Downloadable resources
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Clinical StrategyThese documents are helpful practice strategies and suggestions that are not official policy of some professional organization. (e.g., Intake Interviewing with Suicidal Patients). Such documents have high utility, but do not necessarily have any official stamps of organizational approval.
- Improving the Clinical Practice of Violence Risk Assessment-Technology, Guidelines, Training
- Intake Interviewing with Suicidal Patients: A Systematic Approach
- Psychological Impairment Under the Americans With Disabilities Act: Legal Guidelines
- Psychological assessment Procedures in Sex Offending
- Essential Readings on Psychotherapy with Women: A Resource List (Introduction)
- Essential Readings on Psychotherapy with Women: A Resource List (actual list)
- Guidelines for Evaluation of Injured or Disabled Workers
- HIPAA and Forensic Practice
- Top Internet Sites for Psychologists and Their Clients
- Dietary Supplements and Psychological Functioning
- Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Mental Disorders
- Treating Adolescents: Expanded References and Internet Sites
- Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations
These items include two types of charts or figures. The first are materials supplement the materials provided in the associated chapter (e.g., clinical forms useful in planning alcohol and substance abuse treatment). The second are materials reproduced from the text (e.g., the body mass index table) that psychologists might wish to print out for office use.
- Body Mass Index Table
- Sobell Self-Confidence Profile
- Sobell Standard Drink Chart
- Sobell Decisional Balance Chart
- Informed Consent Checklist- Office for Protection from Research Risks
- Tips on Informed Consent - Office for Protection from Research Risks
- Genogram Symbols and Sample Files
- Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in the General Population Figure
- Use of Height and Weight Assessment Tool/s
- Major Professional Associations in Mental Health
- Divisions of the American Psychological Association by Name and Number
- Authorization for Release of Information
- Authorization for Recording a Client Interview
- Criteria for the VIA Classification Character Strengths
- Links to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Websites
- State and Provincial Psychological Associations
- Sobell Charts and Figures for Alcohol Abuse Assessment
- Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire
- Decisional Balancing Exercise (.pdf)
- Sample BSCQ (.pdf)
- Psychoactive Drug History Questionnaire
- Standard Drinks (.pdf)
- Time Line Follow Back 2003
- Time Line Follow Back 2004
- Time Line Follow Back Aids
- Time Line Follow Back Audit
- Time Line Follow Back Instructions
- Time Line Follow Back Overview
- Cautions for using St. John's Wort
- Pediatric growth charts
Practice Guidelines
These items are official policy documents of the American Psychological Association or other organization that represent consensus documents in the field and may have various enforceable elements or carry special legal weight (e.g., Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct or Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings)
- APA Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct, 2002 Revision
- A Practice Guideline for Assessmenty of Competence and Capacity of the Older Adult
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Psychiatric Evaluation - Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Criteria for Evaluating Treatment Guidelines
- Criteria for Practice Guideline Development and Evaluation
- Guidelines, Criteria, and Rules of Thumb for Evaluating Normed and Standardized Instruments in Psychology
- Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings
- Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters
- Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations
- Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients
- Guidelines for Test User Qualifications - Executive Summary
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline
- Record Keeping Guidelines
- APA Ethics Committee Rules and Procedures
- APA Statement on Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and Internet
Presentation Help
These files include illustrations and text slides that may be useful when organizing professional presentations. Please cite this web site as the source when using or adapting this material.
- Providing Public Testimony: A Guide for Psychologists
- Categories of Medical Non-Adherence
- Avoiding Disaster with Borderline Patients
- Work with Dangerous Clients
- Strategies for Ethical Decision Making: Nine Step Model
- Planning Practice Transitions
- Order in the Court - Making Sense of Mental Health Ethics in the Legal System
- Necessary Secrets: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege in Mental Health Services
- Managing Risk under the New APA Ethics Code
- Introduction to HIPAA for Health Care Professionals
- Helping Children Cope with Loss
- Ethical Issues in E-Therapy
- Ethical Issues in Supervision
- Ethical Issues in Working with Children and Families
- Civil Commitments: A Psychological Oxymoron
Research Strategy
These documents provide useful guidance in planning some types of applied psychological or clinical research with people.
- Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations
- Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
- Information of Release of Protected Health Information in Research
- Guidelines for Research in Ethnic Minority Communities
