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Counseling psychology professor Linda Campbell has co-written the first book published by the American Psychological Association commenting on and illustrating the ethical standards it has adopted for the professional behavior of psychologists.

Campbell, a professor in the department of counseling and human services and director of the Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation, is the first author of the APA’s Ethics Code Commentary and Case Illustrations book. The text includes commentaries on each of the 89 ethical standards and also cases that illustrate the standards. The text is unique in that the case illustrations are written in a decision-making model that promotes use in the classroom or a continuing education setting. The format is four-part: the scenario, the ethical implications of the scenario, decision-making factors and options for a decision.

The APA’s Code of Ethics is the accepted set of standards for professional behavior of psychologists. The current code was developed and adopted in 2002.

Campbell is a member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs and the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychology and was a member of the Ethics Code Task Force that developed the 2002 Code. The new book was published in January 2010 by the APA.

Linda Campbell is the first author of the APA’s Ethics Code Commentary and Case Illustrations book.