Abstract
Federal and Regional Councils of Psychology are important agencies dedicated in promoting and monitoring ethical practices. In this sense, the purpose of this paper was to analyze ethical claims published between 2004 and 2016 in Jornal do Federal, a Journal of the Federal Council of Psychology. Twenty-six issues were analyzed, in which there were 286 published offences in the section entitled “Ethical Claims”. Results showed that the state of Paraná (region 8), had higher incidence of ethical processes considering the number of registered psychologists. On the amendments contents, 35 different categories were identified, and the most common was about ethical practice. Tree most recent issues of this journal showed more clearly the amendments’ contents, making it possible to understand that psychological assessment is a common ethical problem among psychologists. Figuring 60% of the ethical claims on these last three issues. We also analyze Regional and Federal's Councils final decisions, and it shows that the most frequently decision was on archiving the processes. After all those analyses, it is possible to state that there are many actions towards on training, as well as guiding psychologists practices.
Keywords
Ethics; Professional Guidelines; Psychologists Practices; Psychological Assessment
