We will explore the world of ethical issues in psychology. As in any medical or mental health field, there are rules that we all must follow as professionals. In this essay today we will explore a case study where we have a young woman who has been affected by a mental disability. We will look at the facts where your disability was managed by a professional in the field of psychology. We will also discuss the rights and wrongs presented in his case study. We will also discuss the APA's codes of ethics and gain a clearer understanding of where some things went wrong and why we should start. It all started one day in May when a church member had many concerns about a young woman named Carolyn. Carolyn was a faithful church member and looked forward to visiting her church weekly. The church members loved Carolyn and being with her. Another church member seemed to take a great interest in Carolyn and her strange behavior. We'll give this member a name, let's call him John. Carolyn never spoke about her parents, however, from her appearance everyone could gauge that she came from a poverty-stricken family life. John had many concerns about Carolyn's behavior, she seemed to be very slow in anything she tried to do and became very frustrated to the point of crying, running and hiding. Many times John followed her many times and took her back to church and tried to talk to her. John decided he wasn't a trained professional, so he couldn't offer her the help she needed. John has a friend who has a PhD in mental health and asked this psychologist to see Carolyn. John explained that Carolyn had no money and asked if Carolyn could be placed in a family environment? Three questions and for all three the only visible answer is I don't know. Since we are so unaware of Carolyn's family background and we are not even aware if Carolyn can function on her own. We have an opinion from psychologists, is it enough? Absolutely not, especially if there are small children in the new family. As a future professional I would feel very cautious in this situation. Another factor, if the new family had no experience with a mentally disabled human being, it could cause a lot of disruption in the family dynamics. Works Cited: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspxVAN R.SILKA, MD; and MARK J. HAUSER, MD As published in Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997Psychiatric Assessment of the PersonWith Mental Retardation, available at: http://www.psychiatry.com/mr/assessment.html(Silka R. Van,1997)