Katie has just accepted her first position as a counselor in a community agency. An agency policy requires her to conduct an intake interview with each client, determine a diagnosis, and establish a treatment plan-all in the first session. Once a diagnosis is established, clinicians have a maximum of five more sessions with a given client. What ethical and legal standards are possibly broken?
A. Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to assess a client for at least five sessions before diagnosing
B. Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to carefully assess and accurately diagnose clients before commencing any intervention
C. Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to forgo diagnosing a client in order to properly treat the problem
D. Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to pick a diagnosis that fits a criteria in order for insurance reimbursement
Answer: B
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a) Mimesis b) Countertransference c) Attending d) Joining
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a. Malcolm X. b. Reverend Jesse Jackson. c. Jim Crow laws. d. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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a. less likely than men to be depressed. b. twice as likely as men to be depressed. c. five times more likely than men to be depressed. d. as likely as men to be depressed.