Question 1

Which of these group development stages is the least demanding stage for the councilor in the development of an effective group?

Accepted Answer

In the performing stage the counselor's role is less active. Members are more comfortable trusting of selves and other members and able to help each other grow and change. Now the counselor can relax and enjoy the labor.

Question 2

Discharge plans are often included in the treatment plan. What statement might not be found in a discharge plan?

Accepted Answer

Continued altercations would be considered belonging in the list of problems for going into treatment. The other statements are initiated plans to continued recovery and the readiness to assume normal live as a recovering person.

Question 3

Which is not a good objective statements?

Accepted Answer

The statement is not a good objective statement. It is too vague; the specifics are absence. It should be stated with the presence of something and should be agreeable with the client.

Question 4

While a group begins Norming what has previously been happening?

Accepted Answer

In this stage, Storming, members struggle for power.

Question 5

An eighteen year old foreign student has been arrested for using drugs. That boy had moved into this state three weeks ago from another country. He lives with a couple that have no children. What might the most important group treatment goals for this foreign student to integrate safety into a new culture without risking encountering further substance abuse problems.

Accepted Answer

Would be the two most important group goals. In A, identifying behavior that might prevent further problems and B, learning how others view a different culture might help the client integrate into a new culture appropriately with new peers. A group could have fun helping the client achieve these goals

Question 6

Which of the below are not considered good objectives for treatment plans? Choose those that apply.

Accepted Answer

Those are not realistic, appropriate and measurable goals. A is not realistic in measuring for a life time's sobriety. Nor is C for an off shore driller to attend three meetings a week as he is off shore a week or longer at a time. It would be better to establish an email or telephone communication system with his sponsor and/or other AA members.

Question 7

A foreign student has been arrested for carrying drugs. That boy moved into this country a few weeks ago. He lives with a couple that have no children. Ah admits he may have developing a substance abuse problem. What might be used as one of the group treatment goals?

Accepted Answer

Identifying behavior that might put the student at risk for further chemical abuse problems and learning how to integrate the two cultures to make more appreciate decisions is needed... The client most likely does not have the necessary skills to deal with an unfamiliar culture and also adolescence strangers. If possible a wilderness or ranch program would be helpful for the client to learn a new culture if the problem persists.

Question 8

Problem statements should be in the client's words if possible and may take the form of an answer of the problem. What statement is not a good problem statement?

Accepted Answer

The attendance of two AA meetings a week would not be a good problem statement. It would be a good objective.

Question 9

Who is involved in treatment planning? Choose those that apply.

Accepted Answer

The counselor and the client have the responsibility for the construction of the treatment plan. The two will identify and rank problems that need to be solved in the immediate time and in the future. The treatment director is seldom involved as the counselor and client are the key players in the client's treatment.

Question 10

Why might a twenty eight wife, married eight months, complaining to counselor of being bossed by her wife use as a goal of her treatment plan. What options would you choose for her?

Accepted Answer

Would be the best goals for her treatment plan. In her group process situation group could be used to give the women more insight into the way she reacts to others and they react to her. With B, as this woman changes the way she begins to communicate there will be changes made by the other communicators. Having both of those skills will be helpful.

Question 11

Which one of these counseling approaches listed below are not recommended for clients involved in substance abuse?

Accepted Answer

The phrase, none of the above, excludes all of the rest. The open expression of the feelings in any of those counseling approaches can only promote the counseling process. The characteristic of most substance abuse clients is their inability to express and release feelings to others. All of the above approaches is recommended as a counseling approach in the appreciate situation.

Question 12

What is the proper diagnosis for a direct physiological consequence of a drug or medication abuse?

Accepted Answer

The proper diagnosis for a direct physiological consequence of a drug or medication abuse would be substance abuse mood disorder.

Question 13

Which of the following items is not a reason to be familiar with the DSM-5?

Accepted Answer

A counselor's accrued knowledge about substance relapse from working with clients does not compensate for knowledge available through the psychiatric assessments by the DSM-V. Answers A, B and D provide an assessment of comprehensive diagnostic psychiatric impressions outlining personality and behavioral descriptions.

Question 14

What measuring tool evaluates the client's orientation to time, place and person?

Accepted Answer

The Mental Status Exam tool is used to assess and evaluates the client's time, place and person is the Mental Status Exam. This test includes observations related to judgment, behavior, thought process, perception and memory.

Question 15

A woman calls from a seedy part of the city saying she needs treatment and gives insurance information and her address. Two staff members go to pick her up; but she refuses to leave the room. During the conversation she reveals she is a history professor from out of town, divorced with no children and sober for thirty nine years. She demands that we leave, saying she has changed her mind. She becomes increasingly hostile. What should be done?

Accepted Answer

Calling the police would be the most appropriate answer to protect the woman and the others she might be in contact with. Sometimes waiting them out works and sometimes does supplying with booze. However, this is not in a safe neighborhood; noise might attract undesirables and the staff's comfort needs to be considered. It is best to opt for safety. The police may welcome the suggestion.

Question 16

Which of the following phrase best pertains to the resources that might be needed after discharge from treatment?

Accepted Answer

The disengagement phrase is the phrase that covers many resources related to remaining sober. This phase takes place over time during which the client and the counselor discuss the interactions with the different appropriate service providers. The client will be encouraged to continue utilizing these providers to successfully manage recovery.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

This cluster represents personality disorders and feature odd, eccentric, isolative, or suspicious behavior. Paranoid, Schizoid and Schizotypal are personality disorders.

Question 18

A client that is expected 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 suicide concerns are present. The Beck Depression Inventory name gives you one of the answers; it is often used as it can be used more than once in treatment and judge the changes that might have been taking place in the depressive mode. The Family Tree Questionnaire is sometimes given to signal past family suicide attempts.

Question 19

What are some of the social factors involved in assessments? Choose those that apply.

Accepted Answer

The list of the previous Family dynamics and; those terms are factors important to assess for evaluating information for treatment planning.

Question 20

A seventeen year old girl is arrested for possession. She denies using drugs saying she was given some just before arrested. She is pregnant. Recently the procedure has been to jail pregnant chemical abusers until delivery to protect the unborn child. As this is the child's first arrest the judge is reluctant to do that. As your treatment center provides education to that precinct your center was called. What course would you advise?

Accepted Answer

The best course for a jailed pregnant adolescent would be to use the TWEAK to assess tolerance. This test targets the current concern of relatives and friends along with an interview of the parents and adolescence regarding the woman's drug usage. if the results indicate the girl might have used drugs several times the family's medical insurance and the community resources should be assessed for possible admission into treatment. It would be a conflict of interest if all of these options were not explained to the parents and the judge. To jail a pregnant adolescent is not an inappropriate decision. However it exposes her to other prisoners' experiences and knowledge that might not be in her best interest.

Quiz 1: Chemical Addictions