Question 1

Why should you epxlain the need for an assessment to adult clients?

Accepted Answer

The reason to explain the need for an assessment is to enlist the client's cooperation. If the assessment is read aloud the client feels the counselor is sincere in wishing the client understands the procedures and the reasons for them.

Question 2

Which cluster are the personality disorders featuring odd and isolative behaviors grouped into?

Accepted Answer

Cluster A represents personality disorders that feature odd, eccentric, isolative, or suspicious behavior. Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal are Cluster A personality disorders.

Question 3

In evaluating case management effectiveness, counselors are not expected to monitor the effectiveness of case management activities for individual clients. Which of the following are responsibilities of case management staff?

Accepted Answer

Tracking the frequency of relapses for certain groups of clients, urine screening results, and the progeress of inidvidual clients are all responsibilities put on case management staff.

Question 4

A client that is suspected of being suicidal is often given which two of the tests below?

Accepted Answer

The family Tree Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory are often given when suicidal concerns are present. The Beck Depression Inventory can be used more than once during treatment to judge the changes that might have been taking place in the depressive mood. The Family Tree Questionnaire is sometimes given to signal past family suicide attempts.

Question 5

Most of the case management models listed below are used for mental heath treatment plans. Which one is not?

Accepted Answer

A strength based model is not used in mental health treatment plans. Chemical dependency recovery plans utilize the resources of clinical programs. Their main strength comes from the spiritual and group suppor provided by others that are recovering, such as a twelve step programs, or AA. The strength based model does not utilize that approach.

Question 6

Kaz wants to stop biting his nails, so he rubs a strong bitter paste under his nails to make his nails taste bad. What technique is Kaz using to stop biting his nails?

Accepted Answer

Kaz is using aversion therapy. Aversion therapy is a type of psychological therapy that pairs a behavior with discomfort. The person has a natural aversion to discomfort, such as hating bitter taste or disliking the feeling of an electric shock. When someone pairs this discomfort with a behavior, the person also develops an aversion to the behavior. 
 Aversion therapy can be an effective intervention to discontinue bad habits such as smoking or overeating by putting unpleasant flavors in cigarettes or food. 
 Aversion therapy is often used when a person's behavior is self-harming, such as repeatedly restraining a person who is hitting their head on the wall.

Question 7

Fentanyl is legal for some applications.

Accepted Answer

Fentanyl is legal for some applications. This has made it more difficult to control from an availability perspective.
Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. it is approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain. Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. Fentanyl prescribed in the form of transdermal patches or lozenges but has frequently been directed for misuse and abuse.

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