …
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONDUCTING . FORENSIC EVALUATIONS. Karen C. Kalmbach Phillip M. Lyons Sam Houston State University UNIQUE NATURE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH. PRACTICE. The role of the FORENSIC mental health professional (MHP) often differs sub- stantially from that of the typical clinician. These differences bear directly on the ETHICAL delivery of services (Canter, Bennett, Jones & Nagy, 1994; Heilbrun, 2001, 2003). For the therapist, the client is the individual presenting for treatment; in FORENSIC evaluations this is rarely the case (cf.)
a matter of practice. Conscientious documentation may forestall later problems—evidence of the consent/disclosure process can be compelled by law (e.g., competence to stand trial or fitness to pro-ceed hearings). Special considerations: Mental illness, …
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