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This week focused on Ethics, Loss, and Special Challenges.
We have been asked to
answer three questions associated with these lessons.
Describe common grief reactions to the death of a pet.
When a pet dies that a person has had for years it can leave a hole in their heart. This can
be a devastating event for a person, especially when they have bonded with the pet. Many people
consider their pets to be a part of the family and in some cases the pet is the person’s only child
or family that they have. Some common reactions to the loss of a pet include depression, guilt,
numbness, a sense of loss that cannot be placed. These feelings are similar to what is experienced
when we lose a human loved one (James & Gilliland, 2017).
What specific safety precautions are recommended for crisis workers, and for home visits
in particular?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recommends
that during home visits a crisis work should never go alone, always have a communication
device, and have all the information available on the person being visited prior to the visit. These
simple precautions will lessen the chance of an incident occurring through supporting awareness,
creating a supportive environment for the employees, and ensuring help is readily available both
on site and via radio/phone. I would add that, when at all possible, have females visit females
and males visit males, this creates a more comfortable and open environment for the individual
being visited.
What does “Duty to Warn” mean? Does your state/location have a Duty to Warn law and,
if so, who does it apply to and what does it require?
A simple explanation of Duty to Warn is that when there is a credible threat of harm made
against an individual the person receiving the information has a public duty to protect the
threatened individual. The safety concerns should outweigh confidentiality concerns for any
healthcare practitioner. From a biblical perspective I view this under the love your neighbor as
yourself, if I am to love my neighbor as myself then I should be willing to protect them.
Tennessee does have a Duty to Warn law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-3-206. It applies to all
qualified mental health professionals, licensed behavior analysts, and healthcare providers. It
requires that if a provider learns of an actual threat of bodily harm against a victim and the
person making the threat has the apparent ability to commit such an act and is likely to attempt to
carry out the threat unless prevented from doing so, then the provider shall take reasonable care
to predict, warn of, or take precautions to protect the victim from the service recipient's violent
behavior (2023).
What are the stages of “burnout” and what are some effective preventions and/or
intervention measures?
When I consider burnout, it is a feeling of being done, being done with the stress brought
on by any event.
Bayes, Tavella, and Parker define burnout as “A state of exhaustion resulting
from prolonged and excessive workplace stress.” Burnout can occur to anyone who does not take
time for practicing self-care strategies. In my experience burnout builds over time until the stress
reaches a tipping point on the scale and then the exhaustion suddenly outweighs the drive to keep
going. To build resiliency against both burnout and compassion fatigue Wicks recommends a
good self-care routine to include things like quite walks, meditation, hobbies, exercise, and
spiritual/recreational reading (p. 56-57).
References
Bayes, A., Tavella, G., & Parker, G., (2021) The biology of burnout: Causes and consequences,
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 22:9, 686-698, DOI:
10.1080/15622975.2021.1907713
James, R. & Gilliland, B. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Cengage Learning, Inc.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2020). National Guidelines for
Behavioral Health Crisis Care – A Best Practice Toolkit Knowledge Informing
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national-guidelines-for-behavioral-health-crisis-services-executive-summary-
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Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-3-206. (2023). Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33,
Chapter 3, Part 2, relative to special liability. State of Tennessee.
Wicks, R. (2010). Bounce: Living the Resilient Life. Oxford Press
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