SAMHSA UPDATED TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Disorder - ✔✔an affliction that affects the functions of the mind and/or body,
disturbing physical
and/or mental health.
✔✔Duty to warn - ✔✔the legal obligation of a counselor (healthcare provider) to notify
the
appropriate authorities as defined by statute and/or the potential victim when there is
serious
danger of a client's inflicting injury on an identified individual.
✔✔Efficacy - ✔✔the power to produce a desired effect.
✔✔Elements - ✔✔specific, definable areas found in three of the practice dimensions
(clinical
evaluation, service coordination, and counseling).
✔✔Empirical - ✔✔relying on observation or experience rather than theoretical principles
or theory.
✔✔Engagement - ✔✔a client's commitment to and maintenance of treatment in all of its
forms.
A successful engagement program helps clients view the treatment facility as an
important
resource.
✔✔Epidemiology - ✔✔the study of the incidence, distribution, and consequences of a
particular
problem in one or more populations.
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔the study of origins (what causes a disorder).
✔✔Extrinsic motivator - ✔✔a rationale for changing substance use that comes from
outside the
client. Examples include threat of losing a job, legal charges, or a spouse/significant
other
ending a relationship.
✔✔Harmful use - ✔✔patterns of alcohol or drug use for non-medical reasons that result
in negative health consequences and some degree of impairment in social,
psychological, and occupational functioning for the user.
, ✔✔Helping strategy - ✔✔an activity employed by the counselor to help the client
accomplish his or
her therapeutic goals.
✔✔Hepatitis C - ✔✔a viral disease of the liver that is a major cause of liver damage and
cirrhosis
✔✔Incidence - ✔✔the number of new cases of a disorder that occur in a population
during a specific
period.
✔✔Indicated preventive interventions - ✔✔strategies designed for persons who are
identified as
having minimal but detectable signs or symptoms or precursors of some illness or
condition,
but whose condition is below the threshold of a formal diagnosis of the condition.
✔✔Individualized treatment plan - ✔✔a strategy that addresses the identified substance
use
disorder(s), as well as issues related to treatment progress, including relationships with
family
and significant others, employment, education, spirituality, health concerns, and legal
needs.
Plans are developed in collaboration with the client and significant others and tailored to
fit the
client's unique biopsychosocial strengths and needs.
✔✔Infectious - ✔✔a contagious illness or disease transmitted by direct or indirect
contact.
✔✔Initiation - ✔✔the individual's introduction to and onset of alcohol or drug use.
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔the specific treatment strategies, therapies, or techniques that are
used to treat one or more disorders
✔✔Intoxication - ✔✔an altered physical and mental state resulting from the overuse of
alcoholor drugs
✔✔Intrinsic motivator - ✔✔an individual's internal reason for changing substance use
behaviors,
such as poor health or low self-esteem, resulting from his or her substance use
✔✔Life skills training - ✔✔activities that include development of job, vocational, life
(budgeting,
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Disorder - ✔✔an affliction that affects the functions of the mind and/or body,
disturbing physical
and/or mental health.
✔✔Duty to warn - ✔✔the legal obligation of a counselor (healthcare provider) to notify
the
appropriate authorities as defined by statute and/or the potential victim when there is
serious
danger of a client's inflicting injury on an identified individual.
✔✔Efficacy - ✔✔the power to produce a desired effect.
✔✔Elements - ✔✔specific, definable areas found in three of the practice dimensions
(clinical
evaluation, service coordination, and counseling).
✔✔Empirical - ✔✔relying on observation or experience rather than theoretical principles
or theory.
✔✔Engagement - ✔✔a client's commitment to and maintenance of treatment in all of its
forms.
A successful engagement program helps clients view the treatment facility as an
important
resource.
✔✔Epidemiology - ✔✔the study of the incidence, distribution, and consequences of a
particular
problem in one or more populations.
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔the study of origins (what causes a disorder).
✔✔Extrinsic motivator - ✔✔a rationale for changing substance use that comes from
outside the
client. Examples include threat of losing a job, legal charges, or a spouse/significant
other
ending a relationship.
✔✔Harmful use - ✔✔patterns of alcohol or drug use for non-medical reasons that result
in negative health consequences and some degree of impairment in social,
psychological, and occupational functioning for the user.
, ✔✔Helping strategy - ✔✔an activity employed by the counselor to help the client
accomplish his or
her therapeutic goals.
✔✔Hepatitis C - ✔✔a viral disease of the liver that is a major cause of liver damage and
cirrhosis
✔✔Incidence - ✔✔the number of new cases of a disorder that occur in a population
during a specific
period.
✔✔Indicated preventive interventions - ✔✔strategies designed for persons who are
identified as
having minimal but detectable signs or symptoms or precursors of some illness or
condition,
but whose condition is below the threshold of a formal diagnosis of the condition.
✔✔Individualized treatment plan - ✔✔a strategy that addresses the identified substance
use
disorder(s), as well as issues related to treatment progress, including relationships with
family
and significant others, employment, education, spirituality, health concerns, and legal
needs.
Plans are developed in collaboration with the client and significant others and tailored to
fit the
client's unique biopsychosocial strengths and needs.
✔✔Infectious - ✔✔a contagious illness or disease transmitted by direct or indirect
contact.
✔✔Initiation - ✔✔the individual's introduction to and onset of alcohol or drug use.
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔the specific treatment strategies, therapies, or techniques that are
used to treat one or more disorders
✔✔Intoxication - ✔✔an altered physical and mental state resulting from the overuse of
alcoholor drugs
✔✔Intrinsic motivator - ✔✔an individual's internal reason for changing substance use
behaviors,
such as poor health or low self-esteem, resulting from his or her substance use
✔✔Life skills training - ✔✔activities that include development of job, vocational, life
(budgeting,
