CMHT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS
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✔✔Asking direct questions about _________is one way to assess ideation and risk -
✔✔Suicidal thoughts
✔✔A person in crisis is experiencing _______ emotions, tensions, and anxiety -
✔✔Strong and conflicting
✔✔Signs that a teen may attempt suicide include all except: - ✔✔Having close
relationships
✔✔Safety contracts can be ineffective because they ___________ - ✔✔Only advise
people what not to do when they are feeling suicidal
✔✔True or False: You should always keep a teenager's suicidal thoughts a secret to
avoid breaking confidence - ✔✔False
✔✔_______ per 100,000 young people aged 15-19 died by suicide in 2013 - ✔✔8.3
✔✔_________ are designed to help lesson the intensity of a client's crisis - ✔✔Safety
plans
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an indicator that there is a biological link to suicide? -
✔✔Adolescents may romanticize the notion of suicide
✔✔When an adolescent is thinking about suicide and has identified a method to kill
themselves, this is called: - ✔✔Suicidal ideation with a plan
✔✔LGBTQ youth may have ______risk factors for suicide and _______protective
factors - ✔✔Higher; lower
✔✔The first step in preventing suicide is to _________ - ✔✔Understand the risk factors
associated with suicidal behavior
✔✔A teenager planning to commit suicide may complain of being a bad person and
_____ - ✔✔Give away favorite possessions
✔✔True or False: Asking teens about suicide may give them the idea or incentive to
commit suicide - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following is the best resource for exploring rights and protections for
persons with psychiatric disabilities? - ✔✔The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
,✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of an organization that incorporates
recovery values? - ✔✔Clearly defined boundaries
✔✔True or False: It is unclear whether the Americans with disabilities act has reduced
barriers in the workplace for persons with psychiatric disabilites. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is the first step and teaching a new skill? - ✔✔Identifying the
problem and barriers
✔✔Attributing physical illness signs and symptoms to a psychiatric condition is referred
to as: - ✔✔Diagnostic overshadowing
✔✔The principles of community inclusion are: - ✔✔Choice, responsibility, cultural
compatibility, natural supports
✔✔True or False: Community inclusion can be both a goal and an intervention -
✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is not considered to be one of the four common failures of
community inclusion? - ✔✔Unemployment
✔✔Community inclusion means: - ✔✔Participating in the community "just like everyone
else"
✔✔Full participation in the Community of one's own choice is: - ✔✔Both a right and a
goal
✔✔According to Dr. Mark Ragins, the most effective way to impact stigma is to: -
✔✔Higher consumers and family members as peers and colleagues
✔✔Life goals express the______of the consumer, ideally expressed in the words of the
individual and are appropriate to the persons culture - ✔✔Hopes and dreams
✔✔True or false: having money and spending it wisely is an important factor in
community inclusion - ✔✔True
✔✔The mental health practitioner has a dual role in promoting community inclusion.
The door focus includes: - ✔✔The individual and the community
✔✔On the individual level of community integration, the role of the practitioner includes
all of the following except: - ✔✔Performing the test the client needs to ease their burden
, ✔✔Mini communities are charging fees for classes, concerts, and transportation that
once were free. How does this create a barrier to community involvement for people
with psychiatric disabilites? - ✔✔Affordability and accessibility
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of an organization that incorporates
recovery values? - ✔✔Clearly defined boundaries
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a life goal? - ✔✔"I want to have friends and
a better relationship with my family"
✔✔A Robert Wood Johnson Survey found that the primary source of information on
mental illness for most people is: - ✔✔The media
✔✔Mollie has several clients that are considering taking classes at the community
college. Considering the principles of community inclusion, what would be the best way
for her to help them be successful? - ✔✔Work with both of consumers and the disabled
students' office to establish a self-help group on campus
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of virtual communities? - ✔✔Users
have in person relationships
✔✔True or false: Community inclusion can be both a goal and an intervention - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of "gatekeeper"? - ✔✔Leader in the
organization
✔✔True or false: Recovery oriented treatment plans are person directed and focus on
reducing symptoms in order to achieve quality of life goals - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False: HIV exposure can cooccur with substance use disorder - ✔✔True
✔✔When a client acknowledges that there is a problem but is not ready or sure of
wanting to make a change, they are in the____stage of change. - ✔✔Contemplation
✔✔Family systems are sometimes described by therapist as being_______ - ✔✔Very
difficult to redirect and resistant to change
✔✔Voucher based reinforcement uses contingency management techniques to
increase ____________ - ✔✔Attendance and abstinence
✔✔Which of the following statements describes the "family systems" model? -
✔✔Changes in any part of the system affect the entire system
