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In terms of interpersonal relationships, a person with schizotypal personality disorder is most...
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to express unhappiness about a lack of relationship but to act in ways that suggest a lack of interest in intimate contacts.
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True or False In Oppositional Defiant Disorder, the rights of others and age-appropriate social rules are violated.
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False-Conduct Disorder
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The primary difference between PTSD & Adjustment Disorder is that in the former...
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The symptoms are usually more severe
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While assessing a 10 yr. old, you rule out an Oppositional Defiant Disorder diagnosis when you find out that he...
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Stealing money out of classmates' bookbags (rights of others & social rules are violated)
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A major purpose of program evaluation is...
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to monitor and enhance accountability
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Client has alternated with depressed & elated mood for 4 yrs. Her "ups" are never manic & she's never qualified for Major Depression. (What's her diagnois)
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Cyclothymic Disorder
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Ego psychology is different than classical psychoanalysis in that the former...
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focuses on the current problem
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Accomodation is
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modifying existing schemes to incorporate new knowledge
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Anxiety is not the most likely factor in the etiology of male erectile disorder, instead you would suspect...
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Psychological cause
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For older woman, sexual activity depends on...
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marital status
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Out of BiPolar Disorder I (most recent episode manic) and BiPolar Disorder I (most recent episode depressed; which one requires both depressive & either manic or mixed episodes?
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BiPolar Disorder I, most recent episode depressed
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Out of BiPolar Disorder I (most recent episode manic) & BiPolar Disorder I (most recent episode depressed); which one requires more than one manic episode only is needed.
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Bi Polar Disorder I, most recent episode manic
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Behavioral therapist tells client with anxiety disorder to engage in anxiety-arousing behavior, what is the goal?
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NEUTRALIZE anticipatory anxiety that is the real source of the client's problem
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Ego psychologist consider functions such as memory, language, perception, etc. as..
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ego autonomous
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To best treat OCD with washing/cleaning rituals use...
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exposure, response prevention, participant modeling
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True or False It is recommended to use NOS for diagnosis if the available information is adequate only for a "working diagnosis"
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False
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An assumption of 'groupthink' is
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pressures toward uniformity limit task effectiveness
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members of out patient groups rank which of Yalom's therapeutic factors as most important?
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Interpersonal input; catharsis; cohesiveness; self understanding
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What is a likely characteristic of a pedophile?
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Depressed Mood
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When treating a teenaged girl who has made some half-hearted suicide attempts you would...
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Reinforce & discuss more appropriate ways she can get attention.
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Which of the following mood disorders can involve symptoms of both mania and depression?BiPolar I Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder
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Only BiPolar I Disorder
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A child's normal language development shows that most of the child's first words (around age 1) are of ...
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objects that move or change
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In contrast to brief psychotherapy, crisis intervention:
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focuses on restoring client to previous functioning.
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Public law 94-142 was established to...
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place handicapped children in the least restrictive educational environment.
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A Dad puts his son in his room everytime he hits his sister. To increase the probability he will stop hitting his sister the Dad should...
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Give him 25 cents each time he is nice to his sister
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Paraphilia is characterized by
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non-normative sexual arousal or activity
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Rate Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Pedophilia, & Frotteurism in order of most common.
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Pedophilia, Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Frotterism
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Fetishism is characterized by
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sexual urges involving non-living objects
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Frotterism is characterized by
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touching and rubbing against a non-consenting person
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Program evaluation is used primarily for the purpose of...
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assessing the effectiveness of an intervention
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Peer review is used primarily for the purpose of ...
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quality assurance
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True or False Overlapping roles and functions are characteristics of a classical bureaucracy.
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False Merit-based system of compensation; formalized channels of communication; power hierarchy
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Continued use of substances despite persistent & recurrent problems caused by substance use would be...
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Either Substance Abuse or Substance Dependence
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There is a good prognosis for Schizophrenia if...
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there is an acute onset of symptoms
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To distinguish between delirium and dementia it is useful to determine if there is...
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reduced consciousness
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Psychoanalytic perspective, views mania as:
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a defense against underlying feelings of depression
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The least appropriate person to interpret with a social work interview would be..
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A child of the client
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Two concepts that addresss the culturally universal and culturally specific are...
