Considers three areas with special relevance to liability and child therapy: informed consent, confidentiality, and child-abuse reporting laws. In each area, issues that may be confronted in therapy or research on therapy are discussed, and sampling of relevant laws is explored. Considers suggestions for avoiding potential liability and protecting…

Discusses difficult legal, ethical, and professional issues confronting psychologists who work with people with dual diagnoses. Outlines applicable constitutional principles in context of discussing right to institutional services and to refuse treatment, describes statutes that go beyond constitutional protections, and highlights issues that…

Gathered descriptive data on 163 telephone applicants to residential rehabilitation program for homeless veterans and compared data with general veteran and homeless populations. Found subjects to be young, educated group of homeless men with histories of relatively high, stable functioning and high rates of medical, substance abuse, psychiatric,…