Term
| Name the different types of laws. |
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Definition
a) Common Law: Law that does not have to come from written sources; Based on beliefs and attitudes of English ancestors
b) Statuatory Law: Passed by a state legislature; only binding in the jurisdiction in which they are passed
c) Administrative or Regulatory Law: Made by agencies that have areas of specialized knowledge; delegate rule-making that is beyond the scope of congress or state governments to agencies that can regulate such areas
d) Case Law or Court Decisions: Body of legal decisions and interpretations fo laws; decisions are based on federal as well as state laws and decide what law has precedence over the over when they are in conflict
e) Criminal v. Civil Law: Civil law pertains to offenses to individuals (punishment of perpetrator); Criminal law pertains to offenses to society (compensation to victim) |
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Term
| Confidentiality with AIDS patients. |
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Definition
a) Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of FA: protection of the public’s safety over the right of the client’s confidentiality in psychotherapy
b) If there is a foreseeable victim, therapist must warn third party and police
i) Decide if vague threat or clear threat
ii) If clear threat, does it pose serious danger or marginal danger
iii) Attempt to get a name and phone number
iv) Determine if there is imminent danger that requires action, or if there is no immediate danger
v) Counselor needs to consider involuntary commitment, warning the police, and warning the victim
c) Help Client to take responsibility for telling their sex partners
i) Educating, consulting, and actively supporting clients while building a trusting relationship
d) Inform Client of intent to break confidentiality and niform known sex partners
i) If sex partners are unknown, counselors should inform the state public-health officer
e) Explore why Client is not telling partners
i) Address potential problems such as issues of rejection, abandonment, loneliness, homophobia, infidelity
f) Confidentiality should only be broken after consultation with supervisors, colleagues, and legal advisors |
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Term
| Difference between Screening and Assessment. |
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Definition
Screening is the process through which counselor, client, and available significant others determine the most appropriate initial course of action, given the client's needs, characteristics, and available resources within the community.
Assessment is an ongoing process through which the counselor collaborates with the client and others to gather and interpret information that is necessary for planning treatment and evaluating client progress. |
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Term
| Reflective listening is important because: |
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Definition
a) It shows people you are paying attention
b) It clarifies for you what in fact they are saying
c) Causes them to sharpen for themselves what they want to say
d) It sharpens your ability to listen and understand others |
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| Difference b/n pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, psychopharmacology, pharmacology. |
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Definition
PHARMACODYNAMICS: How the substance affects you
PHARMACOKINETICS: How we metabolize the drug Depends on administration
i) Injection
ii) Inhalation
PHARMACOLOGY: How substances work (how they affect people) |
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| Six Routes of Administration: |
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Definition
a) Swallow (simplest)
b) Inject (IV = vein; IM = muscle; IP = Intraparatenial (stomach/abdominal cavity); Sub-cutaneous = drug patch, skin)
c) Skin: Rub on a cut: Transfuses through skin into bloodstream
d) Snort: needs to diffuse membranes picked up by venus system
e) Sublingual
f) Eyedrops
g) Rectal, genital
h) Inhalation |
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