Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the Grenyer & Lewis (2012) Prevalence, Prediction, and Prevention of Psychologist Misconduct article and the Board of Professional Affairs Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistances (2008) Professional Health and Well-being for Psychologists, Communication Staffs (2005) (https://www.apaservices.org/practice/ce/self-care/well-being) Tips from Practitioners on Finding Work-Life Balance, and Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance (2010) (https://www.apaservices.org/practice/ce/self-care/balance) Tips for Self-Care online articles. (https://www.apaservices.org/practice/ce/self-care/acca-promoting)
Select two complaints presented in the Grenyer & Lewis (2012) article (see Table 1) and explain the ramifications of these violations applying the APAs (2017) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index ) to each situation.
Assess the role of the APA in assisting psychology professionals in the identification of potential areas of misconduct.
Describe and recommend a course of action to avoid these areas.
Evaluate the contemporary role of psychology professionals and elaborate on the relationship between self-care and the issue of maintaining ethical principles and professional standards.
Identify one or two self-care tips, tools, or suggested courses of action provided on the APAs Self-care resources for psychologists website ( https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/04/self-care ) that might address the issues which lead to the chosen complaints.
