Based on the bill of rights for clients written in the Mental Health Systems Act (1980), which action is a violation of the client's rights?
a. withdrawing telephone privileges for a client with extreme psychotic symptoms
b. providing seclusion for the client who is threatening to hit another client
c. meeting with a depressed and withdrawn client to go over the plan of care
d. insisting that the client who attends the community meeting abide by the rules
A
Withdrawal of telephone privileges is a violation of a client's rights, even if the client is deemed extremely psychotic. One of the rights explicitly mentioned in the bill of rights for clients is the right of access to telephone use, mail, and visitors. Part of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, in addition to allocating additional funding for mental health treatment, reaffirmed the basic civil liberties held by individuals undergoing psychiatric treatment.
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