LCAS NC ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Antabuse (disulfiram) - ✔✔An antidipsotropic drug which creates an adverse
physical reaction when the person consumes the substance of abuse. This drug is used
to treat alcohol addiction to prevent relapse.
✔✔Naloxone - ✔✔NARCAN. Sold under the brandname Narcan among others, is a
medication used to block the effects of opioids, especially in overdose.
✔✔Naltrexone - ✔✔Revia, Vivitrol. Opioid Antagonist which blocks effects of opioids. It
helps a client deal with alcohol cravings by blocking the chemical responses that make
alcohol rewarding.
✔✔Behavior Modificatoin - ✔✔Increases rewards for positive, pro-social behaviors.
Unpleasant responses or rewards withheld for negative or anti-social behavior may help
to extinguish unwanted behavior.
✔✔Aversive Conditioning - ✔✔Providing negative rewards to extinguish unwanted
behavior
✔✔Screening - ✔✔The process by which a client is determined appropriate and eligible
for admission to a particular program. Generally determined by the focus, target pop,
and funding requirements of the program/agency. This process may include collection
of client's age, sex, place of residence, legal status, veteran status, income level and
referral source. Diagnostic criteria may be utilized. Eligibility is influences by agency's
environment and treatment modality. Presenting problem will be collected along with
previous treatments, outside supports, and stage of change. Rapport will begin to be
established.
✔✔Intake - ✔✔The administrative and initial prodedures for admission to a program
including completion of required documentation, intake sheet, appropriate releases,
collection of financial data, signing consent for treatment, etc.
, ✔✔Orientation - ✔✔Describing to the client the nature and goals of the program, any
rules governing client conduct, hours of services, schedule, treatment costs if any, client
rights. Any questions, concerns or fears client has about treatment can be discussed.
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔The procedure by which a counselor or program identifies and
evaluates an individual's strengths, weaknesses, problems, and needs for the
development of a treatment plan. This process should be multidisciplinary and ongoing.
It should include psychological, physiological, behavioral, family, economic,
environmental, sociological, interpersonal, and addiction information. Collection of a
verbal history and establishment of rapport for diagnosis and treatment planning.
✔✔Group Counseling - ✔✔The central factor in making this treatment modality effective
is denial. Peer support and peer pressure can be effective in breaking through denial.
✔✔Denial - ✔✔the one therapeutic factor with the most profound effect in eliminating
______ is universality - recognizing that he or she is not alone. This helps to eliminate
the isolation and possible demoralization that the person could be feeling.
✔✔Yalom's 12 factors that help group members to change. - ✔✔Instillation of Hope;
Universality; Imparting information; Altruism; Corrective recapitulation of one's family
(learning healthier ways to behave); Development of socializing techniques; Imitative
behavior; Interpersonal Learning; Noticing new Interpersonal Skills; Group
cohesiveness; Catharsis; Existential factors.
✔✔Stages of group development - ✔✔p. 308
✔✔Treatment Planning - ✔✔Based on the assessment; The process by which the
counselor and client identify and prioritize problems, establish agreed upon immediate
and long-term goals, and decide on treatment methods and resources to be used.
✔✔Psychology - ✔✔the study of people - understanding why they think, feel and
behave as they do.
✔✔Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Sigmund Freud is the founder of this
theory, including Id (impulses), Ego (reasoning), and Super Ego (conscience). By the
time a child is five, their personality is already formed. The rest of life is acting out
unresolved conflicts.
✔✔Ego Defenses - ✔✔Repression, Projection, Displacement, Reaction formation,
Regression, Rationalization, Intellectualization.
✔✔Client-Centered Therapy - ✔✔Carl Rogers is the founder. Goal of therapy is self
healing through self-discovery and self-acceptance. Techniques of treatment include
Genuineness, Empathy, Unconditional positive regard
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Antabuse (disulfiram) - ✔✔An antidipsotropic drug which creates an adverse
physical reaction when the person consumes the substance of abuse. This drug is used
to treat alcohol addiction to prevent relapse.
✔✔Naloxone - ✔✔NARCAN. Sold under the brandname Narcan among others, is a
medication used to block the effects of opioids, especially in overdose.
✔✔Naltrexone - ✔✔Revia, Vivitrol. Opioid Antagonist which blocks effects of opioids. It
helps a client deal with alcohol cravings by blocking the chemical responses that make
alcohol rewarding.
✔✔Behavior Modificatoin - ✔✔Increases rewards for positive, pro-social behaviors.
Unpleasant responses or rewards withheld for negative or anti-social behavior may help
to extinguish unwanted behavior.
✔✔Aversive Conditioning - ✔✔Providing negative rewards to extinguish unwanted
behavior
✔✔Screening - ✔✔The process by which a client is determined appropriate and eligible
for admission to a particular program. Generally determined by the focus, target pop,
and funding requirements of the program/agency. This process may include collection
of client's age, sex, place of residence, legal status, veteran status, income level and
referral source. Diagnostic criteria may be utilized. Eligibility is influences by agency's
environment and treatment modality. Presenting problem will be collected along with
previous treatments, outside supports, and stage of change. Rapport will begin to be
established.
✔✔Intake - ✔✔The administrative and initial prodedures for admission to a program
including completion of required documentation, intake sheet, appropriate releases,
collection of financial data, signing consent for treatment, etc.
, ✔✔Orientation - ✔✔Describing to the client the nature and goals of the program, any
rules governing client conduct, hours of services, schedule, treatment costs if any, client
rights. Any questions, concerns or fears client has about treatment can be discussed.
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔The procedure by which a counselor or program identifies and
evaluates an individual's strengths, weaknesses, problems, and needs for the
development of a treatment plan. This process should be multidisciplinary and ongoing.
It should include psychological, physiological, behavioral, family, economic,
environmental, sociological, interpersonal, and addiction information. Collection of a
verbal history and establishment of rapport for diagnosis and treatment planning.
✔✔Group Counseling - ✔✔The central factor in making this treatment modality effective
is denial. Peer support and peer pressure can be effective in breaking through denial.
✔✔Denial - ✔✔the one therapeutic factor with the most profound effect in eliminating
______ is universality - recognizing that he or she is not alone. This helps to eliminate
the isolation and possible demoralization that the person could be feeling.
✔✔Yalom's 12 factors that help group members to change. - ✔✔Instillation of Hope;
Universality; Imparting information; Altruism; Corrective recapitulation of one's family
(learning healthier ways to behave); Development of socializing techniques; Imitative
behavior; Interpersonal Learning; Noticing new Interpersonal Skills; Group
cohesiveness; Catharsis; Existential factors.
✔✔Stages of group development - ✔✔p. 308
✔✔Treatment Planning - ✔✔Based on the assessment; The process by which the
counselor and client identify and prioritize problems, establish agreed upon immediate
and long-term goals, and decide on treatment methods and resources to be used.
✔✔Psychology - ✔✔the study of people - understanding why they think, feel and
behave as they do.
✔✔Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Sigmund Freud is the founder of this
theory, including Id (impulses), Ego (reasoning), and Super Ego (conscience). By the
time a child is five, their personality is already formed. The rest of life is acting out
unresolved conflicts.
✔✔Ego Defenses - ✔✔Repression, Projection, Displacement, Reaction formation,
Regression, Rationalization, Intellectualization.
✔✔Client-Centered Therapy - ✔✔Carl Rogers is the founder. Goal of therapy is self
healing through self-discovery and self-acceptance. Techniques of treatment include
Genuineness, Empathy, Unconditional positive regard
