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Ethics Code Links

Below are links to Ethics Codes of the major mental health professions,
followed by links to ethical guidelines for sub-specialties:

Counselors:
"ACA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice"
http://www.counseling.org/Resources/CodeOfEthics/TP/Home/CT2.aspx

Nurses:
"ANA Code of Ethics For Nurses, with Interpretive Statements"
http://www.ana.org/ethics/ecode.htm
(this is readable online, but not printable)

Psychiatrists:
"Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry
"
http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/ethics/medicalethics2001_42001.cfm

Psycholologists:
"APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct"
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html

Social Workers:
1. "NASW Code of Ethics"
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp

2. "Clinical Social Work Federation Code of Ethics"
http://www.cswf.org/www/ethframe.htm

Other
Professional Guidelines
for Sub-Specialties

Employee Assistance Professionals: EAPA Code of Ethics
http://www.eapassn.org/public/pages/Code_of_Ethics.pdf

Forensic Psychiatrists: AAPL Ethical Guidelines for Practice
http://www.aapl.org/ethics.htm

Forensic Psychologists: Specialty Guidelines
http://www.aafp.ws/pdfs/foren.pdf

Group Therapists: AGPA & NRGCP Guidelines for Ethics
http://www.groupsinc.org/group/ethicalguide.html

Marriage & Family Therapists: AAMFT Code of Ethics
http://www.aamft.org/resources/LRMPlan/Ethics/ethicscode2001.asp

Pastoral Counselors: AAPC Code of Ethics
http://aapc.org/ethics.cfm

Psychiatric Nurses: APNA (Amer. Psych. Nurses Assn.) Position Papers
http://www.apna.org/resources/positionpapers.html

Psychoanalysts: Amer. Psychoan. Assn. Principles & Standards of Ethics http://www.apsa.org/ABOUTAPSAA/ETHICSCODE/tabid/200/Default.aspx

Psychologists: APA (American Psychological Association) Guidelines
http://www.centerforethicalpractice.org/PsychologyGuidelines.htm

Psychologists (Clinical & School):
Code of Professional Responsibility in Educational Measurement

http://www.natd.org/Code_of_Professional_Responsibilities.html

School Psychologists:
NASP Professional Conduct Manual, Principles for Professional Ethics
&
Standards for Provision of School Psychol. Services
http://www.nasponline.org/standards/ProfessionalCond.pdf

Substance Abuse: NAADAC (Nat'l Assn. Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors) Standards
http://naadac.org/documents/display.php?DocumentID=11

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