Chapter 1
If Chelsea, a recent graduate of a CACREP-accredited counseling program, is a national certified counselor, she possesses which type of professional mental health credentials?
Certification
Hippocrates was identified as the father of what?
The Father of Medicine
Wilhelm Wundt
Emergency management systems and disaster response.
Psychological first aid.
Which professional organizations represents the interests of professional counselors in general?
ACA
In the middle ages, a method of trial by ordeal where a bound, accused person was thrown into water; the belief was that pure souls (innocent) would sink, while witches (corrupted) would float because water would "reject" them, was called what?
A Water Test
Virginia in 1976
How has technology changed counselor education and supervision?
Majority of schooling and services can be provided online.
What is identified as the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality, that values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being?
Social Justice
The Colony of Gheel in Belgium was created to focus on _____ and _________ for the mentally ill.
love and kindness
how did the world wars impact the field of psychology?
Psychiatry demonstrated its ability to treat persons experiencing the traumas of war.
Psychology demonstrated its role in the development and use of tests for placement of persons within the armed forces.
Counseling and psychology worked together to assist persons returning to civilian life after ww2.
How many states allow licensed, specially trained psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications?
Seven
Mental health counseling is a licensed profession in how many states
50 states
Sigmund Freud treated what type of conditions?
Nervous conditions (neuroses)
in 1945 what organization/administration received funding to train mental health professionals?
The VA.
Who pushed for the influence of positive psychology and research into wellness?
M E P Seligman
Which of the following is NOT a specialty in the counseling field:
- addictions counseling
- career counseling
- political science
political science
Name one of the two most inhumane, outdated form of therapies in the 1950s
Inhumane outdated treatment – 1. lobotomies. 2. electroconvulsive therapy
What Act sets federal standards that regulate the storage and transmission of client related data?
HIPAA Health Information Portability and Accountability Act