All of the Following Statements Are True of Confidentiality EXCEPT

question 24

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true of confidentiality EXCEPT:

• A) confidentiality is the promise to respect and honor another's privacy.
• B) helpers who breach client confidences can do serious and often irreparable harm to the helping relationship.
• C) practitioners generally are not free to reveal or disclose information unless they have first received written permission from clients.
• D) confidentiality can only be breached when a client is at risk for self-harm.

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Definitions:

Risk-as-feelings Hypothesis

The theory that people make decisions based on their emotional responses to risks, rather than through logical assessment of the risks and benefits.

Broaden-and-build Theory

A psychological theory suggesting that positive emotions expand one’s awareness and encourage novel, varied, and exploratory thoughts and actions.

Affect-as-information Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that individuals use their emotional states as information in making judgments and decisions.

Emotionally Affected

Experiencing an impact on one's mood or feelings due to an external event, situation, or interaction.