Child Psych

Answer: D - Referral to an online chat group is a terrible idea. Clearly, additional therapeutic intervention is needed, but it must be carried out by a qualified professional. Not only are the qualifications of the online participants questionable; they don’t know the patient, and are in no position to give advice. Furthermore, it is possible that the patient, despite talking about suicide, has not actually formulated any concrete plan up to this point. Someone online, either intentionally or inadvertently, might say something that could give the patient an idea, with tragic consequences.