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An informative FAQ about managed health care in California, with suggestions on how to address provider grievances with managed care plans or insurers.
This bipartisan legislation will help put an end to discrimination against patients seeking treatment for mental illness and addiction. It will amend Section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and Section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
A Marriage and Family Therapist’s scope of practice varies from state to state. This article will focus solely on what is contained within the specific definition of a state’s MFT scope of practice.
As of July 1, 2008, the revised CAMFT Ethical Standards, Part I, became effective. Learn more about the changes that they have undergone, and review the twenty new sections that have been added addressing a variety of important issues.
Confidentiality is the cornerstone of therapy. Learn more about the essential element of therapist-patient confidentiality through numerous sections of law and ethical standards.
At what point does our ability to access information, personal information, become a violation of personal privacy? This question is currently being debated throughout the country in the matter of online data vendors
During a session with your 14-year-old client you learn information that leads you to believe she is a victim of child abuse. As a well trained therapist, you call Child Protective Services (???CPS???) after the session to report the abuse and are to
Members of CAMFT are invited to comment on the proposed revisions to Part I of the CAMFT Code of Ethics
Because many children have disabilities, which interfere with their ability to succeed in their educational programs, the resources that are provided by Special Education,3 including mental health assessment and treatment, should be of particular interest to child therapists.
Each of the following brief vignettes describes a hypothetical scenario that involves a therapist interacting with his or her current or former patient outside of the context of therapy.