Study Questions

Chapter 6

Legal and Ethical Issues

 

 

  1. What are two types of admission to a mental health facility?

 

  1. Give a brief definition of each type of admission.

 

  1. What is meant by least restrictive environment?

 

  1. What is autonomy? How does it relate to mental illness?

 

  1. What is competency? How is competency determined?

 

  1. When an adult is determined to be incompetent, what happens?

 

  1. What should you do if you are on the unit and become aware that you know one of the clients from your church or place of employment?

 

  1. You are a student in a mental health facility and you answer the phone. The caller is asking for Mrs. Smith. What will you say?

 

  1. Do people lose their rights when they become mental health clients?  Explain your answer.

 

 

  1. What is the Baker Act?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What happens after the period of evaluation is over and the client is considered to be a danger to self?

 

 

  1. What is the Omnibus Mental Illness Recovery Act?

 

 

 

  1. What is meant by the criminalization of mental illness?