COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
UPDATED EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Tension Phase (Violence). Answer: Abuser has minor episodes of
anger and may be verbally abusive and responsible for some minor
physical violence
◉ Acute Battering Phase. Answer: The tension becomes too much to
bear and serious abuse takes place
Victim may try to cover up injuries or may get help
◉ Honeymoon Phase. Answer: Abuser becomes loving, promises to
change, and is sorry for behavior
◉ Shaken Baby Syndrome findings. Answer: May cause intercranial
hemorrhage Assess for respiratory distress, bulging fontanelles,
increase in head circumference
◉ Acute Phase of rape. Answer: Occurs immediately following the
attack. Lasts for about 2 weeks and consists of initial emotional or
impact reaction
,Emotional outbursts: crying, laughing, hysteria, anger, and
incoherence
◉ Somatic Reaction of rape. Answer: Occurs later and lasts about 2
weeks
Bruising and soreness from attack
Muscle tension, headaches, sleep disturbances, GI symptoms,
genitourinary symptoms, a variety of emotional reactions:
embarrassment, guilt, revenge, anger, anxiety, fear.
◉ primary prevention. Answer: preventing mental problems.
teaching stress reduction techinques
◉ secondary prevention. Answer: early detection - screening the
community
◉ tertiary prevention. Answer: rehab and prevention of further
problems - support groups
◉ partial hospitalization. Answer: an approach in which patients
receive treatment at a hospital during the day but return home at
night. includes detox programs
,◉ assertive community treatment. Answer: aimed at helping
severely mentally ill wherever they are in the community, each
assigned a team member available any time of the day, visited twice
a week by that member. interprofessional team to reduce
rehospitializations and relapses community mental health centers.
education groups medication dispensing prgrams individual and
family counseling
◉ psychosocial rehabilitation programs. Answer: Residential
services, day programs for older adults
◉ classical psychoanalysis. Answer: therapeutic process of assessing
unconscious thoughts and feelings and resolving conflict by talking
to a psychoanalyst - focuse on eawrly life
◉ psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: therapy aimed at
uncovering the unconscious motives that underlie psychological
problems - emphasis on current state
◉ interpersonal psychotherapy. Answer: focuses on helping clients
improve current relationships and specific problems
◉ CBT. Answer: focusing on individual thoughts and behaviors
, ◉ cognitive reframing. Answer: replacing negative thoughts
◉ priority restructuring. Answer: ID what requires priority, such as
pleasurable activities
◉ journaling. Answer: ID stressors
◉ assertive training. Answer: helps clients express feelings in a
socially acceptable manner
◉ behavioral therapy. Answer: decreasing anxiety and avoidant
behavior
◉ DBT. Answer: dialectical behavior therapy for personality
disorders
◉ systematic desensitization. Answer: planned, progressive
exposure to an anxiety provoking stimuli
◉ examples of CBT. Answer: DBT
systematic desensitization
aversion therapy
meditation
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
UPDATED EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Tension Phase (Violence). Answer: Abuser has minor episodes of
anger and may be verbally abusive and responsible for some minor
physical violence
◉ Acute Battering Phase. Answer: The tension becomes too much to
bear and serious abuse takes place
Victim may try to cover up injuries or may get help
◉ Honeymoon Phase. Answer: Abuser becomes loving, promises to
change, and is sorry for behavior
◉ Shaken Baby Syndrome findings. Answer: May cause intercranial
hemorrhage Assess for respiratory distress, bulging fontanelles,
increase in head circumference
◉ Acute Phase of rape. Answer: Occurs immediately following the
attack. Lasts for about 2 weeks and consists of initial emotional or
impact reaction
,Emotional outbursts: crying, laughing, hysteria, anger, and
incoherence
◉ Somatic Reaction of rape. Answer: Occurs later and lasts about 2
weeks
Bruising and soreness from attack
Muscle tension, headaches, sleep disturbances, GI symptoms,
genitourinary symptoms, a variety of emotional reactions:
embarrassment, guilt, revenge, anger, anxiety, fear.
◉ primary prevention. Answer: preventing mental problems.
teaching stress reduction techinques
◉ secondary prevention. Answer: early detection - screening the
community
◉ tertiary prevention. Answer: rehab and prevention of further
problems - support groups
◉ partial hospitalization. Answer: an approach in which patients
receive treatment at a hospital during the day but return home at
night. includes detox programs
,◉ assertive community treatment. Answer: aimed at helping
severely mentally ill wherever they are in the community, each
assigned a team member available any time of the day, visited twice
a week by that member. interprofessional team to reduce
rehospitializations and relapses community mental health centers.
education groups medication dispensing prgrams individual and
family counseling
◉ psychosocial rehabilitation programs. Answer: Residential
services, day programs for older adults
◉ classical psychoanalysis. Answer: therapeutic process of assessing
unconscious thoughts and feelings and resolving conflict by talking
to a psychoanalyst - focuse on eawrly life
◉ psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: therapy aimed at
uncovering the unconscious motives that underlie psychological
problems - emphasis on current state
◉ interpersonal psychotherapy. Answer: focuses on helping clients
improve current relationships and specific problems
◉ CBT. Answer: focusing on individual thoughts and behaviors
, ◉ cognitive reframing. Answer: replacing negative thoughts
◉ priority restructuring. Answer: ID what requires priority, such as
pleasurable activities
◉ journaling. Answer: ID stressors
◉ assertive training. Answer: helps clients express feelings in a
socially acceptable manner
◉ behavioral therapy. Answer: decreasing anxiety and avoidant
behavior
◉ DBT. Answer: dialectical behavior therapy for personality
disorders
◉ systematic desensitization. Answer: planned, progressive
exposure to an anxiety provoking stimuli
◉ examples of CBT. Answer: DBT
systematic desensitization
aversion therapy
meditation
