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

a. maintain confidentiality and not share this information with anyone.
b. break confidentiality and inform police of this threat.
c. require the client to call police and inform them directly of the threat.
d. break confidentiality and inform all appropriate persons, including the spouse, of the threat.

D

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What will be an ideal response?

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