LCDC (Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor)
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT
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Dellusions ......ANSWER........continued belief of something even
when proof against it....false belief based on faulty external
reality
Hallucinations ......ANSWER........sensory perception of reality
occuring without external stimuli
Illusions ......ANSWER........misperception about a real external
stimuli...rustling leafs...
,age 2 of 47
Assesment ......ANSWER........gathering info about pt in order to
make informed diagnostic impression
Active listening ......ANSWER........reflect pt emotions, counselor
remains neutral
Empathy ......ANSWER........ability to perceive pt emotions and
see their world thru their eyes
concreteness ......ANSWER........relates vague aspect to concrete
terms...helps with coping skills
paraphrasing ......ANSWER........picking out emotions and
repeating them back with added clarity...builds trust and
reduces resistance
Reflection ......ANSWER........restates content that produces
emotions, counselor stays neutral
,age 3 of 47
AUDIT ......ANSWER........world health organization, over 8
suggests harmful consumption, looks at frequency
CAGE ......ANSWER........Cutting back, annoyed, guilt, eye
opener, looks at alc dependence
DAST ......ANSWER........drug dependence other than alc...lifetime
severity
RAPS4 ......ANSWER........Remorse, amnesia, personal respon,
start day with drink...alc dependence
SASSI ......ANSWER........allows diagnosis of cohabitating
disorders...self report
TWEAK ......ANSWER........use/abuse during pregnancy
ADS ......ANSWER........Alc dependence scale...25 item, severity
of alc...is a quantitative measure
, age 4 of 47
AUI ......ANSWER........screening tool...frequency, patterns and
how use is perceived and attempts to control
CBI ......ANSWER........coping behav inventory...relapse, social
supports, attitude and avoidance
WAIS ......ANSWER........Weschler...intelligence tet
MMPI ......ANSWER........personality inventory...detects pathology
MMPI ......ANSWER........MacAndrews alc scale
Myers Briggs ......ANSWER........1-16 personality...no pathology
EMT ......ANSWER........urine tests, tests metabolites/drugs, heroin,
marij, pcp, cocaine
Beck depression ......ANSWER........21 item...depression symptoms
for 2 weeks...29-63 depression