LCDC Exam with Correct Answers

Define Simplifying - Involves the reflection and restatement of what the client said. It removes confusion, avoids intellectualizations, and convoluted explanations, and can help the client stay focused on concerns, feelings, and problems in the here and now. Define Attending - Refers to ways in which the clinician demonstrates that she/he is listening to the client through the use of cues Define Probing - Involves asking open-ended questions to clarify information and to help the client toward a new understand. Define Re-framing - Consists of offering a different perspective on a situation the client is facing. Define Exploring Alternatives - Working with the client to examine various options Define Self-disclosure - When the clinician shares something about him/herself for the benefit of the client. Define Confrontation - Involves the use of a statement or question to raise some discrepancy within the client Define Immediacy - Consists of dealing openly with issues that are present in the clinical relationship. Name the Routes of Administration for Substances - Oral, Injection, Inhalation, Transdermal, Buccal Administration (mucous membranes in the mouth), Rectum The Controlled Substances Act created how many Schedules of drugs? - 5 Schedules (I through V) Describe Schedule I Drugs - Any drug included here has a high level of abuse/dependence. Also, there is no accepted medical use. (Examples: Heroin, LSD and Marijuana) Describe Schedule II Drugs - These drugs are essentially similar to those in Schedule I. There is evidence of the potential for abuse/dependence. The distinguishing feature in Schedule II is that there is accepted medical use. There are restrictions on manufacture and distribution via production quotas and import/export controls. Prescriptions are non-refillable. (Examples: Methadone, Morphine, Methamphetamine, Ritalin, Adderall and Cocaine)