Laws and Ethics
This ethical standard arises when a mental health professional’s duty to protect a client’s confidentiality conflicts with the need to protect potential victims from harm.
What is "the duty to warn" (or "Tarasoff duty")?
This is the diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals in the U.S. to classify and diagnose mental disorders.
What is the DSM-5?
What is DBT or dialectical behavior thereapy?
The drug and alcohol and mental health plans of care due dates
What is every 45 and 120 days?
This medication is used to counteract overdose from opiods.
What is Narcan/naloxone?
This ethical principle in mental health treatment involves acting in the best interest of clients, ensuring their well-being, and protecting them from harm.
What is "beneficence"?
To meet the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, at least this number of symptoms must be present during the same two-week period.
What is "five" (including either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure)?
This core principle of Motivational Interviewing involves expressing understanding and acceptance of the client's feelings, struggles, and point of view.
What is "empathy"?
This document should be regularly updated with the plan of care to assess client readiness for discharge.
What is the Relapse Prevention Plan?
This is the location of the only AED station in the building.
What is the clerical/front office?
This term refers to the ethical obligation of mental health professionals to consider the diverse backgrounds and experiences of their clients in order to provide culturally competent and unbiased treatment.
What is "cultural humility"?
This is the minimum duration of symptoms for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
What is "six months"?
In SFBT, this type of question is often asked to encourage clients to visualize how their life would look if their problem were suddenly solved.
What is "the miracle question"?
This is when progress notes should be completed from time of session.
What is within 24 hours?
These are three locations of the building's fire extinguishers on first floor.
This U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1976 established that individuals could not be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital solely due to their mental illness, and that they have the right to a due process hearing.
What is the O'Connor v. Donaldson case?
This diagnosis involves a lack of interest in activities, withdrawal from social situations, and negative thoughts, but the key difference from major depression is that these symptoms are directly tied to physical symptoms and cause significant distress.
What is "somatic symptom disorder"?
In CBT, this concept involves changing behavior through reinforcement or punishment, often used to increase or decrease certain actions.
What is "operant conditioning"?
This is the minimum amount of information that is required to make a ChildLine report under reasonable suspicion of child mistreatment.
What is 2 and 30?
This federal law ensures confidentiality for individuals receiving substance use treatment services, and limits disclosure of treatment information without the patient’s consent.
What is 42 CFR Part 2?
This mood disorder involves chronic feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and lack of interest in activities, lasting for at least two years in adults or one year in children and adolescents.
What is "persistent depressive disorder" (formerly known as dysthymia)?
In art therapy, this term refers to the therapeutic process of using nonverbal techniques to explore deep or unconscious thoughts and emotions through images or symbols.
What is "projective techniques"?
This is how soon a client needs to be scheduled for intake after an emergent, urgent, and routine screening.
What is immediately, 2-3 days, and 7 days?
What is the north east corner of the Bruce Boyle parking lot?