Lectures (LE)
Aims and Programme
The course will illustrate the meaning and function of the code of ethics by examining the main legal and ethical rules that guide the psychologist in managing the relationship with the client, the non-observance of which can be a source of professional liability in the disciplinary, civil and criminal fields.
The laboratory focuses mainly on the discipline of the “treatment contract”, informed consent, professional secrecy and cases of lawful disclosure, with particular attention to the hypotheses of intervention on a minor patient. The issue of the prerequisites and limits within which the psychologist can be eventually called to answer for self- or hetero-harmful gestures perpetrated by the patient will also be examined.
The topic of social communication of professionals, its impact at a social level and the potential risks and benefits will also be explored.
Students will be asked to analyze problems that arise in professional activity, and to propose solutions that are both ethically and/or legally founded and capable of satisfying the clinical needs of the patient.
Extended program
- Ethics, deontology and law
- Psychology as a profession
- Treatment contract
- Informed consent
- Professional secrecy
- Professional responsibility
- Obligation to report and report
- The challenge of digital communication for psychologists
Teaching methods
Lectures, study of scientific articles, presentation of papers to the class, group work, simulations.
Exam
The exam will be oral and will include the presentation of a short critical writing essay on one of the articles of the Code of Ethics of your choice, on the basis of which the evaluation test will begin, which will then include some connecting questions starting from the chosen article.
- short essay of critical reflection on one of the articles of the code of ethics (of your choice)
- oral part (questions that will start from the written essay).
Bibliography
Mandatory:
- Slides del corso
- Codice deontologico delle psicologhe e degli psicologi italiani
Recommended:
- “Il Manuale deontologico degli psicologi” C. Parmentola, E.Leoardini, Ed 2024. Edizioni Psiconlie,