Dr. Vera learns in the midst of a therapy session that his client has been committing a series of violent rapes. Can Dr. Vera divulge this information to the police?
a. Yes, but only if the client comes with the therapist to the police.
b. Yes, however therapists are not mandated to breach confidentiality when clients inform them that they have committed past crimes, and that doing so would create liability for them.
c. No, privileged communication is a right only the client can waive.
d. No, criminal action is not an exception to confidentiality.
Question 2
Under which circumstance can a therapist divulge information about a client to a third party?
a. when the third party is a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist
b. when the therapist thinks such consultation is in the best interest of the client
c. when the therapist has reason to believe that the client presents a danger to himself or herself or may potentially harm someone else
d. when the therapist is a professor and will use the information to teach
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
Upper GI series.
Carrie Mae Weems, A Negroid Type, from the series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried.
Don Gray, Stone #2, from the series Nine Stones.
Testing the client’s ability to feel vibrations, the knee
Harmonic Series Solution