Interesting, the difference between "suicidal/homicidal" and "a danger to self/others." Under the first, you'd have reporting saved only for when a person is actively planning to cause deadly harm. Under the second, you have much more leeway--and while often SH is mild or superficial, self injury can definitely lead to serious self harm, even accidentally. So the therapist's moral obligations (even outside of her legal ones) become a little less cut and dried. I wouldn't want to be the T that explained to a person's family why I didn't hospitalize her when she was escalating her SH.
I've always been told that in my state, the standard is the "danger" one, which gives a T a lot of flexibility in how she assesses imminent threat to health. It's a tricky subject.
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