Question 1

What does case finding and pretreatment mean?
A)Methods used to get clients.
B)Services identified to assist a particular client.
C)The methods used to locate missing clients, usually adolescents.
D)The case used by discharge planning.

Accepted Answer

This is the method that many of these case management companies use to obtain clients.

Question 2

In evaluating case management effectiveness, counselors are not expected to monitor the effectiveness of case management activities for individual clients. Which aspect is Considered most important?
A)Tracking frequency of certain groups of client relapses.
B)Tracking urine screen results.
C)Tracking effectiveness of individual clients.

Accepted Answer

All options are included in the responsibilities put on case management staff.

Question 3

Why is it necessary for a counselor to be familiar with the case management community resources?
A)Familiarity with client's needed resources insures a smoother discharge.
B)To better engage in price fixing to get a referral fee.
C)To avoid engaging in rivalry with many resources.
D)Knowing something of the treatment philosophies, personnel, logistics and hours of operation assists in the linking of needed services for a client will be helpful.

Accepted Answer

Substance abuse treatment encompasses all aspects of a client's life. Therefore to manage or advise a client becomes very necessary.

Question 4

In a Service-driven case management model if a client quickly enters substance abuse treatment what might be his or her motivation?
A)To avoid being arrested as his lab work is going to show positive and he is on probation requiring a clean state.
B)The client wants to try again.
C)You very likely will not know.

Accepted Answer

This is not the time to question motivation. That comes later. Your job is to provide the education and therapy that will help intervene in thinking that is a barrier of recovery.

Question 5

In the principles of case management which of those statements do not apply?
A)The principle of consolidating client to a single point of responsibility.
B)The principle of always being community-abased, culturally sensitive, pragmatic and client driven.
C)The principle that strives for interventions that intrudes on client's life as little as possible.
D)The principle of striving to fit the client to the services.

Accepted Answer

It strives to fit the client to the service.

Question 6

Of the four models of case management adopted below from the mental health treat field for use with substance abuse and dependent clients, which has frequent and long term contact with clients?
A)Brokerage/generalist.
B)Assertive community treatment.
C)Strengths-based.
D)Clinical/rehabilitation.

Accepted Answer

Assertive community treatment meets with clients in their natural setting, their home, focusing on the practical problems of daily living. Advocacy is emphasized.

Question 7

What is not considered one of the functions of case management?.
A)Assessment
B)Planning.
C)Disconnecting.
D)Monitoring.

Accepted Answer

Disconnecting does not happen in case management. To manage in this situation means to link. It is not possible to link if you disconnect.

Question 8

In case management certain barriers may prevent successful treatment. Of these listed what is considered to be the most difficult barrier to overcome?
A)Family relationships/friends.
B)Employment and lack of.
C)Lack of resources.
D)None of the above.

Accepted Answer

None of the above is the answer. Unless at some point in time before or during treatment the individual decides to abstain from chemicals that option is left open in the client's mind. When a life snag is hit the option of using a chemical is recalled and used. That is the barrier that prevents successful treatment.

Question 9

Which of the case management models listed below can increase or intensify problems for some clients?
A)Assertive community treatment model
B)Clinical/rehabilitation model
C)Strength-based model
D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

The strength-based model is not based on a disease control model. Consequently alternative methods of services are often recommended or requested.

Question 10

Which particular treatment group would most likely use the resources of school, work, community and the justice systems?
A)Women.
B)Adolescence.
C)Culturally sensitive clients.
D)Impaired nurses.

Accepted Answer

The adolescence are expected to need the services of those. Not only due to their age but because they are still in the age when developmental patterns have yet to be established and experimental is still going on.

Question 11

What does the term pretreatment refer to in case management?
A)Client monitoring.
B)Clinical case management.
C)Pretreatment.
D)Aftercare.

Accepted Answer

Pretreatment is the process of erasing any barriers that might prevent a client from accessing case management resources.

Question 12

Which case management model is said by some to increase the problems involved in services involved?
A)Clinical/rehabilitation model
B)Assertive community treatment model.
C)Strength-based model.

Accepted Answer

The Strength-based model encourages the use of informal helping networks with the clients.

Question 13

A fifty six year old mother in good health called a chemical dependency program asking to be admitted. It seems that every few months she feels it best if the "dries out." As she has been through this particular program two times in the past year with the staff confronted her lack of investment counseling staff is considering what would be the best choice for the alcoholic?
A)Deny admission.
B)Admit for withdrawal only,refer to an AA member.
C)Refer the woman to another treatment center.

Accepted Answer

Deny full admission. A referral to another woman in AA to share her story might help her hear what she needs to hear. The client must realize that she can not successfully manage her own treatment.

