Mandated Reporting
This law states that each State has procedures for requiring certain individuals to report known or suspected instances of child and elder abuse and neglect.
What is CAPTA 1974?
The most used substances in children and adolecents
What is Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis?
The most commonly misused substance in seniors with SUDs
What is alcohol?
What is 47?
The age that SUD typically starts in adolescence
What is before the age of 14?
Some of the risk factors associated with SUDs in seniors
What are hopelessness, retirement, bereavement, financial stress, isolation, stage of life changes, chronic illness, and cognitive impairments?
These other types of professionals must follow mandate reporting laws
Who are Mental Health Professionals, Teachers, principals, school personnel, Healthcare workers, Child Care Providers, Medical examiners/coroners, Law enforcement officers, Nursing home/health care facility staff, guardians, or conservators?
The most common co-occurring disorders in teens with SUD
What are anxiety, depression, ADHD, ODD, and Conduct Disorder?
One of three barriers to treatment
What are stigma, denial, and lack of knowledge by family members?
These are some impediments to clinicians reporting abuse
What is Disruption of treatment, Erring on the side of caution/uncertainty, Fear, Hinderance of legal litigation, Differences in the Code of Ethics and state laws
The ability to grant permission for treatment
What is consent?
One of three ethical considerations
What is threatened autonomy, confidentiality, and nonmaleficence?
1st two steps to reporting abuse.
What is seeking consultation/supervision and calling your state's reporting hotline?
The sharing of information with a minor so that they have an understanding of the services being provided
The most underrecognized and untreated population
Who are seniors?