NCMHCE ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Activity across cultures
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- derived from cultural values, and is a response to a
dilemma that necessitates an action of some kind
*1. Doing Activity* = Western; response is to do something to alleviate the problem
*2. Being Activity* = Hispanic; wait to see what happens next
*3. Being-in-Becoming Activity* = Native Americans; deliberating in a controlled manner
before commencing action in a calm and regulated matter
✔✔MIQ
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
- 20 values for work satisfaction including aesthetics, activity, variety, moral values, and
independence
✔✔life values inventory
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Crace & Brown, 1996
- Five life spectra:
> work > leisure >spirituality >citizen > relationships to significant others
- career planning can't be made w/o regard to all spectra
✔✔O*NET
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔Occupational Information Network compiled by the
United States Department of Labor
✔✔Aging Process
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- elderly are becoming a large part of the population as
advancements in health care increase longevity
- Mental health problems:
> adjustment > physical disability > financial problems > *loss* > anxiety > brain
disorders
- suicide rates are highest
, - stigma prevents elderly from receiving mental health services
> belief that they should handle problems on their own
> keep quiet about private issues
- Biases Associated W/Treating Geriatric Pops:
> disturbing thoughts of impending death or death of their parents
> view treatment of a dying population as a waste of time and have poor treatment
outcome
> see elderly as noncompliant and unwilling
✔✔Substance Abuse
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Naltrexone helps after a rapid detox which can be
lethal
- 45-80% of patients relapse within 6 months
- *5 Stage Progression of Substance Use*
1. Patient is abstinent or involved in self-denial of use
2. Experimental use
3. Social use --> counseling involves educational group to develop coping skills
relationship skills w/peers
4. Abuse that is detrimental to safety, relationships, education/work functions, legal
problems
5. Chemical dependency with withdrawal and tolerance symptoms; increased risk for
overdose
✔✔Psychological Theories related to substance use
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔1. Psychodynamic = drug addict is dealing with
negative feelings about botched relationships
2. Social Learning Theory = inner values and behaviors
3. Bx Theory = classical and operant conditioning
4. Disease Model = alcoholism is chronic and requires treatment; may be genetic
✔✔Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- 1971
- 22 Y/N questions
- *Scores*
> 0-3 = no problem
> 4 = early to middle problem drinkers
> 5+ = problem drinkers
✔✔Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)
(Therapeutic Relationship) - ✔✔adapted from MAST, in the past 12 months; self-report
instrument is used to detect abuse of or dependence on drugs other than alcohol
✔✔Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3
(Therapeutic Relationship) - ✔✔- 1988
- produces profiles for covert uses
✔✔Activity across cultures
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- derived from cultural values, and is a response to a
dilemma that necessitates an action of some kind
*1. Doing Activity* = Western; response is to do something to alleviate the problem
*2. Being Activity* = Hispanic; wait to see what happens next
*3. Being-in-Becoming Activity* = Native Americans; deliberating in a controlled manner
before commencing action in a calm and regulated matter
✔✔MIQ
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
- 20 values for work satisfaction including aesthetics, activity, variety, moral values, and
independence
✔✔life values inventory
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Crace & Brown, 1996
- Five life spectra:
> work > leisure >spirituality >citizen > relationships to significant others
- career planning can't be made w/o regard to all spectra
✔✔O*NET
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔Occupational Information Network compiled by the
United States Department of Labor
✔✔Aging Process
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- elderly are becoming a large part of the population as
advancements in health care increase longevity
- Mental health problems:
> adjustment > physical disability > financial problems > *loss* > anxiety > brain
disorders
- suicide rates are highest
, - stigma prevents elderly from receiving mental health services
> belief that they should handle problems on their own
> keep quiet about private issues
- Biases Associated W/Treating Geriatric Pops:
> disturbing thoughts of impending death or death of their parents
> view treatment of a dying population as a waste of time and have poor treatment
outcome
> see elderly as noncompliant and unwilling
✔✔Substance Abuse
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- Naltrexone helps after a rapid detox which can be
lethal
- 45-80% of patients relapse within 6 months
- *5 Stage Progression of Substance Use*
1. Patient is abstinent or involved in self-denial of use
2. Experimental use
3. Social use --> counseling involves educational group to develop coping skills
relationship skills w/peers
4. Abuse that is detrimental to safety, relationships, education/work functions, legal
problems
5. Chemical dependency with withdrawal and tolerance symptoms; increased risk for
overdose
✔✔Psychological Theories related to substance use
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔1. Psychodynamic = drug addict is dealing with
negative feelings about botched relationships
2. Social Learning Theory = inner values and behaviors
3. Bx Theory = classical and operant conditioning
4. Disease Model = alcoholism is chronic and requires treatment; may be genetic
✔✔Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)
(Therapeutic Relationships) - ✔✔- 1971
- 22 Y/N questions
- *Scores*
> 0-3 = no problem
> 4 = early to middle problem drinkers
> 5+ = problem drinkers
✔✔Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)
(Therapeutic Relationship) - ✔✔adapted from MAST, in the past 12 months; self-report
instrument is used to detect abuse of or dependence on drugs other than alcohol
✔✔Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3
(Therapeutic Relationship) - ✔✔- 1988
- produces profiles for covert uses
