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A PMHNP is treating a 19-year-old college student for anxiety. During a session, the patient reveals that her roommate, who is also 19, has been cutting herself regularly. The roommate is not the PMHNP's patient. The patient asks the PMHNP to "do something." What is the PMHNP's legal obligation?
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