Stephen H. Behnke, Ph.D., J.D.
Ethics Director
American Psychological Association
Author: "From the Director" monthly column on ethics for psychologists, APA Monitor on Psychology magazine
Stephen H. Behnke received his J.D. from Yale Law
School and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the
University of Michigan. In 1996, Dr. Behnke was made
chief psychologist of the Day Hospital Unit at the Massachusetts
Mental Health Center, a position he held until 1998,
when he was named a faculty fellow in Harvard University’s
program in Ethics and the Professions. After completing
this fellowship Dr. Behnke directed a program in research
integrity in the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard
Medical School. In November of 2000 Dr. Behnke assumed
the position of Director of Ethics at the American Psychological
Association.
Dr. Behnke’s research interests focus on issues
at the convergence of law, ethics, and psychology. He
has written on multiple personality disorder and the
insanity defense, on issues involving competence and
informed consent to treatment and research, and on forced
treatment of the severely mentally ill. |
