Law & Mental Health Professionals: Massachusetts (Law & Mental Health Professionals Series) [Hardcover]

Jonathan Brant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997 | Series: Law & Mental Health Professionals Series

The Law and Mental Health Professionals series is designed to provide a resource for both mental health professionals and attorneys regarding mental health law in each state. The series presents the laws addressing many areas pertinent to mental health professionals. Some of the issues discussed include setting up a private practice, working with health care provider organizations, understanding the duty to warn, and understanding the duty to report abuse and neglect of childfren and adults. The Law and Mental Health Professionals series is a concise and easy-to-understand resource outlining the obligations and responsibilities of mental health professionals according to the law in any given state.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn; 2 edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557984468
• ISBN-13: 978-1557984463
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,975,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Law and Mental Health Professionals--Massachusetts, February 24, 2001

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This review is from: Law & Mental Health Professionals: Massachusetts (Law & Mental Health Professionals Series) (Hardcover)

When I initially purchased this book, I was disappointed with it. It offers little in-depth discussion of the matters it considers, and this gave me an (unwarranted) impression that its treatment of the subject was superficial. Actually, as I've come to use it and refer to it, I've found it to be an ideal reference on the subject. It is well laid-out, and the brevity it offers is that of being very succinct and clear: ideal for a reference.

Now that I'm teaching a course on Boundaries and Ethics for pastoral counselors, I find that I'm drawing from this text a lot, in order to refresh my own memory on important points. I could wish that there was an edition of this guide available for every state, and that I could be certain that all were as clear and well-organized. But I'm deeply grateful to have it for my own use.