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Test Bank
Chapter 11
The following questions are multiple choice. Please circle the correct response
1. To best illuminate the presence of other mental health issues, the assessment should include
the following (circle all the apply):
2. The inability to experience pleasure is referred to as ____________.
3. Common medication types for treating depression include (circle all that apply):
4. According to cognitive therapists much depression comes from ______________.
5. In interpersonal therapy, the easiest type of conflict to resolve is ______________.
6. Suicidal clients move through the following three levels of increased lethality:
7. There are times a therapist may encounter a situation where there may be imminent risk of
harm to another person. This “Duty to Warn” stems from the following famous court case:
8. A key skill set for offsetting anger and aggression is ______________.
9. Personality is composed of ____________ and ____________.
10. A client with rapid changing moods and impulsive acting out, and overreaction to environmental
stimulus is most closely related to:
11. A client who is consistently challenging rules, taking littler personal responsibility for their
actions, and appears to be lacking in empathy, is most closely related to:
12. A client who demands to be treated special due to their uniqueness is most closely related to:
13. _______________ is an effective therapy for working the exaggeration of threat common with
general anxiety disorders.
14. Which of the following can cause psychosis (circle all that apply)?
15. Among the elderly, substance abuse is the ___________ ranked mental health disorder.
a. 1st
The following Questions are True or False. Circle the correct response.
1. In the event of comorbidity, the addictive disorder is generally primary. T F
The following are all short answer questions:
1. In assessing a client for violent acting out or homicidal ideation, at what point is the duty to
warn indicated?
2. Angry clients must learn how to forgive others. How is this skill related to anger?
3. You suspect a client is suicidal. What strategy you must employ to gauge their level of lethality?
4. The Antisocial personality disorder is described as a disorder of empathy. What does this mean?
5. There is a high degree of co-morbidity between addictions and other mental health disorders.
Would it be best to focus on the substance use disorder first?
Perkinson: Chemical Dependency Counseling 5th EditionInstructor Resources