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etic & emic
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Social work practice model with emphasis of ethnic, racial, and social groups
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Anthropological perspective
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"Model minority" notion with Asian-Americans is problematic because...
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the stereotypes create jealousy among other minorities
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To encourage reluctant client from 3rd world adopt western health option & reject unhelpful traditional practices, they should try to convince...
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the oldest family member
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How many Americans use traditional, natural, or alternative forms of health care?
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1/3 or all Americans
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Amok is a culture bound syndrome associated with...
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SouthEast Asians
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Amok shares features like brooding followed by explosive violent episode with what DSM-IV category of
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Brief Psychotic Disorder
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"Ataque" is culturally specific response is common with what population?
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Latino
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A therapist is very active in family sessions addressing symptoms and meeting with family & individual. What type of therapist am I?
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Bowen model
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Type of group where members provide support and gain from others coping w/same situation is...
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Self-Help Group
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Reflection is used to
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build trust
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True or False You can use a client's self-report to determine and appropriate diagnosis.
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False. It can be used as an informal assessment, to evaluate general emotional status and to obtain sense of their self-concept
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During the initial stage of crisis intervention you would...
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identify the precipitating factor
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A common medication for treatment of Bi-Polar Disorder is...
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Lithium
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Concepts of preaffiliation, power & control, differentiation & separation are associated with...
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Boston Model of Group Development
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If your primary therapeutic concern is the client's conscious moitivation you are probably a...
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Behavioral Therapist
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The poor remain poor due to inherent personal, behaviorial, or social characteristics or self-defeating patterns of adaptation is...
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blaming the victim
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A patient with Dyspareunia is likely to suffer from...
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painful sexual relations
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Diagnosis of primary insomnia cannot be used unless the symptoms...
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include difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep for at least one month
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Most common age group for panic disorders is...
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between late adolescence and mid 30's
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Conduct disorders usually manifest themselves at what age?
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Between 6 & 16
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Examples of "in-kind assistance"
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food stamps, Medicaid, Public Housing
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Dysfunctional families that try to maintain the appearance of open, reciprocal relationship with each other are...
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Pseudo-mutuality
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If a group leader of a mental health agency encourages members to socialize outside of group, the group is probably
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a supportive group
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A chronic schizophrenic is stable & released from inpatient, what kind of group would be recommended?
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A supportive group
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Optimal size for a therapy group is ...
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8 - 10
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Most usual physical symptoms of major depressive episode is...
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sleep problems, loss of appetite, decreased energy
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To qualify for a major depressive episode, symptoms must last..
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at least two weeks
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Quasi-public organizations' main purpose is...
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Main purpose: fulfill government goals w/ support of public agencies & are under control of government through board & executive staff appt.
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They complain of sleeplessness, loss of appetite, feelings of hopelessness & apathy, what else would you most need to know?
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How long the symptoms have persisted.
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The primary role of group members in psychoanalytic group therapy is...
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Serve as a microcosm of the family and society
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Example of double-bind (lose/lose) communication
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Tell teen son to go out more while giving so many chores he doesn't have time to do homework or go out
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Example of paradoxical communication
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Tell an overprotective mother to be more careful with her children
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Cognitive theory focus is on
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dysfunctional ways of viewing the world
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Psychoanalytic help clients focus on
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their underlying roots of their behavior
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Gestalt therapy help clients focus on
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their perceptions
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Who sets the goal in strategic therapy?
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the therapist
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Is structural therapy long or short term?
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long term
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Is behavioral therapy long or short term?
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short term
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Would a Gestalt therapist analyze, ignore, discourage, or mimic a client's question?
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Discourage
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When facilitating a client, group, or community's ability to make decisions and progress toward problem solving they are acting ...
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in the role of enabler
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System shows ______ when parents can't maintain emotional connection & peers are the powerful influences
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Disengagement
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When should a social worker's perception of a client's problem be well formed?
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The first 2 or 3 contacts
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Case managers enhance which of Freud's personality structures?
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Ego
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Psychosocial Moratorium by Erickson is...
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experimentation with choice in values & lifestyle during adolescence in order to achieve a stable identity
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Which is a priorty in evaluating a teen for suicide: recent family conflict; difficulties with peers/academic work; recent move
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Recent family conflict
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The study of relationships among diseases, behavior and populations is..
