Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Law Final Exam 2024

Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Law Final Exam 2024 Define "Mental Health Law" - CORRECT ANSWER-The body of laws and regulations governing issues related to mental health and the provision of mental health services in a particular jurisdiction. 3 Sources of Mental Health Law in Colorado - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Constitutions (the United States and Colorado) 2. Statutes (state and federal) 3. Case law Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-105 - CORRECT ANSWER-allows invocation of emergency procedures to place a person in custody when any person appears to be mentally ill and, as a result of such mental illness, appears to be an imminent danger to other or to himself or herself How long can a person be held under a § 27-65-105 hold? - CORRECT ANSWER-72 hours (3 days) Define "gravely disabled" - CORRECT ANSWER-a condition in which a person, as result of a mental health disorder, is incapable of making informed decisions about or providing for his or her essential needs without significant supervision and assistance from other people. As a result of being incapable of making these informed decisions, a person who is gravely disabled is a risk of substantial bodily harm, dangerous worsening of any concomitant serious physical illness, significant psychiatric deterioration, or mismanagement of his or her essential needs that could result in substantial bodily harm. A person of any age may be "gravely disabled", but such term does not include a person whose decision-making capabilities are limited solely by his or her developmental disability. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-116(1)(a) - CORRECT ANSWER-Clients in a treatment facility are entitled to receive treatment suited to meet their individual needs, delivered in such a way as to keep them in the least restrictive environment. Standard in Colorado for "duty to warn" - CORRECT ANSWER-the client has communicated to the mental health care provider a serious threat of imminent physical violence against a specific person or persons The duty to warn may be discharged by these actions. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Making reasonable and timely efforts to notify the person(s) threatened