Exam 6: Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Issues

A counselor working in an AIDS-related case:

Therapists have the responsibility to prevent suicide if they can reasonably anticipate it.Once it is determined that a client is at risk for serious harm to self,the professional is:

The intended victim's knowledge of a threat does NOT relieve therapists of the duty to protect,as can be seen by the decision in:

InChapter 6,a six-step ethical practice model for protecting confidentiality rights that places legal mandates in an ethical context is presented.The six steps include all of the following EXCEPT:

In _____________,the court expanded the practitioner's duty to warn those in danger to include the circumstance in which a family member communicates to a mental health practitioner a belief that the client poses a risk of grave bodily injury to another person.

Jolene tells her counselor that she is depressed about the break-up of her relationship and "just wishes she could go to sleep and never wake up." In this case,the counselor needs to:

Susan is quite distressed after finding out her husband has been unfaithful.She tells her counselor that she is so angry that she feels like killing him.Upon hearing this,the counselor needs to:

The experts who testified at this trial believed the school board failed to provide adequate training for school personnel.Without training,school personnel will most likely underestimate the lethality of suicidal thoughts,statements,and attempts.The conclusion of this expert testimony was that the student would not have committed suicide if the employees had been adequately trained.Persuaded by this input,the court held that the school could be found negligent for failing to notify the decedent's mother.This explains the court decision in which court case?

_______________ is at the core of effective therapy; it is the counselor's ethical duty to protect private client communication.

_________________ is designed to encourage reporting of any suspected cases of child,elder,or dependent adult abuse; thus,therapists are advised to err on the side of reporting in uncertain circumstances.

Which of the following would be an ineffective way of managing a client's suicidal ideation?

An African-American woman was interacting with her child in a domestic abuse shelter when she is over-heard saying to her child,"Keep touching that and I'm going to whoop you." The social worker that heard this statement should:

Even if clients argue that they can do what they want with their own lives,including taking them,therapists with suicidal clients have a legal:

In the case of disclosing confidential information when working with an HIV-positive client,several writers state that the therapist has a duty to protect when the following condition exists:

In ___________,a Supreme Court decision ruled that communications between licensed psychotherapists and their clients are privileged and therefore protected from forced disclosure in cases arising under federal law.

Most counseling centers and community mental health agencies now have guidelines regarding the duty to warn and protect when the welfare of others is at stake.These guidelines generally specify how to deal with:

The California court's ruling that requires therapists to breach confidentiality in cases where the general welfare and safety of others is involved is a result of the:

All of the following pose a number of potential ethical problems with regard to protecting client privacy EXCEPT:

Privileged communication does NOT apply in cases of:

There are three types of ______________: health plans,health care clearinghouses,and health care providers who transmit health information by electronic means.