28 May Professional boundaries in mental health care
In the workforce, you will experience various types of patient-provider conflicts, small and large, that must be managed judiciously. Indeed, maintaining professonal boundaries can be challenging in mental health services, especially after long-established rapports and knowledge of private lives of individuals. Look in the literature as it relates to professional boundaries. How are practice and clinical decisions affected? You are more than welcome to add to the topic as long as it contributes to the subject beyond what is commonly known. I am leaving this open for discussion. Please go beyond the common warning of “don’t violate boundaries” For example, how does a provider establish and terminate a relationship if necessary?
All references correctly must me cited in APA style. Please observe conventions of APA style as outlines in chapters two and three of the APA manual.
Do not use email – Your responses should be posted on the discussion board within your assigned group.
You must search and cite two original peer-reviewed articles from the literature as your original discussion post (about 250 words). You will then offer two brief (100 words) responses to your peers with at least one original peer-reviewed article.
Each student is expected to fully engage in these online discussions. You are responsible for an original post and at least two responses each week.
Post your response and discuss answers through Sunday in your Group Discussion Board.
Please read the instructions. Although I may be interested in your opinions and personal experiences outside of the class; however, for the sake of this class, I am not. Your postings should not express agreement, absolutes, opinion, or place a value on your peers comments. I asks that you simply expand from the scientific literature based on the postings.