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Epidemiology
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Live supervision DOES NOT allow supervisor to act as a co-therapist but it does allow
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guidance to be provided during the clinical interview
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Rothman's model of community organization views a group of tenants who decided to conduct a rent strikes as...
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Social Action
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When you help a client divide iterrelated problems into more manageable components & help client identify issues that need immediate attention ....
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Partialization
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A behavior or symptom that is ego dystonic is..
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uncomfortable and burdensome
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When group is fragmented after a few month & is tense & argumentative they are likely in this developmental stage.
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Power & control
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As women age, the % with orgasmic disorders that prevent them from orgasm is...
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likely to decrease
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True or False. Emeshment between parents is NOT usually found in alcoholic families.
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True
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If I continually worry a tunnel over a river I drive over will collapse & I will trapped in the car, I am suffering from...
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An obsession
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What type of program evaluation will help convince funding agencies of a successful treatment approach?
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Summative
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Clinical interventions that help clients obtain & sustain insight are...
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Interpretation, confrontation, affirmation, clarification
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5 Goals of Bowen Extended Family Therapy
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Reframe problem as mulit-generational/Lower anxiety & turmoil/Differentiate/Therapist is healthy triangle/open closed ties w/ cutoff family
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Time frame for Adjustment Disorder & Bereavement.
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Adjustment: onset 3-6 months
Normal bereavement- up to 2 months. |
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Both crisis intervention and brief therapy focus on a specific issue, which one also focuses on pathology?
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Brief therapy
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A needs assessment is a
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survey
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Object permiance is from Piaget an example is
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Mom will be there, I know what she looks like when she's not there
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Object constancy is from Mahler and is
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affective, feelings about Mom is still there when she isn't there
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Medication used with sucess for OCD
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Luvox
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4 Levels of Acculturation (Berry)
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Integration (+,+)
Assimilation (+,-) Seperation (-, +) Marginalization (-,-) |
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4 Types of "circular" questioning from Milan Family Therapy
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Perspective (who more upset A or B); Now/Then (when did it begin); Difference in Degree (rate anxiety 1-5); Hypothetical (what if they got divorced?)
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What family therapy views family in 3 way mirror, one therapist meets family while other observes?
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Milan Family Therapy
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What is sustainment and what is the therapist's goals?
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1st stage of crisis; supportive listening for catharsis, decrease anxiety & tension
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Allopolastic Behavior is
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changing the environment to adapt
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Which family therapist uses: power hierarchies/joining/restructure, tracking, & Memesis
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Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy
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Anhedonia
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Part of depression, can't enjoy previously enjoyed activities
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Agnosia
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Part of dementia when you can't name common objects
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Does a task centered therapist use coaching & feedback?
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Yes
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Existential throwness is
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live authentically & be aware of your circumstances
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Existential fallenness refers to
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your social world
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What someone living a Restricted Existence might say
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"That's the way I am"; "I'm not going to change"
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An inauthentic life
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"choosing not to choose", not being responsible
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Mass Neurotic Triad by Frankl
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Depression/Addiction/Aggression
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De-reflection
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focus on others, less self reflection
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Freuds 4 stages of therapy
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opening, development, working through, resolving
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Anorexia as asceticism is
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renouncing interest in what others find pleasurable
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Epigenetic Principle (Erikson)
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predetermined unfolding of personality development (tasks & crisis)
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Who discusses Mistaken Lifestyle; Healthy Lifestyle
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Adler (strive for perfection/compensation/superiority)
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Adler's 3 types of energy
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Ruling Type
Leaning Type Avoiding Type (socially useful type is healthy) |
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Who discusses 5 orientations (personality types) Receptive;Exploitative; Hoarding; Marketing; Productive
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Fromm (Freud -unconscious; Marx -society; Freedom & Transcendence
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To learn new behavior Bandura says you must have...
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Attention/Retention/Reproduction & Modeliing
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Kadushin's 3 functions of supervision
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administration, education, support
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In strategical family therapy what is ordeal?
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do something unpleasant after symptom
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In strategical family therapy what is restraining?
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encourage them not to change
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In strategical family therapy what is positioning?
