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Alcoholism can become a central organizing for the family.(Alcoholic Family) |
True |
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Alcoholism has clearly been identified as a family disease and the majority of treatment programs include some type of family program. |
True |
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Although family therapy is more cost effective than treating each member individually, and even more cost effective if multifamily therapy groups are utilized, it is a mainstream treatment approach in the addiction field. |
False |
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Bereson states in a family where alcohol is a chronic problem, the _____________ must stop before the family change can occur. |
A. arguing B. denial C. abuse D. drinking
answer is D drinking
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Clarken, Frances, and Moodie listed instances when family evaluation is essential. Which of the following is not one of those? |
A. The identified patient is an adult B. The family is experiencing a developmental or accidental crisis C. The family defines the problem as a family problem D. none of the above
A. the identified patient is an adult |
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Evaluation process assembles impressions of which of the following? |
A. family's structure B. communication patterns C. boundaries D. subgroups E. all of the above
all of the above is the correct answer |
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Every member of the family plays a part in dysfunction. |
True |
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Families who are unskilled in putting thoughts and feelings into words or who manipulate others with intellectualization can cause the _________ to cut through defenses. |
A. playground B. movies C. puppet drama D. none of the above
C. puppet drama |
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Family communication patterns are very important in therapy and reflect the very structure of the family as well as the areas of difficulty and the resources of the family. The way the family communicates is important for evaluating alliances, boundaries, and _______. |
A. intimacy B. secrets C. family roles D. none of the above
C. Family roles |
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Family photos can be observed for closeness and distance of each family member to others and the general atmosphere of the photographs. |
True |
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In Minuchin's therapeutic map which of the following is not an area looked at to construct the map? |
A. the family's structure and it's transactional patterns B. the systems flexibility and capacity for change C. who the alcoholic drinks with D. sources of stress and support available E. how individuals symptoms are used or reinforced
Answer is C who the alcoholic drinks with |
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In the middle phase of Systematic Maturation, Steinglass suggests focusing on 3 types of regulatory behaviors. Which of the following are included. |
A. daily routines B. family rituals C. spousal relationships D. both A & B E. All of the above
Answer is D |
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It is important not to develop a therapeutic alliance with the family member who calls for the appointment |
True |
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It is the ________ of family roles as survival strategies that creates problems for family members. |
A. flexibility B. rigidity C. complexity D. conflict
A. flexibility |
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Kaufman believes that family systems play a significant role in the genesis of alcoholism such as the transmission of martial and family roles of alcoholism from one generation to the next. In one-third of the families with an identified patient with a drug problem, there is also a parent who is alcoholic. |
False |
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Many treatment programs fail to address the systems issues and view treatment as individual process. These programs fail to make the needed ___________ change, the change of the family rules governing the system. |
A. whole B. first-order C. second-order D. communication
C. second-order |
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Of Kaufman's four types of family reactivity patterns which of the following is not one of those types? |
A. the functional family system B. the neurotic, enmeshed family C. the disintegrated family system D. the absent family system E. none of the above
the answer is none of the above |
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Of the following, which is NOT a focus of family system theories? |
A. what happened B. why it happened C. how it happened D. when and where it happened
C is the correct answer |
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Some chronic relapsers are drinking to numb the pain of family issues, such as parent's suicide/ If family issues are not resolved they may never establish sobriety. |
True |
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The amount of influence of the families of origin is related to how they left their families. Adults who never really left or who cut themselves off from their families are more likely to repeat ________. |
A. academic failure B. destructive patterns C. parental abuse D. none of the above
B. destructive patterns correct answer |
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Therapists should inquire about drinking patterns and complete a drinking history if what conditions exist? |
A. a pattern of alcoholism is evident in either family of origin B. denial or isolation is a family pattern C. there is a report of extra marital affairs D. both A & B
Correct answer is D |
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Which of the following are processes involved in family evaluation |
A. observation by therapist B. reports from the family C. assessment of the family structure by the therapist D. all the above
D is the answer |
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Which of the following is not Satir's basic role models? |
A. placating B. blaming C. irrelevant D. superresponsible. E. none of the above
E none of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the 4 orientations the family enters the evaluation process with ? |
A. there is nothing wrong with any of us, but nothing is right in the family B. there is a problem wit someone in the family C. There are no problems at all D. There is a problem with everyone, according to everyone else
C there are no problems at all |
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In regards to family relationships, which of the following would you find in an alcoholic family? |
A. underinvolved marital relationship B. an unbalanced parenting load C. nonalcoholic spouse in a strong alliance with the oldest child D. an over protective youngest child E. All of the above
All of the above |
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_________ are helpful to therapists as tangible maps of the history, structure, and relationships. |
A. Genograms B. Models C. Cognitive maps D. Role plays
A. Genograms |
