Resources
Professional Liability and Business Insurance for Canadian Psychologists
– Powerpoint slides from talk on Professional liability 2024:
Workplace Mental Health
– List of assessments, tools and workshops can be found at:
– Supporting employee success:
Responding to medical requests:
– E-learning module:
– Other helpful articles:
- https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/education-events/good-practices/physician-patient/medical-letters–forms–and-reports
- https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2018/0100/p25.html
References for the BCPA Ethics Workshop on Nov. 15, 2023
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.) Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2017). Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ethics-code-2017.pdf
Behnke, S. (2004). Multiple relationships and APA’s new Ethics Code: Values and applications. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/monitor/jan04/ethics
Canadian Psychological Association (2017). Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Ethics/CPA_Code_2017_4thEd.pdf
Canadian Medical Protective Association (2022a). Medical letters, forms and reports. Retrieved from https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/education-events/good-practices/physician-patient/medical-letters–forms–and-reports
Canadian Medical Protective Association (2022b). Medical letters, forms, and reports e-learning module. Retrieved from https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/serve/elearning/medical-letters-forms-and-reports/en/index.html?id=web
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2020). Workplace mental health: A review and recommendations.
College of Psychologists of British Columbia (2004). Code of Conduct. Retrieved from https://www.collegeofpsychologists.bc.ca/docs/10.CPBCCodeofConduct.pdf
Deloitte (2019). The ROI in workplace mental health programs: Good for people, good for business – A blueprint for workplace mental health programs. Deloitte Insights.
Johnson, R. B., & Merritt, V. (2022). Mental Health and Performance Management: Threading the Needle. Presented at the British Columbia Human Rights Law Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Kane, M., & Chambliss, L. (2018). Getting to No: How to Respond to Inappropriate Patient Requests. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Family Practice Management (FPM), 35(1), 25. Retrieved from https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2018/0100/p25.html
Mental Health Commission of Canada (2014). Why Investing In Mental Health Will Contribute To Canada’s Economic Prosperity And To The Sustainability Of Our Health Care System – Background – Key Facts. Retrieved from https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/media/3104
Mental Health Commission of Canada (2017). Case Study Research Project Findings-The National Standard of Canada For Psychological Health and Safety in The Workplace, 2014-2017. Retrieved from https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/sites/default/files/2017-03/case_study_research_project_findings_2017_eng.pdf
Mental Health Commission of Canada (2019). Workplace. Retrieved from https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/what-we-do/workplace
Thomson Reuters (2018). Law, Standards, and Ethics in the Practice of Psychology, Fourth Edition. Toronto, ON: Thomson Reuters Canada.
CSA Group (2013). Psychological health and safety in the workplace —Prevention, promotion, and guidance to staged implementation CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ 9700-803/2013 National Standard of Canada. CSA Group.