“Duty to Warn” came from:
A. the Tarasoff Case.
B. the Child abuse reporting Act of 1966.
C. the gravely disabled act of congress.
D. none of the above.
Playing down the seriousness of an addiction is called:
A. denial.
B. rationalization.
C. minimizing.
D. displacement.
The crisis-prone person usually:
A. has access to their ego to deal with stress.
B. has depleted their ego strength and operates defensively.
C. engages in problem solving behaviors under stress.
D. all of the above.
About what percentage of marriages end in divorce?
A. 25 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 75 percent
D. 66 percent
Detoxification is usually:
A. a 2-30 day period.
B. done by paraprofessionals.
C. inappropriate for heroin addicts.
D. none of the above.
OEF stands for:
A. Operation Enduring Freedom.
B. Operation Enemy Fighting.
C. Operation Enduring Fighting.
D. None of the above.
Defining a situation in a different way than the client is defining it is called:
A. educational statement.
B. empowerment statement.
C. support statement.
D. reframe.
Military culture tends to view the use of mental health services as a sign of:
A. honor.
B. intelligence.
C. weakness.
D. loyalty.
Clients suffering from PTSD may benefit from:
A. EMDR.
B. group therapy.
C. medication.
D. all of the above.
Caplan believed that all of the following are characteristics of effective coping behavior
EXCEPT:
A. actively exploring reality issues.
B. trusting in oneself.
C. freely expressing feelings.
D. none of the above.
Which of the following might be a cause of TBI?
A. Observing another soldier get stabbed
B. IEDs
C. Being deployed multiple times
D. None of the above
Which theoretical approach is particularly useful in dealing with developmental and
cultural crises?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Darwinism
C. Family systems theory
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
The most common methods of self-mutilative behaviors include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. cutting.
B. carving.
C. hanging.
D. biting oneself.
A major emotional cause of teen runaways is:
A. to live with friends
B. due to feelings of abandonment by parents
C. due to the glamour of the streets
D. all of the above
Many elderly struggle with issues of:
A. integrity vs. despair.
B. intimacy vs. isolation.
C. generativity vs. stagnation.
D. none of the above.
A crisis issue usually faced by both someone infected with HIV and someone with
AIDS is:
A. suicide.
B. caretaker issues.
C. disability issues.
D. none of the above.
Mexican-American families are most likely to be:
A. disengaged.
B. matriarchal.
C. enmeshed.
D. none of the above.
Which of the following is the correct order of Kubler-Ross’stages of death and dying?
A. Denial, depression, anger, acceptance, bargaining
B. Anger, bargaining, denial, acceptance, depression
C. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
D. Denial, bargaining, depression, anger, acceptance
E. None of the above
When a client is presented with choices and is encouraged to take back power, the
counselor is providing a/an:
A. educational statement.
B. empowerment statement.
C. support statement.
D. reframe.
Cyberbullying may include:
A. slapping in the face in front of other students.
B. stealing lunch money.
C. placing embarrassing photos on Facebook.
D. all of the above.
Eric Lindemann studied:
A. the reactions of Vietnam veterans.
B. the reactions of the relatives of victims in the Coconut Grove fire.
C. the reactions of the Iraqi Veterans of 2003.
D. the reactions of sexually-abused children.
Which basic attending skill is probably the most powerful tool in creating an empathic
environment?
A. Clarifying
B. Reflection
C. Summarization
D. Open-ended questions
Battered women stay because:
A. they are afraid to leave.
B. there are no resources available in the U.S.
C. society refuses to help her.
D. none of the above.
PTSD in veterans is often related to:
A. alcohol misuse.
B. increased impulse control.
C. desire to be connected with family.
D. all of the above.
A crisis worker who has unresolved feelings toward his own mother and gives advice
based on this is suffering from:
A. self-awareness.
B. dual relationship.
C. countertransference.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
Which best describes the trilogy definition of a crisis?
A. A person experiences stress, suffers a nervous breakdown, and requires
hospitalization
B. A precipitating even occurs, subjective distress is experienced, coping fails
C. An abnormal state which is caused by personality disorders, psychosis or organicity
D. Both A and B
E. None of the above
Typical warning signs of suicide include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. giving things away.
B. putting things in order.
C. vegetative depression.
D. increased drug use.
Which of the following is probably the most important development in intervening with
the disabled?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. EMDR
C. Case management
D. Person centered therapy
An enabler usually:
A. has very little mental health problems.
B. tends to need to be in control of the drug abuser.
C. is good at setting boundaries.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
Critical incident debriefing:
A. has been used to deal with community disasters.
B. does not use the coping strategies involved in crisis intervention.
C. has been used to replace crisis intervention.
D. all of the above.
Grief refers to:
A. a state involving loss.
B. the feelings of sorrow when experiencing loss.
C. the process of working through a death.
D. none of the above.
Clients who a danger to others may:
A. be delusional.
B. have impulse control problems.
C. feel controlled by outside forces.
D. all of the above.
HIV can be spread by:
A. touching.
B. hugging.
C. breathing.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
Ego strength refers to:
A. how proud and self-centered the person is.
B. the amount of energy available to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder.
C. the ability to understand the world realistically and act upon it to get one’s needs met.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
The empty nest syndrome is part of the crisis of which stage?
A. Infancy
B. Middle adult
C. Childhood
D. Toddlerhood
E. None of the above
Farberow’s work with suicide began with World War II veterans.
Crisis intervention is popular with HMO’s and managed care.
Paraprofessionals are not qualified to conduct crisis intervention sessions.
The major goal of crisis intervention is to increase the client’s functioning.
Secondary traumatization exists when a crisis worker experiences PTSD after working
with a person in crisis.
African Americans tend to develop a culturally bound syndrome known as Ataque de
Nervios.
Unemployment rates are on the rise.
Mandatory reporting laws only apply to situations where children are being abuse.
Battering is the single major cause of injury to women in the U.S.
People who are divorcing are at risk for increased alcohol use.
African Americans and Asian-Americans usually prefer to deal with counselors in a
problem solving model.
Most people will experience grief in the same way.
The original population with which Lindemann developed his crisis intervention model
was WWII veterans.
Etic issues refer to those behaviors that are particular to a specific culture or subgroup.
Emic issues refer to those behaviors that are universal to most cultures.
Situational crises often have an emergency quality to them.