A patient is being treated in the inpatient unit for paranoid delusions that his wife is un-faithful resulting in threats to "get her for this whenever I get out."
Which intervention to assure his wife's safety will his primary therapist include in the discharge plan?
a. Sharing the threats he has made with his wife
b. Requiring mandatory day hospital attendance
c. Advising the patient that he needs continued outpatient services
d. Informing the patient of the consequences of harming his wife
ANS: A
The Tarasoff ruling established the necessity for a mental health professional treating a pa-tient who threatens to harm another individual to warn the person against whom the threat is made. The remaining options are not directly related to affecting his wife's safety.
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