On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:30 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: I have been spending a little time on this story today, as it relates to a > couple of classes that I teach. My knowledge of Pinsky and his program (I > learned today that he has or has had two or three different varities) is > mostly from previous disussion on this list. Does anyone know if Pinsky > claims that the "sessions" shown on television are part of formal mental > health "treatment"? McGraw, for example, has a disclaimer at the end of his > show that explicitly states that the show is for entertainment purposes > only, and is not psychotherapy or treatment (I was at an American > Psychological Association Convention session some years ago where this came > up). Pinsky is a psychiatrist, and so under the purview of the *other* APA, > but I suspect they have similar ethical guidelines. >
If Pinsky claimed he was doing treatment I believe the issue of patient confidentiality would kick in. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
