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CPLEE - S.Post: involuntary confinement- Questions & Answers
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CPLEE - S.Post: involuntary confinement-Questions & Answers
What kind of suicidal gestures might you see that would lead you to involuntarily confine
someone? Even if you call him and he says there's nothing to talk about?
What is your course of action? Correct Ans-1.) previous suicide attempt--slashed wrist or
other serious attempt
2.) suicidal threats
3.) calls after hours and says he wants to kill self
Call law enforcement or mobile crisis team.
1) What is your primary goal in a suicide assessment?
2) What's your first responsibility?
3) What do you do if risk is low?
4) What do u do if risk is high? Correct Ans-1) Estimate the probability that the clt will
actually attempt.
2) Ax present level of risk. Take preventive action commensurate w/ the risk. Find out if plan.
3) Low risk: "No-suicide" contract (CT willing and able to comply w/ contract) 4) Hi risk:
hospitalize
, if you are assessing your client for suicidality, is this because you have a.) a legal obligation or b.)
an ethical one? What if you are ready to go on vacation and get a phone call? Correct Ans-
Both.
When CT may be danger to self, you have to drop everything and assess her. Your client's safety
is your top priority.
1) When a patient is certified (5250), how many people should sign the notice of certification?
Who are they?
2) What must the person delivering this notice tell the patient? Correct Ans-1) a) Person in
charge of the facility
b) psychiatrist/ psychologist who participated in the eval
2) That the person has the right to a certification hearing w/in 4 days of the notice being
delivered.
If you are hospitalized, it's a.k.a. __________ Correct Ans-Under "civil commitment".
Inpatient civil commitment is a process in which a judge orders hospital treatment for a person
who cont's to meet the state's civil commitment criteria after the emergency eval pd.
CA law gives hospitalized patients which basic rights?
Any limitations on these? Correct Ans-1. Right to refuse convulsive tx
2. Right to wear one's own clothes
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