Author Question: Based on the bill of rights for clients written in the Mental Health Systems Act (1980), which ... (Read 59 times)

JMatthes · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

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c. meeting with a depressed and withdrawn client to go over the plan of care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

Question 2

The nursing theory that describes the three states of coping potential as arousal, equilibrium, and impoverishment is the ___________________ _.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

lindahyatt42 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

Adaptive Potential Assessment Model