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Legal Aspects of Chemical Dependency Treatment

X135 (1 semester unit in Public Health)

A requirement in the Certificate Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies

Learn to examine various ethical and legal issues that are designed to increase the standard of care for the client. For instance, you examine ethical and legal issues such as competence, consultations with colleagues, documentation requirements, consent to treatment, client confidentiality (including the Code of Federal Regulations), suicidal and homicidal clients, child and elder abuse reporting requirements, and civil commitment procedures.

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Sat. Dec. 5, Berkeley

TERRY MCCLANAHAN, Psy.D., works in the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente. He has also served as a clinician and researcher at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, and at UCSF's Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute.

• 2 meetings
• Dec. 5 and 19: Sat., 9 am-5 pm (no meeting Dec. 12)
• Berkeley: Room 210, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave.
• $285 (EDP 401190)

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Sat. July 25, Berkeley

JOANIE FARLEY-GILLISPIE, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin counties, where she works for juvenile justice. She is a Certified National Trainer, APA HIV Office of Prevention and Education (HOPE), and has taught law and ethics for mental health providers.

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• 2 meetings
• July 25 and 26: Sat.-Sun., 9 am-6 pm
• Berkeley: Room 206, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave.
• $285 (EDP 405803)

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