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Purpose of client advocate
Correct Answer: Formal relationship with the employer, Involve the employer in the
patient's treatment, Promote information to employer about the patient's disease,
Educate employer on the treatment process, Help provide support for the patient in
recovery
Community education purpose
Correct Answer: Identify the major drug problems in the community
Role for local churches and religious groups
Correct Answer: Start a self-help group that meets in the facility
Counselor responsibilities
Correct Answer: Educating other agencies on effective ways to work with specific
cases relating to drugs/alcohol
Two- Stepping
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,Correct Answer: Defense that is destructive to the newly sober client in which they
help others with their alcoholism but do not concentrate on their sobriety
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism
Correct Answer: Solitary drinking, Over permissive norms of drinking, Lack of
specific drinking norms, Tolerance of drunkenness, Adverse social behaviors, Utilitarian
use of alcohol to reduce tension/anxiety, Lack of ritual/ceremonial use of alcohol,
Alcohol use separated from eating patterns
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism
Correct Answer: Alcohol use separated from family, social functions, Drinking with
strangers, Alcohol not introduced in small amounts when a child, Drinking pursued as
recreation, Drinking concentrated in young males, Culture that stresses individualism,
self-reliance and high achievement
Referring to AA/NA
Correct Answer: Have a AA/NA person meet w/them and explain how the group and
recovery can work together, Not proper to refer an atheist since it is built on a belief in
God, do not refer if it would seem to be disrespectful of clients rights and views, Make
sure the referral meets the clients personality and background
Dual Diagnosis
Correct Answer: Sometimes appear as patients sober up
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,Referral processes
Correct Answer: Identifying the needs of the client that cannot be met by the
counselor/agency and Assisting the client to utilize the support system and community
resources available
Discharge summary is needed
Correct Answer: Inpatient, aftercare, detox, half way houses, etc, Communications
from one agency to another and increases accountability, Reports and record keeping
tells the story of the client from beginning to end, No universally accepted format for
maintaining records
Reports
Correct Answer: Explains various aspects of the assessment, treatment plans, and
discharge to parties who need such information to enhance the care of the client
Documents patient can sign
Correct Answer: Consent for treatment, Public aid, DASA, statistics, Treatment
plans, Release of information, To acquire medical attention, Education/prevention,
Client education, Crisis intervention
Patient has a right to
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, Correct Answer: Treatment costs they are liable for, When treatment services are
available, Types of counseling approaches used, Opportunity to complain to appropriate
staff
Client files
Correct Answer: Only the clinical supervisor has unrestricted access to client's files
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Alpha
Correct Answer: Psychological dependence, no loss of control, reliance on alcohol to
weather problems
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Beta
Correct Answer: Psychological dependence, physical problems (cirrhosis) but no
physical dependence
Physiological dependence for alcohol - Gamma
Correct Answer: Change in tolerance, physical withdrawal, loss of control. Use for
Jellinek Chart with 4 stages
Physiological dependence for alcohol - Delta
Correct Answer: Same as Gamma but no loss of control but drinks
Physiological dependence for alcohol - Epsilon
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