Therapists have the responsibility to prevent suicide if they can reasonably anticipate it. Once it is determined that a client is at risk for serious harm to self, the professional is:
A. released of all legal and ethical requirements to protect the client.
B. legally, but not ethically, required to take appropriate action.
C. legally and ethically required to take appropriate action aimed at protecting the person.
D. ethically, but not legally, required to take appropriate action.
Answer: C
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a. Elementary age students require a minimum of ten hours a sleep per night b. Children probably have lot a tooth and may even have permanent teeth filling in c. Younger children rarely skip meals and display overt signs of being hungry d. Fine motor skills are developing slowly
Teenage girls from this cultural group have the highest rate of attempted suicide.
a. Asian Americans b. African Americans c. Middle Eastern Americans d. Latin Americans
Person-to-person forgiveness is considered to be intrapersonal rather than interpersonal.
a. true b. false
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a. Learning disabilities b. Problems at home c. Problems at school d. Motivational problems e. Poor reliability and validity of the instruments