Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health

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This course is a live, interactive webinar held on January 31, 2025, from 1-4:20pm Eastern Standard Time.

This reduced price webinar does not offer CE Credits. The same live event is available for purchase and offers 3 Ethics CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

Registration closes at midnight (EST) the day before the event

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in the behavioral health professions. AI is being used to conduct client risk assessments, assist people in crisis, provide resources to clients and other users, strengthen prevention efforts, identify systemic biases in the delivery of behavioral health services, provide behavioral health education, and predict practitioner burnout and service outcomes, among other uses.

This course will examine cutting-edge ethical and risk management issues related to behavioral health practitioners’ use of AI, apply relevant ethical standards, and outline key elements of a strategy for practitioners’ ethical use of AI. Join Dr. Frederic Reamer as he examines ethical issues and risks related to informed consent and client autonomy, privacy and confidentiality, transparency, potential client misdiagnosis, client abandonment, client surveillance, plagiarism, dishonesty, fraud, and misrepresentation, algorithmic bias and unfairness, and use of evidence-based AI tools.

Schedule: (listed in Eastern Daylight Time)

• 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm Lecture
• 1:40 pm - 1:45 pm Break
• 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm Q&A
• 1:50 pm - 2:30 pm Lecture
• 2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Break
• 2:40 pm - 2:50 pm Q&A
• 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Lecture
• 3:30 pm - 3:35 pm Break
• 3:35 pm - 3:40 pm Q&A
• 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm Lecture
• 4:10 pm - 4:20 pm Q&A

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Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the ways in which artificial intelligence is being used in the behavioral health professions
• Identify ethical issues and challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence in the behavioral health professions
• Develop ethics-informed policies and protocols to protect clients and practitioners

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Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D.

Frederic Reamer is professor in the graduate program, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His teaching and research focus on professional ethics, criminal justice, mental health, health care, and public policy. Dr. Reamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of Social Workers in 1996 and served on the code revision task force. Dr. Reamer also chaired the national task force sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers, Association of Social Work Boards, Council on Social Work Education, and Clinical Social Work Association that developed technology standards for the profession. Dr. Reamer has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics, including in India, China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and in various European nations. His books include Social Work Values and Ethics; Risk Management in Social Work; The Social Work Ethics Casebook; Ethical Standards in Social Work; Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services; Ethics and Risk Management in Online and Distance Behavioral Health; Moral Distress and Injury in Human Services; and The Social Work Ethics Audit, among others. Dr. Reamer has served as an expert witness in many court and licensing board cases throughout the United States. Read more about Dr. Reamer here.

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This reduced price webinar does not offer CE credits, just great content.

The same live event is available for purchase and offers 3 Ethics CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.

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Register on the website before midnight the day of the event. In order to attend, you are required to:

1. login and access the direct link to the webinar through your account
2. your attendance is marked automatically when you use the direct link and attend fully
3. complete a post-test with a passing score of 80% or higher (which can be retaken until passed), and complete a course evaluation
4. collect your certificate of completion on your account after steps 1-3 are completed

Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants. No refunds are offered to those who do not attend.

Directions for completing a course and collecting CEs can be found here

Enroll in the webinar by adding it to the cart and proceeding through the check out process. Create an account (or login to yours) during the checkout process.

Prepare: Download Zoom software. Participants must use a device that is connected to adequate internet speed with a camera, microphone and speakers (or headset).

Attend: At least 15 minutes before the designated start time, login to your account on the website. Go to "My Courses", click on the title of the webinar. The link for the webinar will be listed in the course content.

Attendance is recorded automatically when you use the direct link and attend the full event.

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By registering for this event you are agreeing to the following:

24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.

To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.

Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected.  Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.

An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted.  (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)

Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.

Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:

• Dress appropriately
• Be in a private location void of distractions
• Do not multitask
• Do not drive during an event
• Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group

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Closed captioning is offered for all live webinar participants.

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This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

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This is a live, interactive webinar

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Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities

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This course includes closed captioning.

Cancellation Policy

Live webinars and live onsite courses: Refunds are only allowed prior to the date of the live event/course.  There is a 10% service fee for refunds.  

Grievance Policy

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