Current Articles:
Mandated Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse
Michael Donner, Ph.D. and the 2004 Expertise Series Task Force
California Psychological Association
Governmental Affairs Council Report
by Gilbert Newman, Ph.D., ACPA Representative
Confidentiality, Informed Consent and the USA Patriot Act
by Michael B. Donner, Ph.D.
Ethics Chair, Alameda County Psychological Association
April, 2004
Recent Publications
Healing the Mind or Breaking the Spirit: The Role of Psychology During Interrogations
by Michael B. Donner, Ph.D.
The California Psychologist, 2006
Reprinted with the kind permission of the California Psychologist, the magazine of the California Psychological Association. (607 Kb PDF)
Ewing, Confidentiality and the Decision to Warn
by Michael B. Donner, Ph.D. and Bram Fridhandler, Ph.D.
The California Psychologist, March/April 2005
Reprinted with the kind permission of the California Psychologist, the magazine of the California Psychological Association. (50 Kb PDF)
Licensing Board Complaints: Protecting Psychologists and the Public
by Michael B. Donner, Ph.D.
CPA Briefings No. 163, October 2004
Reprinted with the kind permission of Briefings, the newsletter of Division of Practice of the California Psychological Association. (89 Kb PDF)
Privacy, Privilege and Confidentiality in Psychotherapy
by Michael B. Donner, Ph.D.
CPA Briefings, September 2000, Vol. 151
Reprinted with the kind permission of Briefings, the newsletter of Division of Practice of the California Psychological Association. (413 Kb PDF)
Please bear in mind that the information in these documents cannot replace the advice of an attorney or consultation with a psychologist experienced in such matters. Although the information in these documents was accurate at the time of publication, psychologists using this information should bear in mind that laws and regulations change over time and that the interpretation of laws and regulations by courts and the Board of Psychology may change.
HIPAA
Forms and Information
Confidentiality,
Informed Consent and the USA Patriot Act
recent article by Michael B.
Donner
Donner, M, and the Division 1 Expertise Task Force (2004). Mandated Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse. California Psychological Association, Practice Division Expertise Series. This article has been made available for downloading with the kind permission of Division 1 of the California Psychological Association.
Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists
American Psychological Association, August, 2002
This document was approved as policy of the American Psychological Association (APA) by the APA Council of Representatives in August, 2002. It was drafted by a joint Task Force of APA Divisions 17 (Counseling Psychology) and 45 (The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues).
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