Clinicians Can Break Confidentiality in All but Which of the Following

question 13

Multiple Choice

Clinicians can break confidentiality in all but which of the following?

• A) When a client might harm self or other ("duty to warn")
• B) Generally, when a child is a minor
• C) If given permission by the client to break confidentiality
• D) During supervision
• E) When bound by law to break confidentiality (mandated reporting of child abuse)
• F) When protected by privileged communication and subpoenaed by the court

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Definitions:

Critical Period

A period so important to development that a harmful environmental influence at that time can keep a bodily structure from developing normally or can impair later intellectual or social development.

Personal Fable

A belief held by adolescents that they are unique, invulnerable, and can not be understood by others.

Sensorimotor Stage

The first stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn through interacting with the environment using their senses and motor actions.