PSY249 Abnormal Psychology NAME Ethical and Legal Issues
Directions: Please complete each question, be as brief as necessary - bullet points are fine.
1. Regarding HIPAA, what are the 4 circumstances where health care information can be shared without a
patient’s consent?
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2. What are the conditions under which a clinician can violate confidentiality?
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3. Please complete the chart on tests for the insanity defense used over time.
Test
Legal Standard
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
4. Please list and define the two alternatives that states use when they have abolished the insanity
defense.
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5. What is meant my competency to stand trial?       6. Please
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4. list and define the 4 components used to evaluate “dangerousness.”
     
     
     
      7. In terms of mental health and the law, what was the result of Prosenjit Poddar murdering Tatiana
Tarasoff?
     
8. What are the two sets of circumstances related to mental illness that do increase “actual
dangerousness?”
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9. What is the difference between criminal commitment and civil commitment?
     
10. What does the research state about the outcomes for those who have received mandated outpatient
treatment?
      11.View the video “Mental Health and the Law” and write a brief reaction to what you’ve
observed (5 – 10 sentences).
     

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