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✔✔Asking direct questions about _________is one way to assess ideation and risk -
✔✔Suicidal thoughts
✔✔A person in crisis is experiencing _______ emotions, tensions, and anxiety -
✔✔Strong and conflicting
✔✔Signs that a teen may attempt suicide include all except: - ✔✔Having close
relationships
✔✔Safety contracts can be ineffective because they ___________ - ✔✔Only advise
people what not to do when they are feeling suicidal
✔✔True or False: You should always keep a teenager's suicidal thoughts a secret to
avoid breaking confidence - ✔✔False
✔✔_______ per 100,000 young people aged 15-19 died by suicide in 2013 - ✔✔8.3
✔✔_________ are designed to help lesson the intensity of a client's crisis - ✔✔Safety
plans
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an indicator that there is a biological link to suicide? -
✔✔Adolescents may romanticize the notion of suicide
✔✔When an adolescent is thinking about suicide and has identified a method to kill
themselves, this is called: - ✔✔Suicidal ideation with a plan
✔✔LGBTQ youth may have ______risk factors for suicide and _______protective
factors - ✔✔Higher; lower
✔✔The first step in preventing suicide is to _________ - ✔✔Understand the risk factors
associated with suicidal behavior
✔✔A teenager planning to commit suicide may complain of being a bad person and
_____ - ✔✔Give away favorite possessions
✔✔True or False: Asking teens about suicide may give them the idea or incentive to
commit suicide - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following is the best resource for exploring rights and protections for
persons with psychiatric disabilities? - ✔✔The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
,✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of an organization that incorporates
recovery values? - ✔✔Clearly defined boundaries
✔✔True or False: It is unclear whether the Americans with disabilities act has reduced
barriers in the workplace for persons with psychiatric disabilites. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is the first step and teaching a new skill? - ✔✔Identifying the
problem and barriers
✔✔Attributing physical illness signs and symptoms to a psychiatric condition is referred
to as: - ✔✔Diagnostic overshadowing
✔✔The principles of community inclusion are: - ✔✔Choice, responsibility, cultural
compatibility, natural supports
✔✔True or False: Community inclusion can be both a goal and an intervention -
✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is not considered to be one of the four common failures of
community inclusion? - ✔✔Unemployment
✔✔Community inclusion means: - ✔✔Participating in the community "just like everyone
else"
✔✔Full participation in the Community of one's own choice is: - ✔✔Both a right and a
goal
✔✔According to Dr. Mark Ragins, the most effective way to impact stigma is to: -
✔✔Higher consumers and family members as peers and colleagues
✔✔Life goals express the______of the consumer, ideally expressed in the words of the
individual and are appropriate to the persons culture - ✔✔Hopes and dreams
✔✔True or false: having money and spending it wisely is an important factor in
community inclusion - ✔✔True
✔✔The mental health practitioner has a dual role in promoting community inclusion.
The door focus includes: - ✔✔The individual and the community
✔✔On the individual level of community integration, the role of the practitioner includes
all of the following except: - ✔✔Performing the test the client needs to ease their burden
, ✔✔Mini communities are charging fees for classes, concerts, and transportation that
once were free. How does this create a barrier to community involvement for people
with psychiatric disabilites? - ✔✔Affordability and accessibility
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of an organization that incorporates
recovery values? - ✔✔Clearly defined boundaries
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a life goal? - ✔✔"I want to have friends and
a better relationship with my family"
✔✔A Robert Wood Johnson Survey found that the primary source of information on
mental illness for most people is: - ✔✔The media
✔✔Mollie has several clients that are considering taking classes at the community
college. Considering the principles of community inclusion, what would be the best way
for her to help them be successful? - ✔✔Work with both of consumers and the disabled
students' office to establish a self-help group on campus
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of virtual communities? - ✔✔Users
have in person relationships
✔✔True or false: Community inclusion can be both a goal and an intervention - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of "gatekeeper"? - ✔✔Leader in the
organization
✔✔True or false: Recovery oriented treatment plans are person directed and focus on
reducing symptoms in order to achieve quality of life goals - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False: HIV exposure can cooccur with substance use disorder - ✔✔True
✔✔When a client acknowledges that there is a problem but is not ready or sure of
wanting to make a change, they are in the____stage of change. - ✔✔Contemplation
✔✔Family systems are sometimes described by therapist as being_______ - ✔✔Very
difficult to redirect and resistant to change
✔✔Voucher based reinforcement uses contingency management techniques to
increase ____________ - ✔✔Attendance and abstinence
✔✔Which of the following statements describes the "family systems" model? -
✔✔Changes in any part of the system affect the entire system