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exaggerate symptoms
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When a family member who has problems is triangularized to stablize dyad it is called
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Family Projection Process (Bowen)
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In addition to focus on unconscious drives, ego analysis focuses on
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the present along with reparenting & function
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3 types of crisis
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Situational, Motivational, Cultural
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5 stages of crisis
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Hazardous event, Vulnerable state, Precipitating Factor, Active Crisis, Re-integration
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3 symptoms of PTSD
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IAA Intrusion, Avoidance, Arousal
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What are the symptoms of DTs
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paranoid delusions, hallucinations, autonomic hyperactivity
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What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
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alcohol induced persisting amnestic disorder with amnesia & confabulation
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True or False The role of problem-solver is part of community development?
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False, educator, enabler & planner
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To reduce stress & conflict Minuchin believed these 3 things function to maintain homeostatis
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triangulation (bring in a 3rd), coalitions (alliance between 2), detouring (parents focus on one of the kids)
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6 basic step in planning a social program
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1.Define target problem 2.formulate policies/goals
3.analyze resources 4. set objectives 5.designate how program will be carried out 6. evaluate |
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Most fatal alcohol-related disease
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Wernicke- Karsokoff syndrome
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What are the time frames for early and sustained remission?
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Early: more than a month but less than a year Sustained: more than a year
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What is the difference between full and partial remission?
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Full: doesn't meet criteria any more
Partial:one or more criteria is met but not all |
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Which of Freud's defense mechanism is considered the foundation for neurotic behavior?
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Repression
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American Indian families are considered more collateral. What does that mean?
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Extended family and members of the tribe are considered immediate family
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Most psychodynamic theorists believe focus with a borderline PD would be on...
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individuation
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In full remission from Major Depression would indicate how long without symptoms
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at least 2 months
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In partial remission for major depression would indicate what?
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Not meeting full criteria or remission is less than 2 months
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What is gesticulation?
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act of making gestures (non-verbal communication)
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True or false The PRIMARY focus of child protective services is to protect children from maltreatment.
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False it is to rehabilitate abusive families
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An example of the Premack Principle
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eat your vegetables and then you can go out and play
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What is the purpose of a Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
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tells type and severity of symptoms and helps track progress through treatment
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Which type of social power would try to show superior knowledge?
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Expert power
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Which type of social power would tell them they need to behave to stay part of the group?
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Referent power
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Which type of social power uses punishments for control?
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Coersive power
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Which type of social power emphasized his authority and/or duty to comply and says "I'm boss"
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Legitimate power
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Co-optation decreases opposition because...
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it includes someone from the opposing group
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Valildity is best described by
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Accuracy
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Some cultures avoid eye contact during speaking and listening and others do not, what is the norm for Asians, Native American, Caucasians, & African-Americans
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Caucasians prefer eye contact; Native Americans & Asians do not prefer it when speaking or listening; African Americans prefer it when speaking but not listening
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A therapist helps a client gradually get out of her house using exposure in small increments, what is the theoretical approach used?
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Cognitive therapy
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Kohlberg's "conventional morality" or good boy/bad boy stage is similar to...
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social awareness
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A humanistic approach would focus on ...
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assisting the client to make a decision for herself
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papaphrase is
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selective reinstatement of what was said (not exact) highlighting feelings
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interpretation
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includes something the client may not yet be aware of
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accent responses are
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repeating a word or phrase just used
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complication of binge eating and purging with a pottassium deficency with risk of kidney failure is called...
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hypokalemia
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Jellinek's model for viewing alcoholism is
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disease model
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Refusal to speak in specific situations for more than a month and not within the first month of school is referred to as:
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selective mutism
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Beck's cognitive approach would use this to induce desirable changes in a client...
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socratic questioning
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at start of therapy an African-American client with a Caucasian therapist is most likely to display...
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transference
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Arithmetic and Digit Span of WAIS III is used to assess
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attention span and concentration
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Test is divided into 2 parts, what are they?
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verbal and performance
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The goal of permanency planning is...
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provide continuity in the care of dependent children
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Describe group peer supervision.
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social workers at an agency meet to review case and treatment approaches and there is no designated leader
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Top five life stressors on Life Event Scale
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death of spouse or child, divorce, marital seperation, imprisonment, death of close relative
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Primary element in deciding vicarious liability is
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disparity in training and experience
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What branch of nervous system is triggered with asthma, when walls of the bronchi contract?
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parasympathetic
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Thorazine (Chlorpromazine) most common side effect is ...
