NORMATIVA ÉTICA

Aunque la PsicoTerapia Online no es una práctica en sí misma, la práctica de la psicoterapia a distancia -online- crea una relación única con el paciente que requiere atención y la adhesión a principios éticos profesionales. La siguiente presentación sugiere algunos de los puntos a tener en cuenta.


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Diversos organismos internacionales han propuesto sus guías y códigos éticos para la PsicoTerapia Online:

Códigos éticos de asociaciones

American Medical Association. (2000). Guidelines for Patient-Physician Electronic Mail.

American Counseling Association. (1999) (2005). ACA Code of Ethics.

American Mental Health Counselors Association. (2000). Code of Ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association, Principle 14, Internet On-Line Counseling.

American Psychological Association. (1997). APA Statement on Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and Internet, A statement by the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.

American Telemedicine Association. (2009). Evidence-Based Practice for Telemental Health.

American Telemedicine Association. (2009). Practice Guidelines for Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health.

Australian Psychological Society. (2004). Guidelines for Providing Psychological Services and Products on the Internet.

British Psychological Society. (2009). The Provision of Psychological Services via the Internet and Other Non-direct Means.

Canadian Psychological Association. (2006). Ethical Guidelines for Psychologists Providing Psychological Services via Electronic Media.

Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., Report of the Special Committee on Professional Conduct and Ethics. (2002) Model guidelines for the appropriate use of the Internet in medical practice.

National Association of Social Workers. (1999) (2008). Code of Ethics.

National Board for Certified Counselors and Center for Credentialing and Education, (2001). The Practice of Internet Counseling. (2001).

New Zealand Psychological Psychologists Board (2011). Draft Guidelines: Psychology services delivered via the internet and other electronic media.

Ohio Psychological Association. (2010). Telepsychology Guidelines.

Artículos científifcos

Nicholson, Ian R. (2011). New technology, old issues: Demonstrating the relevance of the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists to the ever-sharper cutting edge of technology.
Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 52, (3), pp. 215-224.

Winkler, M., Flanagin, A., Chi-Lum, B., White, J., Andrews, K., Kennett, R., DeAngelis, C. & Musacchio, R. (2000). Guidelines for medical and health information sites on the Internet.
Journal of the American Medical Association, March 22/29, 283(12), pp. 1600-1606.