Phillip J. Resnick, M.D. will be presenting a one-day professional conference “Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health: Malpractice Avoidance, Malingering and Deception and Confidentiality and Privilege” on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in the Wedeberg Conference Center at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. CEUs will be offered for LSW/LCSW, LPC/LCPC, MFT/LMFT, CADC, NHA and RN.

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Program overview: Mental health professionals face a daunting task of conducting their work with a myriad of legal and ethical issues affecting both clinical and professional decisions. Professional organizations routinely publish results of hearings in which members are disciplined for failing to properly implement mental health law. At the far extreme are those who face legal consequences as a result of their actions. This one day seminar will highlight four specific areas which cause the greatest confusion and generate the highest risk including:
   Suicide Risk Assessment and Malpractice Avoidance,
   Trends in Mental Health Malpractice: A Tale of Sex and Violence,
   Confidentiality and Privilege, and
   Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception.

This program is essential for every mental health professional to improve their understanding of the legal and ethical issues that are so critical to performing up to practice standards.

This program typically meets the requirement for law and ethics training for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and other mental health professionals.

This program is co-sponsored by Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois, a Memorial Health System affiliate, and Human Services Education Council.

MHCCI and Human Services Education Council have a long history of partnering to bring national- and international-known speakers to Springfield. Some of those speakers include: Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. - ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Nature, Diagnosis and Management - March 2008   Reid Meloy, Ph.D., ABPP – Violence Risk and Threat Assessment for the Mentally Ill – September 2007   M. David Rudd, Ph.D. – Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk – February 2007   John Gunderson, M.D. – New Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder: Keeping on Track with Challenging Clients – September 2006   Courtenay Harding, Ph.D. – Reclaiming Lives: Helping People with Persistent and Serious Mental Illness – April 2006   Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. – Trauma and its Wake: A Systems Approach – February 2006   Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. – ADHD Across the Lifespan: Nature, Diagnosis and Management – October 2005   Fred Volkmar, M.D. – Autism and Asperger’s Disorder: An Update on Understanding and Interventions – April 2005   Sandra Kopels, JD, MSW – From Subpoena to Trial: Courtroom Preparation for Human Service Professionals – February 2005   Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. – Transforming the Hurt of Helping: Practitioner Compassion Fatigue in an Age of Terrorism – November 2004   Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D., CAS – Addiction as a Solution to Trauma: Understanding Addiction Interaction Disorder, Trauma Bonds and Sexual Addiction – October 2004

To receive a brochure about upcoming conferences, e-mail mentalhealth@mhsil.com.