Lionel is a therapist who is working with a client with major depressive disorder. The client has not responded well to to medication or therapy and remains in a suicidal state. Lionel is recommending shock treatments, and has spent the last hour discussing what this treatment would entail, the risks of it, the potential benefits associated with it, and answering his client's questions about the
treatment. This discussion is part of the process.
a. confidentiality
b. nonmalficience
c. informed consent
d. integrity
c
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a) script b) concept c) mental set d) heuristic
According to Erik Erikson, individuals pass through eight _________ stages in which a
"crisis" occurs. As the crisis is resolved, a virtue is achieved. a. psychological b. psychosexual c. psychosocial d. psychohistorical
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A) marriage B) vocation C) children D) health
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A) a high status person B) a female C) a person with high levels of testosterone D) a man talking to another man