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drowsiness
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A case manager's overall focus is a client's
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relationship with his environment
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Most effective way to increase likelyhood of recovery after relapse is...
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Shift attention from internal to external antecedents
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What should you recommend if an 18 month old could not walk or talk yet?
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Referral to a physician
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What do most clinical supervisors emphasize during supervision?
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clinical skills and how they use specific interventions
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Existential psychotherapy is what kind of approach?
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phenomenological
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Characteristics of Arab clients are:
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attribute illness to external forces, experience symptoms physcially rather than emotionally, may expect a quick cure with little self-disclosure, worry about shaming the family
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The best way to implement a new policy in an agency is to
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distribute written material about the new policy and discuss it at a staff meeting
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When using DBT in individual counseling of someone with BPD your priority is
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addressing suicidal behavior
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In Hispanic clients describe "formalismo" and "personalismo"
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formalismo (intial contact) formal interactions
persnonalismo(afterward) personal connection & warmth "small talk" |
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For a behaviorist, use of antabuse with an alcoholic is an example of
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aversive counterconditioning
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If a child has a learning disorder what else is likely to be present?
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poor social skills and behavior problems
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Client has severe manic symptoms and has had prominent delusions not present in the interview, what differential diagnosis might be made?
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Schizoaffective Disorder
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What is an appropriate type of assessment tool for people from different cultures?
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informal assessment system
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What is an example of qualitative research?
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participant observation
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A structural family therapist views a symptom as...
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maladaptive reaction to change
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An alcoholic most frequently uses what defense mechanism?
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Projection
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This family therapist discourages blame and works for each family member to look at their role in the presenting problem.
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Bowen
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When working with only one family member, Bowen would choose which family member?
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The MOST differentiated, and likely to change. This is believed to reverberate through the family
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Minuchin's Structural therapy would use these interventions:
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Joining as a leader, evaluating family transactional patterns, power hierarchies, alignments & boundaries
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An agency must have explicit categories of spending with authorization for how much can be spent. What kind of budget is this?
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Line-item budget
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Why is 6-8 weeks the optimal time-frame for crisis intervention?
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This is the usual life-span of a crisis
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Someone with schizophrenia is taking Prolixen what is the most dangerous side effect?
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seizures
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Boy with IQ of 75 and some mild social skills deficits, the most likely diagnosis is
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Borderline Intellectual functioning (V code on Axis II)
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When billing private health insurance, what is most important to include...
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DSM diagnosis & medical necessity
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Research indicates that during the second or middle phrase of treatment what can be expected?
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reduction of symptoms
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If a boy is having difficulty making friends and needs help to effectively cope in interpersonal relationship, what would a behavorist focus on?
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problem solving skills training
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in a positively skewed distribution, ranked from highest to lowest value...
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mean, median, mode
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The least relavent factor in assessing ego functioning is...
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gender
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A major assumptiom of crisis theory is...
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one can learn to cope with stress
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Symptoms of hyperthyroidism are:
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excitability, increased appetite with weight loss, nervousness, confusion, fatigue, insomnia, increased heart rate, metabolism & body temp.
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Symptoms of hypothyroidism are:
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lethargy, slowed heart rate & metabolism, decreased libido & body temp., decrease appetite with weight gain, depression, impaired memory & concentration
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A significant goal of a ego analyst is ...
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greater awareness of conscious control of events underlying the problem
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A significant goal of object relations theory is...
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restoring the ability to relate to other people in a meaningful realistic ways
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A significant goal of Adler Individual psychology is...
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(healthy lifestyle) awareness of lifestyle patterns, strengthen social interests, & development of a more productive style of life.
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How would a client-centered therapist view diagnosis?
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as an unnecessary and possible harmful process
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in an "informal organization" relationship between agency personnel are...
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voluntary
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What is likely to happen if sustainment techniques are used in an initial assessment to reduce anxiety about a presenting problem?
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It will reduce the client's motivation to change
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What are sustainment interventions?
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providing support & reassurance
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When facilitating a client's acculturation, it is usually unimportant to focus on this domain as it usually develops without interference?
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social network
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Does ego psychology focus and emphasize unconscious forces?
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No (although based on Freud,it is more the present)
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Describe "cultural and functional paranoia".
