Author Question: Counselors are ethically and legally required to break confidentiality when the determine that their ... (Read 28 times)

jilianpiloj · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Counselors are ethically and legally required to break confidentiality when the determine that their clients:

a. made an attempt to commit suicide two prior to their session.
b. are actively thinking about committing suicide.
c. are actively thinking about committing suicide, have a plan, but do not presently have the means to commit the act.
d. represent a clear and imminent threat to themselves.

Question 2

Academic programs that train mental health professionals have an ethical obligation to act as gatekeepers to the profession (e.g., serve a function of keeping impaired or skill-deficient students from fulfilling graduation requirements).

a. true
b. false