You have a client who presents to you reporting depressive symptoms that have reportedly started when they ended a relationship with their significant other. Given the additional information you gathered, your diagnostic impression is adjustment disorder with depression. During the second session, your client brings you a gift, which consists of homemade cookies and a gift card to a local coffee shop. You continue seeing the client, and in the fourth session, they begin asking you questions about obtaining disability benefits. They go on to state that their claim was denied and begin informing you that their symptoms have become more severe. Upon further assessment, you begin feeling as though the client might be malingering, but you ultimately change the diagnosis anyway.

What are multiple ethical issues and lack of adherence to any state or federal laws. What are some discrepancies between the codes of ethics and applicable laws.