Forum Rules
Rev1, 6.20.2025
- No PHI. If you are looking for referrals and need to include some details to help with the referral, include as little details as possible. In general, when in doubt, post the least amount of client information possible.
- Abide by the ethical guidelines set by your licensing board. If in doubt, check in with the resources provided by your board.
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- No hate speech or speech that seeks to marginalize or disenfranchise a specific group of people
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- Be sensitive to cultural, religious, and racial issues so that posts will not be misinterpreted
- Do not use the forum for illegal purposes, including but not limited to:
- Defamation
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In the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to ORMHP’s attention, ORMHP will take all appropriate action. - Neither ORMHP, its staff, membership, nor any contributor can be held liable in any way for any information and/or data made available to, or omitted from information distributed to, the subscribers to this forum. Information distributed may or may not have been checked for accuracy.
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Credits
These guidelines are drawn from:
APA Listserv rules: https://lists.apa.org/archives/infopages/APARules.html
APA Civility on listserv statement: https://www.apa.org/about/division/digest/leader-resources/civility-email-lists
ABCT Rules and Regulations of Forum conduct (https://www.abct.org/)