Scenarios
During the first session with a client who was referred by his lawyer after being arrested for armed robbery, the client stated that he was suffering from depression. The social worker did not assess any symptoms of clinical depression. The best preliminary diagnosis for this client is:
(A) conduct disorder
(B) antisocial personality disorder
(C) malingering
(C) malingering
Basic trust versus mistrust
Infancy
sad mood, loss of interest, weight changes, sleep disturbance, worthlessness/hopelessness, poor motivation and concentration
MDD
Self-actualization is from which theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
What type of drug is Haldol
Antipsychotic
The social worker takes the LEAST active role in treatment in which of the following perspectives:
(A) ego-psychology
(B) client-centered
(C) task-oriented
(B) client centered
Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Toddler
feeling sad, lacking energy, difficulty with concentration, loss of interest, feelings of worthlessness, feeling pessimistic about everything, abnormally upbeat, increased energy or agitation, euphoria, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts
bipolar disorder
Tecniques include: journaling, cognitive restructuring, unraveling cognitive distortions, progressive muscle relaxation
CBT
Bipolar disorder
Mood stabilizers and lithium
J. is suffering from Schizophrenia. From the list below which would be considered the BEST recommended course of treatment to start the client on in the initial stages?
(A) psychoanalysis
(B) insight oriented therapy
(C) pharmacological treatment
(C) pharmacological treatment
Initiative versus guilt
Pre-school age
positive and/or negative symptoms, delusions, disorganized speech, psychomotor agitation
schizophrenia
Stuck point and established stuck point
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Schizophrenia
Anti-psychotic meds
When using the concept of self in the therapeutic concept it is best defined as:
(A) the way in which a social worker purposefully interacts with a client
(B) revealing of personal information from the social worker to help the client
(C) the disclosure of the information by the client to the social worker
(A) the way in which a social worker purposefully interacts with a client
Identity versus inferiority
School age
People with the condition experience psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, as well as symptoms of a mood disorder — either bipolar type (episodes of mania and sometimes depression) or depressive type (episodes of depression).
The view that learning takes place through observation and that new responses are acquired through the process of imitating models is associated with:
(A) cognitive behaviorism
(B) social learning
(C) classical conditioning
(B) social learning
Bullemia
SSRI
When a client believes, despite evidence to the contrary, that feelings, thoughts or actions are being influenced by an external source, this is most commonly defined as:
(A) a delusion
(B) a hallucination
(C) a dissociative episode
(A) a delusion
Identity versus identity confusion
Adolescence
Borderline personality disorder
When addressing mental health conditions, use of the DSM-TR is MOST helpful in the are of:
(A) assessment interpretation
(B) treatment planning
(C) medication recommendations
(A) assessment interpretation
ADHD
stimulants