State psychology licensure questions about mental illness and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9053619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey E Boyd (0000-0002-8020-6126, San Francisco VA Health Care System), Bruce Graunke (VA Puget Sound Health Care System), Frederick J Frese (Northeast Ohio Medical University), James T R Jones, James Thomas Jones (Brandeis University), Jennifer W Adkins (North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System), Ronald Bassman |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 620-631 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/ort0000177 |
| PMID | 27854449 |
| OpenAlex | W2551695413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
State licensing boards have obligations to protect the public from impaired professionals and to protect the rights of professionals applying for licensure. Competently functioning professionals who have or have had a mental health diagnosis or are being treated for a mental health condition should not be screened out, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A review of case law shows applicable precedents from discrimination among physicians and lawyers but not, to date, among psychologists. An examination of psychology licensure application materials from all 50 states and the District of Columbia revealed that some states, particularly Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, and New Hampshire, include language that might screen out professionals with lived experience who are currently functioning competently. For comparison, we review a sample of licensure applications for physicians and lawyers and find a similar pattern. Five of the present authors offer ourselves and other published authors as examples of competent licensed psychologists who have lived with mental illnesses. We conclude with recommendations for more inclusive language and protection of confidentiality. (PsycINFO Database Record
Compliance (psychology) · Confidentiality · Licensure · Medical education · MEDLINE · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Law · Medicine · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Leveraging the Strengths of Psychologists With Lived Experience of Psychopathology
Literature Review on Regulatory Frameworks for Addressing Discrimination in Clinical Supervision
Introduction to the special section
Provider lived experience and stigma
Accomplishments of 77 VA mental health professionals with a lived experience of mental illness
Developing Organizational Interventions to Address Stigma Among Mental Health Providers
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |