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CONAbb2 - How to Ethically Set Client Confidentiality Boundaries Part II Post Test

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Questions:

1.1 A client’s erroneous idea that therapists are likely to let slip the delicate information revealed during a session is a part of what confidentiality controversy?
1.2 What are two instances where against a health care professional’s will, the law or ethics requires them to reveal client information?
2.1 Which step requires thorough documentation of steps taken to handle confidential and privileged information to protect you should you be named in ethics complaints and lawsuits?
3.1 To facilitate parental understanding of the confidentiality and privacy notice, what guidelines should parents be familiarized with?
3.2 In a classroom, if a client indicates that he or she needs to communicate something vital, they are taken to a “safe space”. What is a “safe space?”

Answers:

A. Legal subpoenas or reports of threat
B. Fear of disclosure
C. An area such as another room or corridor which is isolated from others where a client can communicate his or her needs
D. Step 5. Document decision-making steps
E. HIPAA guidelines

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Questions:

5.1 What is an example of an overt and seemingly incontrovertible boundary violation between a physician and their patient?
6.1 A mental health professional's self-disclosure about personal challenges may be both helpful and harmful to the same client. How may it be helpful, and how may it be harmful?
7.1 What are four examples of when a dual relationship is unethical?
8.1 What were the three general categories of gifts that Drew et. al identified?

Answers:

A. helpful in that the client feels more "connected" to the mental health professional and harmful in that the self-disclosure undermines the client's confidence in the mental health professional.
B. Sexual contact
C. As a type of tip to the professional, to address a perceived imbalance in the professional relationship, and as payment of homage or sacrifice to the mental health professional
D. When it interferes with the mental health professional’s exercise of professional discretion; when it interferes with their exercise of impartial judgment; when it exploits clients, colleagues, or third parties to further the mental health of professional