Working with Suicidal Clients - Law & Ethics Webinar CAMFT

Working with Suicidal and Dangerous Patients - Live Webinar presented by: Michael Griffin, Esq., LCSW, CAMFT Staff Attorney (3 CE Hours)

The workshop will discuss key issues involved when working with suicidal clients, including: The incidence of suicide, statistical and demographic data, avoiding liability, standards of care; identifying risk factors for suicide and undertaking reasonable protective actions, the “Zero Suicide Model,” relevant exceptions to confidentiality, relevant ethical standards and issues involving documentation. The workshop will discuss key issues involved when working with dangerous clients, including: Standards of care, the “duty to protect” based upon Tarasoff v. Regents of Univ. of Calif., (1976) and Civil Code §43.92, the meaning of “patient communication” based upon Ewing v. Goldstein, Ph.D. (2004) and Ewing v. Northridge Hospital Center, (2004), the “duty to report,” based upon Welfare and Institutions Code §8100(b)(1) and §8105(c), and relevant exceptions to confidentiality.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will…