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Midterm Exam Flashcards

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4 Elements of a Civil Suit of Malpractice

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Duty of Care – Relationship established
Duty to Protect – Reasonable Therapist
Proximate Cause – Harm caused by therapist
Demonstrable Harm – Money damages

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2 Parts of APA Ethics Code

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Unenforceable – aspirational guidelines

Enforceable – numbered codes, mandates

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What is the primary element that resulted from deinstitutionalization with regard to clinical treatment?

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The rule of least restrictive treatment

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2 Elements of Law

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Case Law

Statutes

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Higher court ruling that becomes precedent

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Case Law

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Legislative process codifies case law

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Statutes

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Four elements of standard of care

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Reasonable therapist
Case law
Statutes
Ethics code

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Ethics committee and code

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APA

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Licensing board

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BOP

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Attorney General

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Criminal allegations

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Standard of Care

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Reasonable therapist

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12
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Duty of Care

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Established relationship

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13
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Proximate Cause

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Therapist is cause of harm

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14
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Demonstrable Harm

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Money damanges

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15
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Expert Witness

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Gives expert opinion

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16
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Fact witness

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On case before legal action

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Two types of actions BOP can assign when a violation of licensing law occurs

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Disciplinary and Public

Nondisciplinary and confidential

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Reasons for Disciplinary and Public action (4)

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Sex with patient
Breaches of confidentiality
Insurance issues
Failure to keep records

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Reason for Nondisciplinary and Confidential action

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No public display of licensure on documents or office

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CSI requirements for mandated reporting - Tarasoff Original Ruling (3)

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Communicated directly to therapist
Imminent danger
Identifiable victim (with a moment’s reflection)

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Tarasoff/Ewing Assessment for Threat (8)

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Gender - male 
Plan - specificity
Feasibility
Previous violence - best predictor
Current problem - who is in danger
Substance use - increases likelihood
Support system - includes insurance
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Requirements for mandating reporting (3)

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Warm victims (civil code)
Notify authorities (civil code)
Take steps (Tarasoff)
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23
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Revocation stayed

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Loss of license stopped

24
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Revocation

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Complete loss of license

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Stipulation

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Agreement between BOP and therapist

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Surrender

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Voluntarily give up license

27
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Tarasoff Original Ruling

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CSI

28
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Veteran’s Administration (2)

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Protect even in absence of stated threat

Seek past records

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Ewing Decision - 2 primary additions to Tarasoff

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Communicated by family or reliable other

For the purpose for advancing therapy

30
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Arson/Peck (2)

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Use of arson can be a deadly weapon

Damage to property

31
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Hedlund (2)

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Duty to protect potential bystanders

Victim to victims

32
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Does an empirically validated suicide risk assessment procedure exist?

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No

33
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What is the strongest predictor of teen suicide attempt?

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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)

34
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Difference between Risk Factors and Warning Signs

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Risk Factors - static and enduring

Warning Signs - episodic and variable

35
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Risk Factors examples (3)

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Age
Demographics
Family history of suicide

36
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Warning Signs examples (2)

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Mood

Life events

37
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Is use of a safety agreement a good protective measure for a suicidal client?

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No

38
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Age group with highest suicide rate

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45-54 years old

39
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SAD PERSONAS suicidality scale

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Sex
Age
Depression
Previous attempts
Ethanol (substance) use
Rational thought loss
Social support lacking
Organized plan
No significant other
Access to means
Sickness
40
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Which is more serious to assessment of danger to self or other? False Positive or False Negative

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False Negative

41
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2 primary elements of malpractice re: suicide (Baerger, Bongar, and Sullivan)

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Foreseeability (should clinician have anticipated?)

Causation (did clinician take sufficient steps?)

42
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Privacy

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No illegal search and seizure (4th amendment rights)

43
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Confidentiality

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Ethical standard of professional conduct

44
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Privilege

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Legal protection from disclosure in legal proceedings

45
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When a therapist strongly disagrees with a client on a political topic, the therapist should: (2)

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Remain neutral

Seek consultation

46
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Can a lack of diversity training lead to misdiagnosis using the DSM?

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Yes

47
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Insurance Diagnosis

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Giving clients alternate diagnoses to receive insurance coverage (ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL)

48
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3 broad dimensions of multicultural counseling

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Therapist self-awareness
Therapist understanding
Skill in using culturally appropriate interventions

49
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Cultural encapsulation

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Lack of understanding and ignorance of another’s cultural background

50
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Intersectionality (Crenshaw)

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The intersection of social categorizations, creating

overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage

51
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Cultural Humility (3)

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Long-term understanding and learning
Humble and respectful attitude
A state of not knowing

52
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4 Bins of ethical decision making

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Legal (state, federal, or regulatory)
Clinical (patient welfare)
Ethical (standard of care)
Risk Management (liability)

53
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Difference between confidentiality and privilege

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Confidentiality = ethics
Privilege = law
54
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4 agencies holding psychologists accountable

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Licensing boards (BOP)
Ethics committees (APA, CPA)
Civil suits of malpractice
Criminal allegations

55
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Preponderance of evidence

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Burden of proof in a civil suit

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