Ethical Dilemmas Depicted In The Film Analyze This

The film Analyze This, raised a number of legal ethical dilemmas Sobel is a psychiatrist that conducts his practice out of his home. Though this is not unethical or illegal, the way he conducts his sessions was. The first client that appeared in the beginning of the movie was suffering separation and abandonment issues. Sobel did not give her another therapist’s number and did not leave her with a plan while he was on vacation. He also reinforced her abandonment issues. He met his patient Mr. Vitti, after he re-end his bodyguard. After Vitti experienced a panic attack and realized he need a psychiatrist, his bodyguard recommended Sobel, and the legal ethical dilemmas began. Jelly the bodyguard breaks into Sobel’s office while he is in session with another client, and breaches the client’s
He also paid him three hundred dollars to end session early. When Sobel began to, “threat” Vitti, he did not address the Inform Consent with his patient. Sobel did not inform Vitti that if the FBI wanted to talk to him, he might have to disclose what was discussed during therapy, and Sobel knew he was mobster. Sobel did not inform his client that he might have to break confidentiality. Vitti was not informed and did not sign an Authorization to Release form. He was also not informed about He was intimidated into becoming Vitti’s therapist, by Mr. Vitti and was bullied into telling him where he was going to be vacationing. They never agreed to procedure for collecting fee and Sobel never informed his client the nature of therapy. Sobel, did not meet, “standard of care”. This was evident when Vitti threaten to hurt Sobel if he turned