Kali was in a serious accident and is being kept alive by life support, even though there is no hope ...

Kali was in a serious accident and is being kept alive by life support, even though there is no hope for recovery. She did not provide a written statement of her wishes for her medical care, so there is nothing her family can do. What should have been completed in order to take her off life support?
 
  a. right to treatment
 b. advance directive
 c. privileged communication
 d. confidentiality agreement

Question 2

Keeping client information confidential is ____.
 
  a. a desirable, but not essential, part of therapy
 b. an issue with psychoanalytic therapists but not most others
 c. assured in all circumstances, according to a United States Supreme Court ruling
 d. an ethical, not a legal, obligation

Question 3

What is the ethical standard that protects clients from disclosure of information without their consent?
 
  a. confidentiality
 b. privileged communication
  c. duty to warn
 d. due process

Question 4

A psychologist says, I believe that the therapeutic process involves such a deep personal association between therapist and patient that ethically it requires me to keep sensitive information secret from others. The psychologist is referring to ____.
 
  a. mainstreaming
 b. due process
 c. confidentiality
 d. the patient's rights

Question 5

Research of mental patients who are placed in alternative community treatment programs such as providing permanent housing, special care, and concerned community treatment indicated that ____.
 
  a. patients in mental institutions enjoyed the hospital environment more than the alternative treatment environment
  b. patients in mental institutions were less likely to become homeless than those in alternative treatment
 c. outcomes were worse for those in alternative care than those in mental institutions
 d. alternative treatment reduced homelessness and improved well-being

Question 6

Homelessness is increasing at an alarming pace in the United States. Among the homeless, it is estimated that ____ to ____ suffer from a mental disorder.
 
  a. 10; 25
  b. 20; 55
  c. 30; 70
  d. 50; 85

Question 7

Critics of deinstitutionalization argue that ____.
 
  a. too much money has been spent on resources for individuals on the street
 b. it allows states to relinquish their responsibility to care for patients unable to care for themselves
 c. discharged patients can make the transition to community living if they rely on friends and family for support
 d. not enough people with mental illness have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals