589
Ethics Under Pressure
Diagnosis & DSM-5
Human Brain and Behavior
Therapy in Practice
100

In NYS, Section 589 programs operate under the guidance of this state agency.

What is the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)? 

100

If a therapist posts about a client on social media, even anonymously, which ethical principle is violated first? 

What is confidentiality? 

100

Excessive worry more days than not for at least 6 months may indicate this disorder.

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

100

This brain structure plays a key role in forming new memories.

What is the hippocampus?

100

This type of questioning in CBT challenges distorted automatic thoughts directly.

What is socratic questioning?

200

Clients in 589 programs are encouraged to participate in these to express their treatment preferences.

What are treatment planning sessions?

200

This term describes charging different clients different fees without clinical justification.

What is unfair discrimination in fees?

200

Recurrent unexpected panic attacks are a hallmark of this disorder.

What is Panic Disorder?

200

Overactivation of this brain structure is associated with hyperarousal in PTSD.

What is the amygdala?

200

In group therapy, this Yalom “curative factor” occurs when clients realize they are not alone in their struggles.

What is universality?

300

To ensure adherence, programs sometimes use this approach combining supervision, support, and encouragement.

What is assertive community treatment (ACT)?

300

When a counselor refers a client solely due to personal discomfort, which principle is most at risk?

What is abandonment?

300

Loss of interest or pleasure plus persistent sadness lasting 2+ weeks suggests this diagnosis.

What is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)?

300

This neurotransmitter is most associated with reward and motivation

What is dopamine?

300

A client’s sudden improvement right before termination is known as this phenomenon.

What is flight into health?

400

Adjusting medication in 589 programs must consider interactions with these.

What are other medications, medical conditions, or client behaviors? 

400

Failing to stay updated on current treatments violates this ethical obligation.

What is competence?

400

The presence of obsessions and compulsions describes this disorder.


What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?


400

The prefrontal cortex is most responsible for this executive function.

What is impulse control?

400

In family therapy, this technique uses structured tasks to expose dysfunctional interaction patterns.

What is enactment?

500

Ethical dilemmas often require balancing client autonomy with this responsibility.

What is duty to protect or beneficence?

500

This ethical decision-making model starts with identifying stakeholders and potential harm.

hat is the Forester-Miller & Davis model?

500

One or more manic episodes lasting at least 7 days are required for this diagnosis.

What is Bipolar I Disorder?

500

Low serotonin is most commonly linked to this category of disorders.

What are depressive disorders?

500

This brief intervention for substance misuse uses feedback, advice, and motivational interviewing principles. 

What is SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment)?