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A 17-year-old student informs the ethics board that his college counselor violated confidentiality when she informed the student's mother of a suicide attempt, he had recently made. The counselor contends that she was acting in the student's best interest in light of his refusal to seek professional help and the fact that this particular state only allows parents to commit a minor to psychiatric care. In this case, the counselor: A. Has acted in accord with the APA Ethics Code. B. Violated client-therapist confidentiality and thus acted unethically C. Should have consulted with a colleague before informing the parents. D. Acted inappropriately but not unethically. - A. Has acted in accord with the APA Ethics Code. A client in therapy at a community agency is being seen by a newly licensed therapist. The therapist consults a supervisor regularly about the case. The client knows that the therapist has just received her license but does not know that the case is being supervised. A year later, when the therapist leaves the case, the client is referred to the supervisor. The client perceives that her new therapist has exceptional insight into her situation and asks him how he got to be such a great therapist. The therapist replies that he has been supervising the case for a year. The client becomes upset and files a complaint with an ethics committee. Which of the following best describes the issues in this case? a. No ethical violation has occurred since the client apparently benefitted from the supervision. b. An ethical violation has not occurred unless either the intern or the supervisor revealed confidential information about - d. An ethical violation occurred because the client was not informed that the therapist was supervising. A client's insurance company calls and asks you for information about the client's diagnosis and treatment. You should: a. Refuse to give them information. b. Give information only with the consent of the client c. Give information only after you verify the intent of the inquiry d. Give only information that is not damaging to the client - b. Give information only with the consent of the clientA counselor at a party is told by another guest at the party that her husband is an alcoholic. The woman fears that her husband will hurt himself, and she doesn't know what to do. The counselor gives the woman a referral to a colleague of his, an outpatient counselor whose specialty is treating alcoholics. The woman's husband sees the colleague for one session. Two days later, the husband is seriously injured in a car accident while driving under the influence. The woman then sues the counselor from the party, claiming that he should have referred her to an inpatient treatment facility. Which of the following statements is true of this situation? a. The counselor is clearly guilty if malpractice because he should have provided a referral to an inpatient facility b. The counselor is clearly guilty of malpractice because he should not have made a referral at a party c. The counselor may be guilty of malpractice, but t - d. The counselor is not guilty of malpractice since he did not have a professional relationship with the woman or her husband.
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