About the Author |
| Mary L. Caldwell, MA, is a native of western North Carolina. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill, received AB in Religion. She has a Masters of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Masters of Arts in Philosophy with a concentration in Medical Ethics from University of Tennessee Knoxville, where she did extensive work in mental health ethics. She is a hospital chaplain, working for over ten years on a 49 bed in-patient psychiatric unit at Mission St. Joseph’s Health Care System in Asheville, NC. She works with children, adolescents, and adults in this setting. She has also done contract work with other psychiatric hospitals, (Highland Hospital, Appalachian Hall, and Charter) leading spirituality groups and worship services. She serves on the Ethics Committee at Mission St. Joseph’s as well as the Institutional Review Board.
She teaches adjunctively at local colleges and universities, including UNC-Asheville. She teaches ethics, medical ethics, and courses in Women’s Studies. |
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Summary
3 hours CE
Mary Caldwell, MA
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.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced
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