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One of the Most Difficult Situations a Clinical Psychologist Might

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One of the most difficult situations a clinical psychologist might have to face is losing a patient to suicide. Which of the following statements is most correct with regard to parental lawsuits after their teenage son or daughter has committed suicide?


A) The majority of these lawsuits are decided in favor of the parents due to the court's sympathy for all their suffering and heartache.
B) The majority of these lawsuits are decided in favor of the psychologist due to the absence of evidence that anything the psychologist did or did not do would make him accountable.
C) The incidence of these lawsuits is greater than ever due to increased awareness of parents' rights and their interest in exercising them.
D) The incidence of these lawsuits is extremely rare because most parents realize that it would be an exercise in futility to implicate the psychologist without evidence.

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