The Tarasoff rulings put pressure on mental health workers because:
a) They have to determine whether patients can refuse antipsychotic medications
b) It forces them to come up with the least restrictive alternative
c) They have to determine whether treatment for mental illness and mental retardation is humane
d) The are in positiion to assess a client's dangerousness and predict if he/she is a threat to others
Answer: d) The are in positiion to assess a client's dangerousness and predict if he/she is a threat to others
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that restrict the activities of people with impairments by placing social barriers in their way. a) medical b) postmodernist c) social d) materialist
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II
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