623 Final ( harmell) Exam Questions With Answers
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Informed //consent //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Experts //suggest //"written" //is //best:
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// INFORMED //CONSENT:
*Should //be //Company //Letterhead
*Good //for //length //of //treatment
*Office //policies
*Patient //Signature*
Four //Requirements:
1. //Capacity //
2. //Comprehension //of //INFORMATION
3. //Voluntary
4. //Document
Informed /
/Consent: //When //to //Inform? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔*At //the //outset //of //treatment..."
*First //or //second //session
No //later //than //the //third //session
"If //it //isn't //written //down, //it //didn't //happen"
Can //
a //Therapist //provide //services //to //client //via //internet //or //other //electronic //media? //- //CORRECT
//ANSWERS(S)✔✔Patients /
,/must /
/be //located //only //in //jurisdictions //where //the //therapist //may //lawfully //provide //such //services.
Internet
"Digital /
/Natives" //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Definition: /
/Digital /
/Natives /
/are /
/people /
/who /
/have //grown //up //in //the //digital //world //using //technology //as //a //way //to //communicate, //record,
//educate, //and //understand //society. //("about.com")
(Born //after //1960)
Confidentiality //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*There /
/must /
/be /
/an /
/authorization /
/by //the //client //previously //obtained //in //writing //to //disclose //any //confidential //information.
*When /
/the /
/possibility /
/exists /
/that /
/others, /
/including /
/family /
/members, /
,/may /
/obtain //access //to //such //information, //this //possibility, //together //with //the //plan //for //protecting
//confidentiality, //is //explained //
LIMITS:
Limits /
/of /
/Confidentiality: /
/Sessions /
/between //
a/
/psychologist /
/and /
/patient /
/are /
/strictly /
/confidential, //except //under //certain //legally //defined //situations //involving //threats //of //self-
harm /
/or /
/harm /
/to /
/another, /
/and /
/situations //of //child //abuse, //elder //abuse, //or //abuse //of //otherwise //dependent //individuals. //
/
/In /
/the //case //of: //danger //to //others, //I //am //required //by //law //to //notify //the //police //and //to //inform
//any //intended //victim(s). //
In //the //case //of //:self-
harm, //
I/
/am /
/ethically /
/bound /
/to /
, /inform //the //nearest //relative, //significant //other, //or //to //otherwise //enlist //methods //to //prevent
//self-harm //or //suicide. //
In /
/instances /
/of: /
/child //abuse, //elder //abuse, //or //dependent //abuse, //I //must //notify //the //proper //authorities. //
/
/Should /
/an /
/agent /
/of /
/the /
/federal /
/government /
/request //
a/
/copy /
/of /
/your /
/records, //under //the //Patriot //Act //(Section //215) //I //must //respond //without //your //knowledge.
Family /
/law /
/terminology //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔When //
a/
/child /
/tells //
a/
/mandated /
/reporter /
/of /
/abuse, /
/the /
/communication /
/is //NOT //privileged... //the //individual, //BY //LAW, //must //report //what //the //child //has //related." //