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Cultural is a healthy reaction to racism
Functional is unhealthy & pathological reaction |
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What is confluent paranoia?
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High levels of cultural and functional paranoia & should be refered to the same cultured therapist
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What symptoms are generally most common in children with Major depression?
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somatic complaints, irritability, social withdrawl
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A structural therapist would FIRST use what interventions?
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Tracking (identify family values), Mimesis (adopting the family affect) These are from the Joining phase.
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True or False Medication has not been found to be useful with AntiSocial Personality Disorder.
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True
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The primary purpose of a functional analysis is...
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To determine the stimuli that typically precedes and follow the target behavior
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When is a referral considered complete?
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When you verify the client has followed through
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In crisis intervention would you be concerned about personality dynamics contributing to the crisis?
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No, crisis intervention is not concerned with pathology.
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4 Potential reflecting errors are :Timing, Depth, stereotyping & language, explain each.
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Depth: reading more or less in statement Timing: waiting for long monologe to finish & trying to summarize Stereotyping: beginning response the same way each time Language: using slang, etc.
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To enter info into notes about child abuse you should summarize the information and use subjective or objective impressions?
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subjective
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True or False A pattern of decit is NOT a characteristic of Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
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True it's part of conduct and APD
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Open systems over time become more or less differentiated over time?
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More differentiated
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The best intervention with a client who is alcohol dependent and has difficulty remaining abstinent is...
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Gorski's relapse prevention approach
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With DPT for BPD what is the purpose for teaching "distress tolerance skills"?
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to help the client cope with crisis and feelings of misery by increasing acceptance
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What test could be used to assess capacity to change and current level of functioning?
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MSE Mental Status Exam
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What type of therapy has a goal of "self-cohesion"?
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Kohurt's self psychology (they need mirroring & twinship)
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Problem-solving casework would be most concerned with...
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client's motivation, capacity, and opportunity to solve her problems
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A key component of empathy is
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REFLECTING the client's feelings
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Some techniques used by Beck's cognitive therapy are...
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Label cognitive distortions, plan client's daily activities, question evidence underlying cognitive distortions
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RET's ABCs
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A external event
B belief you have about event C emotion or behavior from B |
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What kind of therapist would work to identify events that activate irrational beliefs?
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RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) Ellis
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Employees vulnerable to burn out tend to be...
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insecure hard workers who are unfulfilled in their personal lives
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If a client is reporting symptoms in an effort to get pain meds, you would suspect...
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Malingering
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If a client is reporting symptoms in order to maintain the sick role, you might suspect...
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ficticious disorder
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In brief dynamic therapy how does change occur and how long does does therapy last?
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Change occurs when specific symptoms have been removed
(1-20 sessions) |
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A group of individuals with common purposes, functions, and professional interests are an example of ...
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functional community
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First choice of intervention for a boy with conduct disorder is...
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Family therapy, Specifically social learning family interventions.
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General systems theory believes when a family member deviates from family rules, another family member will...
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use NEGATIVE feedback to restore homeostasis
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For elderly people, sexual activity is MOST related to...
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sexual activity earlier in life NOT attitudes towards sex
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It is most appropriate to give a client clear, specific advice when..
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the client is emotionally overwhelmed.
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When using cognitive therapy with a client with Anorexia Nervosa the focus would be on...
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client's unrealistic evalutation of her body and weight
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Cycle of battering could be synonymous with...
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brutality/despair/love/reunion/
seperation/brutality |
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What type of therapy discusses strokes & scripts, ego states, & uses empty chair to explore interactions with others
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TA Transactional Analysis Berne
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Following a session a client with BPD hugs the therapist, how should the therapist interpret this action?
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The client is not respecting boundaries
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After 6 months of steady progress with a client with BPD, they show anger and claims she is being judged unfairly. How do you interpret this change?
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The client is making progress and is anxious
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a theory or hypothesis developed from data generated from interviews and observations of people in their own environment.
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grounded theory
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A Gestalt therapist would MOST likely respond to a client's transference by ....
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making sure the client understands that the therapist is not the object of her transference
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A premise underlying Beck's CT is that:
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each psychological disorder has it's own cognitive characteristics
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Stress inoculation involves:
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the acquition of coping skills
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Paraphrasing is primarily used to:
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demonstrate awareness of COGNITIVE aspects of what a client has said.
