Study Questions 2 Flashcards
What’s time-frame for mandatory reporting?
Immediate verbal, 48 hour written
When do you inform the DA?
Elder- death by abuse, serious abuse
Disabled- death by abuse
Children- death by abuse, sex assault, sex exploitation, substantial physical abuse
Elder reporting
- agency
- age
- privilege
- exceptions
DEA, financial, 60+, no privilege, religious exceptions
Disabled reporting
- agency
- age
- privilege
- exceptions
DPPC, can claim privilege, religious exceptions
Children reporting
- agency
- age
- privilege
- exceptions
DCF, under 18, no religious exceptions
“clear and present danger” def
Substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to self (suicidal); judgment impaired / unable to protect self; danger of physical violence against an identifiable victim
2 Tarasoff situations
Intent/ability to kill/injure
Threat of physical violence and reasonable basis to believe clear and present danger
4 courses of action for Tarasoff problem
Warn the victim
Inform law enforcement/police
Voluntary hospitalization
Involuntary hospitalization
Exceptions to privilege
Hospitalize imminent threat Court ordered Patient enters mental health into case Judge deems needed for custody/adoption Therapist sued
What if pt wants copy of her record
Can provide summary if full record isn’t in patient’s best interest
Civil commitment
- 3 bases for it
- who can do it
- how long can it be
- 3 bases for it- harm to self, explicit statement of harm to others, history of violence and reason to suspect
- who can do it- physician, psychologist, LISW, nurse, police
- how long can it be 72 hours
Competency to stand trial eval procedure
- how long are you held for obs/eval? - how long is the first order of commitment
20 days, can add another 20
First order of commitment is 6 months, can add another year
defs of sexually dangerous persons
- where are they sent for tx
- how do they get d/c’d?
- how often can they ask for d/c eval?
Any person who:
o Has been convicted as a juvenile or youthful offender of a sexual offense and suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes them likely to engage in sexual offenses if not confined to a secure facility
o Has been charged with a sexual offense and was determined incompetent to stand trial and suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes them likely to engage in sexual offenses
o Has previously been adjudicated for sexual misconduct that indicates a lack of power to control sexual impulses as evidenced by repetitive or compulsive sexual misconduct by either violence or aggression against a victim under 16
- where are they sent for tx Nemansket correctional center in bridgewater/mass treatment center
- how do they get d/c’d? examination
- how often can they ask for d/c eval? Can petition every year
how long is court-ordered treatment for ETOH?
30 days or less
guardianship vs conservatorship?
guardian- body, everything
conservator- money, property