Question 14

Continuing Care is another term for what of the following?
A)Aftercare.
B)Primary Treatment
C)Disengagement.
D)Primary Care.

Accepted Answer

Aftercare is another term for continuing care and follows discharge. In this phase of treatment the client and counselor make plans for the client to take responsibility for the client's life.

Question 15

Disengagement takes place over time and is used to discuss certain aspects following discharge by counselor and client. Which of the following do they discuss?
A)The progress in the life goals the client set while in treatment.
B)The people contacted to apologize following discharge.
C)The resources the client has assessed.

Accepted Answer

These are the resources that were established before discharge that the client plans to utilize to advocate recovering.

Question 16

During a group process a client discloses communicating with her decreased husband. What assumption would be wrong for the counselor to make?
A)The client needs to be assessed by a licensed mental health professional to identify a substance abuse disorder.
B)It is inappropriate to interpret that behavior as pathological.
C)For some cultures it is appropriate to continue communicating with a deceased loved one.

Accepted Answer

To assume that communicating with a decreased loved one indicates a pathological situation is wrong. In some cultures that type of morning is accepted and expected. It is important that the cultural content be considered in relation with the view of the counselor.

Question 17

During the counselor's interview with a potential client the client kept calmly asking that the knife be removed from her stomach. What would be the most important for the counselor to act on?
A)Take the opportunity early on to persuade the client that she is a drug addict. Argue there is no knife. Ask her to describe it.
B)If the client's other responses seem reasonable complete the interview saying you would get some help as soon as this interview was completed. Refer the client to the appropriate medical staff.
C)Now is the time to assert your authority and set bounds. Tell her she is faking and this behavior will interfere with her treatment.

Accepted Answer

The referral to appropriate staff is needed as she is hallucinating. Many clients with mental health problems believe what they tell others and they live with images that are not there. She could easily describe that knife. For a client just entering treatment she could be off meditation or suffering from chemically produced hallucination. As the client is probably not stable make sure staff is close.

Question 18

During what phases does the Treatment Continuum Case Management model support the client during substance abuse treatment?
A)During the planning and discharge.
B)When the client's case requires an outside resource.
C)During family treatment.
D)The Treatment Continuum supports the client and family throughout all phrases of substance abuse treatment.

Accepted Answer

The Treatment Continuum supports the client and family throughout the client's substance abuse treatment.

Question 19

For case management to respond therapeutically and efficiently what document needs to be included?
A)Notes regarding case management activities.
B)Notes of counselor's efforts.
C)Electronic files.
D)All records need to be included.

Accepted Answer

All records need to be included to provide a comprehensive document. Not only is this considered therapeutically incomplete; it is also not legally complete without all documents included.

Question 20

If a client entering treatment presents a physical health problem such as diabetes. What of the following might that indicate?
A)Due to the health problem the effect of client's alcohol consumption has probably been low.
B)Alcohol consumption may have increased the severity of the other health problem.
C)The effects of alcohol consumption may have been reduced by the mental health problem.

Accepted Answer

Many health problems are acerbated by the use of alcohol. One example is diabetes. For example alcohol consumption can elevate cholesterol that in turn clogs blood vessels needed for oxygen distribution.

Quiz 2: Case Management

What does case finding and pretreatment mean?

In evaluating case management effectiveness, counselors are not expected to monitor the effectiveness of case management activities for individual clients. Which aspect is Considered most important?

Why is it necessary for a counselor to be familiar with the case management community resources?

In a Service-driven case management model if a client quickly enters substance abuse treatment what might be his or her motivation?

In the principles of case management which of those statements do not apply?

Of the four models of case management adopted below from the mental health treat field for use with substance abuse and dependent clients, which has frequent and long term contact with clients?

What is not considered one of the functions of case management?.

In case management certain barriers may prevent successful treatment. Of these listed what is considered to be the most difficult barrier to overcome?

Which of the case management models listed below can increase or intensify problems for some clients?

Which particular treatment group would most likely use the resources of school, work, community and the justice systems?

What does the term pretreatment refer to in case management?

Which case management model is said by some to increase the problems involved in services involved?

Continuing Care is another term for what of the following?

Disengagement takes place over time and is used to discuss certain aspects following discharge by counselor and client. Which of the following do they discuss?

During a group process a client discloses communicating with her decreased husband. What assumption would be wrong for the counselor to make?

During the counselor's interview with a potential client the client kept calmly asking that the knife be removed from her stomach. What would be the most important for the counselor to act on?

During what phases does the Treatment Continuum Case Management model support the client during substance abuse treatment?

For case management to respond therapeutically and efficiently what document needs to be included?

If a client entering treatment presents a physical health problem such as diabetes. What of the following might that indicate?