Ethics Mock Quiz (Tess) Flashcards
Whose role is it to make a mandatory notification?
Treating practitioners, non-treating practitioners, and employers of practitioners.
What are the four types of risks worth reporting and why?
Impairment, intoxication, sexual misconduct, and departure from accepted standards.
Is a suspicion sufficient for a mandatory notification?
No, suspicion is not sufficient for a mandatory notification. You need to have a reasonable belief based on direct observation or knowledge.
Which mandatory notification also applies to students?
Notification based on impairment also applies to students if they are practicing while impaired and thus putting the public at harm.
What are the three steps in deciding to make a mandatory notification?
Identify the impairment, consider if you have reasonable belief, and assess the risk level.
What increases the risk making it necessary to make a mandatory notification?
- Is the risk is managed or unmanaged?
- Insight?
- Engaged in treatment or not?
- Context of practice - supportive, group and/or supervised or independent
- Extent and duration - Is it a one-off or ongoing?
What is a mentally ill person?
A mentally ill person requires care, treatment, or control due to mental illness which poses risks of harm to themselves or others.
Harm = physical, emotional, financial, self-harm, suicide, neglect or stalking — with at least one of the following symptoms:
- delusions/hallucinations
- serious mood disorder
- or sustained or repeated irrational behaviour.
What is a mentally disordered person?
A mentally disordered person is someone with irrational behaviour who is posing the risk of physical harm to either themselves or someone else. Most common in people who are suicidal, grief stricken, or under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
What are the 5 steps in the APS Ethical Decision Making Model?
- Recognise that there is an ethical issue present.
- Clarify the ethical issue.
- Generate and examine possible solutions.
- Take a course of action.
- Reflect and evaluate.
What is a helpful way to approach traumatic memories that surface during treatment?
Recognise that it is not possible to tell the difference between a valid memory and an invented one. Focus on providing treatment to the client based on their current symptoms. Explain to the client the complex processes underlying memory. Be aware that memories are susceptible to influence.
Detail the mandatory notification requirements for children.
If there is suspected abuse or neglect of children, or reasonable belief, report to Family and Community Services (FACS).
Do so if the child OR adult/friend/family member states they have been physically/sexually abused
OR if observations of the child indicate that the child has been physically/sexually abused.
Detail the mandatory notification requirements for crimes.
Report crimes that have a jail term of more than 5 years.
Detail the mandatory notification requirements for historical sexual abuse.
Report if:
- the abuse has not been previously reported to the police
- the perpetrator is still posing a risk to children.
However, you need identifiable features such as the name of the perpetrator and the children at risk.
What are the four elements to Informed Consent?
- Capacity
- Voluntarily without coercion
- Specific (not blanket)
- Provided in a language the client can understand.
What is the difference between privacy and confidentiality?
Privacy: Collecting only information relevant to the service being provided. Confidentiality: The safeguarding of a client’s private information.
