Clinical, Violence and trauma
Ethical guidelines for applied psychological practice in the field of extremism, violent extremism and terrorism
These guidelines are primarily intended for practitioner psychologists involved in clinical work related to extremism, violent extremism or terrorism.
10 October 2018
BPS GuidanceThis document was created by the British Psychological Society, Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) Extremism working party, facilitated by Nicola Bowes and Debbie McQueirns. The authors of the document are: Zainab Al-Attar, Jackie Bates-Gaston, Christopher Dean and Monica Lloyd.
Please note: this document should be read in conjunction with:
- the BPS Practice Guidelines
- the BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct
- the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics