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__________ is the essential first step in determining the possible cause of addiction for the person
and the most appropriate treatment modality for his or needs ✔Correct Answer-Assessment
A client tells a counselor that she is unhappy with the way her treatment is progressing. The
counselor should ✔Correct Answer-discuss these concerns with the client and make necessary
changes in treatment goals
A common error that counselors maken when conducting an assessment is ✔Correct Answer-
moving too quickly from data collection to treatment planning
A female client reports that she has some concerns about that relationship between her husband
and her 14-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. She reports that her husband and daughter
frequently argue, that her daughter refuses to take direction from her stepfather, mid that her
daughter regularly complains about her stepfather's "faults" and describes how her biological father
is better. The MOST relevant professional to whom a referral should be made is a ✔Correct
Answer-Marriage and family therapist
A key factor for counselors to consider is that in counseling relationship, the counselor has
differential power. One of the best safeguards is ✔Correct Answer-to be alert and understand the
power relationship
A pretreatment period is frequently the result of waiting lists or client reluctance to become fully
engaged in primary treatment. What might be a danger of this pretreatment period? ✔Correct
Answer-The pretreatment period may be when clients lose interest in treatment
According to Marlatt's model of the relapse process, which of the following statements is not true?
✔Correct Answer-Clients should be helped to recognizethat one or more temporary lapses are likely
to occur and are premitted
According to the DSM-IV-TR, all of the following are criteira for pschoactive substance dependence
EXCEPT ✔Correct Answer-mark lack of intiative, interest or energy.
All of the following are goals of person-centered therapy EXCEPT (Rogers) ✔Correct Answer-
teaching clients to formulate and carry out plans to chenge their behaviors
Bob is a case manager in an intensive inpatient trestment facility. He recently was assigned a client,
Mary, who presents not only with alcoholism but has also been diagnosed with AIDS. to assist Mary
in her treatment and recovery needs, Bob would probably need to habe knowledge of all of the
following except: ✔Correct Answer-new medication used in treatment regimens
Therapeutic communities differ from Synanon because ✔Correct Answer-these communities try to
return clients to society.
During the screening process, a critical task that the counselor has is to ✔Correct Answer-establish
rapport with the client
, During the assessment process, your alcohol and tranquilizer abusing client reveals a history of self-
destructiveness when frustrated and an inability to delay impulses. The MOST appropriate
assessment battery in this case is ✔Correct Answer-the Beck Depression Scale, the MAST
(Minnisota) test, and the MMPI
The primary purpose the screening process is to ✔Correct Answer-determine one's
appropriateness and eligibility for admission
Effective case management for persons in need of multiple services requires: ✔Correct Answer-
monitoring, feedback, and evaluation of services
In deterininig whether a chemically dependent patient should be treated in an inpatient or
outpatient program, all of the following should be considered EXCEPT ✔Correct Answer-whether
the patients job and family are likely to give him another chance is this treatment fails.
Alcohol decreases resistance to HIV infection by ✔Correct Answer-a. compromising T-cell
functions.
It is crucial for the case manager to be aware of what may inhibit minorities' participation in the
substance abuse treatment continuum. Suppose that you are a case manager, working in an
outpatient program with a Somali client. AA is an integral part of your program, yet you are aware of
the fact that while "accepting one's powerlessness" is a central tenet of 12-Step self-help programs.
members of oppressed groups may not accept it, given their own societal powerlessness. What
would be the best thing to do in such a case? ✔Correct Answer-Be sensitive to such cultral
differences and seek out other recovery resources that are relevent to the individual's values.
It is important to understand clients and their expectations for counseling. Clients coming in for
treatment carry with them both helpful and harmful expectations. Which of the following is a
harmful client expectations? ✔Correct Answer-"My counselor will direct me to do what I need to
do, and everything will be OK."
Joe is a 27 year old addict who has begun counseling but has not yet been able to give up using
drugs. During one session, he tells his counselor that he is beginning to feel that "it is useless to try to
stop" and that "sometimes life is not worth living" The counselor is concerned that Joe could be
suicidal. The counselor should: ✔Correct Answer-assess Joe's potential for suicide by asking him
about his intent, and evaluating high risk factors.
If the orientation process is neglected or incomplete a client may: ✔Correct Answer-have incorrect
infomation and unanswered questions about the program.
________ is one of case management's hall mark characteristics. ✔Correct Answer-Advocacy
When language is a barrier what is a way to overcome this ✔Correct Answer-employing an
interpreter
The first contact that a potential client would have with an agency would likely be for the purpose of
✔Correct Answer-screening
The MOST SIGNIFICANT barrier to effective treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse for single
parents is lack of ✔Correct Answer-child care services