A psychologist is seeing a client who reports that he/she is planning to kill his/her spouse.If the ruling in the Tarasoff case is applicable to this situation,the psychologist should

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The Tarasoff case established a duty to warn, which means that if a client poses a serious risk of violence to another, the psychologist has a duty to inform those who are likely targets of the threat, including the potential victim, which in this case would be the spouse, as well as potentially informing the police and other appropriate authorities.

A Psychologist Is Seeing a Client Who Reports That He/she