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Ecological Concepts
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Transactional view of person-environment/goodness of fit/stress/habitat/coping/niche/
relatedness/systems |
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Ecological Model underlie the ___________ approach to treatment.
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Life Model Approach
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2 primary concepts to Life Model (see Lewin's field theory) approach are:
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Life space (life transitions, interpersonal processes, environment) & Problems with living
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Of the following, which is NOT an element of task-centered treatment: A. modifying distorted perceptions B. emphasis on ego functions C. advice giving D. rehearsal
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B. emphasis on ego functions
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The psychosocial model can be characterized by...
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scientific objectivity and client self-determination
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Brief task-centered treatment emphasizes...
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coaching, giving immediate feedback and setting clear and explicit therapeutic goals
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When just beginning an interview with an abused child, it is most appropriate to focus on:
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topics other than the abuse
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Will clear punishment of an abuser, such as imprisonment, following discloser tend to reduce the negative short & long-term effects of incest upon a child victim?
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No
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Lenore Walker's cycle of violence in sequence are:
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tension building/ acute battering incident/ loving contrition (honeymoon)
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An employee is always extremely friendly to his boss whom he really despises. What kind of defense mechanism is he using?
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reaction formation
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The task-centered model suggests that problems:
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arise from unfulfilled desires and are inevitable
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The victims of physical abuse are of all ages, but _____ are subjected to the most severe acts of violence.
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toddlers & adolescents
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The primary goal of services provided by CPS units is best defined as:
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protection of abused and neglected children
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The underutilization of mental health services by African-Americans probably results from cultural values that inhibit self-referral &...
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cultural values that encourage resolution of problems within the family.
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You recieve a call from a woman who tells you she is receiving therapy from another social worker, but wants to see you too. You should...
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make an appointment to discuss the situation further
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When faced with approach-avoidance conflict the closer we get to the goal...
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the stronger our desire to avoid it
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Stranger anxiety, a sign of the mother-child attachment usually begins at what age?
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8-10 months
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in classical conditioning, extinction refers to...
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presentation of the CS without the US
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symptoms of shaken baby syndrome include:
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lethargy, crying, vomiting, loss of appetite, seizures
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According to Warren, a key function of communities is
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social control
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True or False Foster children are NOT guaranteed visitation with their biological parents
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True
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You are LEAST likely to treat a child with Conduct disorder with...
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insight-oriented psychotherapy
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Aversive conditioning for paraphilias is best when...
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used alone
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True or False Disorganized thinking is associated with Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (DTs) but not Alcohol Withdrawl w/o DT.
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true
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To reduce risk of relapse for a Schizophrenic the best treatment is...
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a neuroleptic (anti-psychotic) plus family intervention
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What is the minimum duration of symptoms for a diagnosis of Seperation Anxiety Disorder.
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4 weeks/one month
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Tardive dyskinesia is most associated with ...
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phenothiazine (anti-psychotics)
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As part of a clinical team assessing a client, a social worker's PRIMARY role is to...
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compile a social history
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Examples of Vegetative symptoms include...
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sleep disturbances, changes in appetite or weight, loss of energy or frequent fatigue & changes in sexual function. (sex, sleep, food, energy)
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Which is NOT an example of an ego function: self-regulation; realtity testing capacity; social-role functioning; thought processes?
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social role functioning
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What are the 4 factors of the PIE systems?
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1. problems in social role functioning 2. problems in environment 3. mental health problems 4. physical health problems
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Which program evaluation evaluates expected results, and may include client's perception of a program?
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outcome model
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Which program evaluation monitors whether or how well administrators and staff adhere to relevant standards when implementing a program?
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quality assurance model
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Which program evaluation studies the impact of an organizations & environment on a program & investigates variables that may be related to program changes?
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systems analysis model
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What is the difference between reframing and relabeling with a family?
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Both help to perceive or understand a problem in a new light but reframing usually works to change understanding a behavior or symptom from an indivdual to family problem.
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During the first few sessions(remoralization stage) feelings of _______ & ________ decline.
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hoplessness, desperation
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During the middle phase of treatment(remediation), the client experiences...
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reduction of symptoms
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In the final phases of treatment (rehabilitation), the client...
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unlearns troublesome, maladaptive, habitual behaviors and learns new ways of dealing with various aspects of life.
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