This manual assists mental health professionals by providing uniform criteria for making clinical diagnoses.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual?
100
A counselor fulfilling this role would speak on his client’s behalf and defend the client’s rights. Also helps individuals transition back into their community and connects them to community resources and services.
What is an advocate?
100
This type of counselor assists individuals in choosing a suitable occupation, changing job paths, or adjusting to a new work environment. He or she must be competent in assessing a client’s interest and abilities.
What is a career counselor?
100
This principle describes a counselor’s obligation to keep private the communication between client and professional and not divulge this information to a third party.
What is confidentiality?
200
This individual’s psychoanalytic theory helped introduce drastic changes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
Mental health counselors fulfilling this role are called upon to offer support to victims during a natural disaster or emergency and offer support to others (such as medical personnel) who have also responded to the scene and may be under stress.
What is a crisis responder?
200
This type of counselor works with individuals who abuse drugs and alcohol and might provide either individual or group counseling.
What is a substance abuse counselor?
200
Importance must be given to this type of counseling in order to better serve clients of varying cultural backgrounds.
What is multicultural counseling?
300
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 stated that if an individual had a severe physical or mental disability that made it difficult to obtain or maintain employment, he would be ensured access to this type of service.
What is vocational rehabilitation?
300
This type of counseling focuses on the prevention of emotional problems and promotes overall well-being of the client. Focuses less on evaluation and more on educating to prevent potential problems.
What is primary prevention?
300
These counselors work in settings that have a religious or spiritual orientation and may integrate a religious viewpoint into their treatment methods.
What is a religious/pastoral counselor?
300
This is the process of establishing the qualifications of licensed professionals and assessing their background and legitimacy.
What is credentialing?
300
This type of community center assists individuals with severe emotional problems and offers a variety of services, such as inpatient and outpatient services, consultation, and drug abuse services.
What is a community mental health center?
400
An optimistic approach to counseling and psychotherapy taught that with hard work and determination, individuals can change. Alcoholics Anonymous and groups that helped new immigrants adjust to American life are examples of this type of group.
What are self-help groups?
400
This type of counseling focuses on controlling mental health problems that have not yet reached a level of severity. Diagnosis and long-term treatment start coming into play.
What is secondary prevention?
400
This type of counselor counsels individuals with disabilities at one of the following settings: state departments of vocational rehabilitation, VA (Veterans Administration) hospitals, and private rehab agencies.
What is a rehabilitation counselor?
400
The passage of this act ensures the privacy of client records and observance of rules concerning the sharing of such information.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
400
This can be used in combination with therapy to treat clients who suffer from issues such as depression or anxiety.
What are psychotropic medications?
500
The establishment of mental health centers that offered inpatient/outpatient care, emergency services, and consultation at low costs was funded by this legislative act.
What is the 1963 Community Mental Health Centers Act?
500
This type of counseling addresses serious mental health problems. Focuses on long term treatment and psychopathology.
What is tertiary prevention?
500
When working with older persons or the elderly, counselors must focus on both prevention and treatment. While individual and family counseling can be means of treatment, this type of counseling is especially effective when working with this age group.
What is group counseling?
500
This association’s mission is to enhance the profession of mental health counseling. Advocates for licensed counselors, offers malpractice insurance, and provides a code of ethics.
What is the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)?
500
The Supreme Court decision in this case led to the deinstitutionalization of tens of thousands of mental patients who had been hospitalized against their will even though they were not in danger of harming themselves or others.