Ethics NCMHCE Test Questions & Answers

Ethics NCMHCE Test Questions & Answers After your work with Jen has ended, she contacts you months later to tell you that she is speaking in front of a group of teens at the local high school to raise awareness about ...

Ethics NCMHCE Test Questions & Answers After your work with Jen has ended, she contacts you months later to tell you that she is speaking in front of a group of teens at the local high school to raise awareness about sexual assault. She invites you to attend. How should you respond? - ANS - You are so courageous. It would be my pleasure to attend and hear your speech. This doesn't cross any inappropriate boundaries. You will be attending this event as a professional. You believe that Mr. and Mrs. Jones are good subjects for a research project, and since you are already seeing them as clients, you conduct the testing during one of your sessions. Is this acceptable? You believe that the scientific and educational value of your research outweighs the need to inform the Joneses either before or after. - ANS - INAPPROPRIATE Counselors shall obtain prior consent from all research participants and shall also inform all research participants that they may withdraw consent at any time and discontinue their participation at any time You schedule a 90-minute block to complete an intake session with Zach. Zach, however, doesn't arrive at your office until he is already 45 minutes late. He professes that his car broke down, and he had to run to your office. He insists that you see him now. How do you best proceed? 1) Inform the client of your theoretical orientation 2) Establish payment plans 3) Ask Zach if he is comfortable in signing a release for his wife since she is his emergency contact Also do MSE, sign consent forms, assess suicidality (if indicated- this client said he had just about enough) - ANS - Appropriate - It is required of ethical therapists to inform clients of the therapist's theoretical orientation as part the informed consent. APPROPRIATE Zach will pay out of pocket. Ethical therapists work with clients on an agreed payment plan prior to the start of the therapeutic relationship. APPROPRIATE Zach agrees. This is a great idea to get this document signed early on. True or false? Supervisees must explain their professional position with client they sit in with. - ANS - True True or false? Supervisors must set time for bi-weekly feedback with supervisees - ANS - False - WEEKLY feedback needed Your adolescent client stole a phone from his friend's backpack. Do you need to break confidentiality? - ANS - You are not legally required to break confidentiality in this case.You might, however, encourage the client to come forward on his own. Generally, crimes that your client already committed are confidential; however, there are exceptions, such as child abuse. When can you release progress notes? - ANS - Therapy notes are protected and may not be released unless court ordered by a judge or requested by the parents of a minor. Even then, caution must be used in releasing this sensitive information, and often, a summary of therapy goals and progress may suffice instead An adolescent client discloses to you that she drank at a party with her friends last weekend. Break confidentiality? - ANS - Alcohol use or substance use is not necessarily cause for breaking confidentiality unless the behavior is accompanied by immediate danger to self or others (e.g., driving while drunk). That said, counselors should work with adolescents to help them to share more openly about their decisions with their parents. Amelia's (9y.o) father asks for a one-on-one meeting with youWould this pose a potential issue in regard to confidentiality? - ANS - NOT INDICATED When one parent signs consent for a child to be in therapy, consent is assumed for the other parent unless they are divorced or separated. A few years later, a client is still in therapy with you but now is only seen once a month. She enjoys school and life in general. One day in May, she walks in your office for a session and invites you to her graduation. You would like to go. Of the following, what is the best ethical decision? - ANS - You have seen Amy for a few years, and I know that our relationship is solid and it won't harm anybody by my attending. I will attend her graduation, but not the party and dinner afterward. Is this ethical situation handled appropriately?Tad's family is considering a move to another city. The therapist's responsibility to the family's new therapist is to ensure that appropriate clinical processes are completed. - ANS - APPROPRIATE This is part of the transfer of services protocol. Is this ethical situation handled appropriately?Tad and his mother ask you for a referral for Tad's grandmother, who is in end-of-life care. It is acceptable to provide an appropriate referral. - ANS - APPROPRIATE Therapists provide appropriate referral information. Assess behaviors and emotions in kids. Mostly for behavi