North Carolin: A Case Study

In the case of Ricter v. Singlett Memorial Hospital Dr. Larry Posten had the duty to warn the third party, Emily’s parents, that their daughter was in danger. Davis Copitt was the patient of Dr. Posten, and he mentioned that he was planning to kill his classmate Emily Ricter. Dr. Posten requested that the campus police would detain Copitt, the police decided that Copitt was sane and released him from detention. The police and the psychologists from the university failed to warn Emily Ricter and her family of potential harm. A California law states “a psychotherapist may incur a duty to warn and protect a “reasonably identifiable” victim when a patient “has communicated to the psychotherapist a serious threat of physical violence”

One of the most important concepts in the field of social work and psychology is known as the duty to warn and duty to protect. Duty to warn mandates mental health professionals to break client confidentiality when they believe their client may harm. The duty to warn became a law in 1974 when the California Supreme Court ruled that mental health professionals must have the duty to protect a victim if the therapist believes that not warning them would protect them, the therapist must notify the police or other authorities. There is a debate around duty to warn; many therapists feel that some threats may not be credible. For example, a patient telling his therapist that they could just kill their mother for grounding them from all their electronics

The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions provides the foundations and guidelines for ethical understanding and good practice in counselling work. This enables a counsellor to practice safely in private practice or within an agency. Different agencies may work with other frameworks, for instance the National Counselling Society (NCS), who support counselling and related therapies, and are closely linked with the NHS. (Nationalcounsellingsociety.org). The BACP framework can’t inform a counsellor of specific rights or wrongs, but outlines the values, principles and moral qualities that a counsellor should adhere to, which helps with guidance and ethical decision making and safeguarding client and counsellor. (BACP, 2015)

The duty to warn and protect is the result of the Supreme Court case Tarasoff v Regents of the University of California. (Gehring 1982) In this case the courts decided that a psychotherapist having knowledge of the

I selected the article “Duty to Warn and Protect: Not in Texas” for review, as it applies to the state in which I reside. The article cites Texas Health and Safety Codes, based on a 1999 Texas Supreme Court ruling that states counselors do not have a duty to warn or protect. Having a duty to warn and protect is defined as protecting clients or others from perceived harm (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2014). An example would be that a client tells their counselor in a confidential session that he is considering stabbing his ex-girlfriend. The duty to warn would mean the counselor should notify authorities and the ex-girlfriend thus breaking confidentiality. The duty to protect would be to admit client to a facility for the client to be assessed for a propensity for violence towards the ex-girlfriend. This became important after a 1969 incident where a counselor, had a client expressed harm towards a girl and the counselor contacted the authorities, yet never contacted the girl, who was subsequently killed by the client a few months later, known as the Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California case (Jackson-Cherry & Erford, 2014).

Maple Ridge is a thriving and growing city that is part of the Greater Metro Vancouver Area. This friendly and welcoming community offers a wide selection of transit options that links Maple Ridge to the rest of the Lower Mainland. Here is a comprehensive list of the transit and transportation options in Maple Ridge.

There are several ethical dilemmas that the mental health professionals that are working as a team will face including “ensuring that the client has given informed consent, maintaining client confidentiality, and involving professionals, paraprofessionals, and family in appropriate coordinated processes that benefit the client” (Paproski & Haverkamp, 2000, p.96).

In 1792, the state legislature had to decide where to place the state capitol. The capitol was created as a planned capital city. As a nod to the state’s early history, the capital was named Raleigh after Sir Walter Raleigh in deference to his original plan to build a “Cittie of Raleigh” in his first colony. (Powell, 1989, p. 212).

The ethical dilemma I wish to explore is The Duty to Warn. This refers to the duty of a counselor, therapist to breach one of the most important bonds between a client and a therapist; the law of confidentiality. The therapist has the right to break confidentiality without the fear of being brought up for legal action. If the therapist believes that the client poses a danger, or is a threat to himself, someone else, or society as a whole, the therapist must decide how serious of a threat the client may be, then if he decides it’s a serious issue, he must notify the person in danger, which would e the third party, or the police, or other people who may be in the

Northwest Canadian Forest Products Limited is a company that owns and operates five saw mills in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. They produce lumber for construction in a few different countries. The President of the company is dealing with a tough situation with one of her mills in Jackson, British Columbia. The mill in Jackson is her least productive mill and she soon has to make a decision that could cost the company a substantial amount of money. She has the choice of either investing 50 million in the weak Jackson mill or to invest more that 50 million in a new mill high demand area. The president has been informed of the many complaints from the managers and supervisors, but nothing seems to be the right solution.

Transportation between Compinwood and Eaganville is important to the region’s economic growth and development. As transportation planners for the State of Gilder, our job is to create a transportation plan that will ease congestion, meet the needs of the citizens, and reduce travel time on the SR A. Over the next 25 years, the population of Compinwood and Eaganville are expected to increase and the jobs in Eaganville are expected to increase as well. While the SR A is already heavily congested, it is experiencing an increase in truck traffic due to the increased trade with Florin. Agri Com is a coalition that supports these businesses involved in agriculture and trade with Florin. The SR A is one of the most congested freeways in Gilder

The duty to warn refers to a psychologist notifying a potential third party or governing authorities of the danger that might be inevitable. The duty to warn goes together with the duty to protect a third party whose life might be in danger. The therapist has a legal role to play by protecting a third party from danger through hospitalization and outpatient therapy while still observing confidentiality. However, the duty to warn might require the confidentiality to be overlooked. Duty to warn refers to warning an individual but not the public. When a person threatens the public, they should not be notified even if the danger gets noted. A psychologist has a role to play in every client’s life.

Developing and implementing strategies that can secure adequate water for both people and the environment is one of the most important missions of the water management districts in Florida. To fulfill their missions, the water management districts develop water supply plans to help provide adequate and sustainable water supplies to meet future needs while protecting the environment. One of the more important tools used in the planning process is a regional groundwater model.

The University of North Carolina is known as the “University of the People.” Until the 20th century, however, the people the University represented were of a specific niche: white men. With the integration of minorities and women into the University, well over a hundred years after it first opened its doors, came an influx of students from all backgrounds and belief systems. Despite its liberal reputation and its number of likeminded undergraduates, the University also hosts a number of conservative students who still ascribe to the values reminiscent of the “traditional” Christian, white, and male-dominated American South. Within this diverse student body is its members’ differing views on topics such as reproductive rights, same-sex marriage, and same-sex adoption. The differences in stances on these social issues are especially apparent among different political

Located in New England, Connecticut is a small state with a July 1, 2016 estimated population of 3,576,452 (United States Census Bureau, 2017a). Home to companies, such as Pratt & Whitney, Sikorski, and Electric Boat, Connecticut is a leader in both the aerospace and submarine engineering fields. The capital of Connecticut, Hartford, has offices for many insurance companies, such as Travelers, Aetna, and the Hartford.