A preliminary interview on counselor's decision making of breaking confidentiality about self-inflicted injury and suicide in college situation / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
; (12): 227-232, 2018.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-704006
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To investigate the ethical decision-making process of breaking confidentiality when counselors dealing with self-inflicted injury and suicide issues in college situation.Methods:
A semi-structural interview was addressed to 10 counselors from 7 college counseling centers in Beijing, among whom with (10 ± 8) years of experience on average in this field. Content analysis method was used to transcription of the interviewing data.Results:
Totally 8 counselors had received ethical training more or less, and attached great importance to ethical codes. There were still some conflicts between school regulations and confidentiality rules in 7 university counseling centers. Different counselors varied greatly in decision-making on breaking confidentiality when facing college students' self-inflicted injury and suicide. Faced with conflicts between college demands and confidentiality principles, counselors could take the professional standpoint and consider more of the interests of students.Conclusion:
The decision-making process on self-inflicted injury and suicide confidentiality breakthrough needs to be standardized. College's attention and support to the counseling work should be strengthen and enhance ethical awareness.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Aspects:
Ethical aspects
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article