Behavioral Health Technician Practice
The provider must be aware of physical signs and symptoms of
depression because these are often the first, sometimes overlooked
signs of the disorder. Physical signs and symptoms of depression
include: - ✔ ✔ Abdominal Pain
One of the major goals of therapy for adolescents with chemical
dependency is: - ✔ ✔ Replacing the use of chemicals with effective
coping skills
Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in: - ✔
✔ Childhood
A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets home after
midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next
morning and loses all her matches. She blames the line judge for her
loss, rather than her poor play. Which coping mechanism best describes
her response to losing the match? - ✔ ✔ Rationalization
Children who do not fully develop the ability to respond and
communicate their needs and therefore sometimes remain dependent
upon others throughout their lives are most accurately described as
having: - ✔ ✔ Autism
Culture includes common beliefs and practices in areas such as religion,
economics, diet, health, and: - ✔ ✔ Pattern of communication
What mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) most
often used to treat? - ✔ ✔ Severe depression
, Addiction to recreational drugs, such as crack, cocaine, and heroin,
combined with the use of psychotherapeutic drugs is associated with -
✔ ✔ Permanent Psychotic Disorder
A client is continually late for his appointments at the mental health
clinic. What is a likely reason for his lack of punctuality? - ✔ ✔ Time
orientation
Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient should the patient become unable to make
decisions is called: - ✔ ✔ An advance directive
A male client is seeking help in a mental health clinic for anger
management problems. He voices that he is fearful that his wife may
divorce him because of his anger problems, and he is willing to do
"whatever it takes" to control his anger. Later in the week, the client's
wife also seeks assistance because she is going to divorce her husband.
The provider who is caring for both of these client's tries to decide the
correct action to take. The provider is experiencing: - ✔ ✔ An
ethical conflict
The technician is aware that he or she may be administering the new
anti-anxiety medication pregabalin (Lyrica) to clients without an anxiety
disorder for the purpose of treating - ✔ ✔ Neuropathic Pain
Dissociative disorders most often results when an individual is
attempting to cope with: - ✔ ✔ Extreme emotional anxiety or
distress
During the provider assessment before admission to a mental health
facility, the client states that he was found to have driven his car to
The provider must be aware of physical signs and symptoms of
depression because these are often the first, sometimes overlooked
signs of the disorder. Physical signs and symptoms of depression
include: - ✔ ✔ Abdominal Pain
One of the major goals of therapy for adolescents with chemical
dependency is: - ✔ ✔ Replacing the use of chemicals with effective
coping skills
Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in: - ✔
✔ Childhood
A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets home after
midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next
morning and loses all her matches. She blames the line judge for her
loss, rather than her poor play. Which coping mechanism best describes
her response to losing the match? - ✔ ✔ Rationalization
Children who do not fully develop the ability to respond and
communicate their needs and therefore sometimes remain dependent
upon others throughout their lives are most accurately described as
having: - ✔ ✔ Autism
Culture includes common beliefs and practices in areas such as religion,
economics, diet, health, and: - ✔ ✔ Pattern of communication
What mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) most
often used to treat? - ✔ ✔ Severe depression
, Addiction to recreational drugs, such as crack, cocaine, and heroin,
combined with the use of psychotherapeutic drugs is associated with -
✔ ✔ Permanent Psychotic Disorder
A client is continually late for his appointments at the mental health
clinic. What is a likely reason for his lack of punctuality? - ✔ ✔ Time
orientation
Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient should the patient become unable to make
decisions is called: - ✔ ✔ An advance directive
A male client is seeking help in a mental health clinic for anger
management problems. He voices that he is fearful that his wife may
divorce him because of his anger problems, and he is willing to do
"whatever it takes" to control his anger. Later in the week, the client's
wife also seeks assistance because she is going to divorce her husband.
The provider who is caring for both of these client's tries to decide the
correct action to take. The provider is experiencing: - ✔ ✔ An
ethical conflict
The technician is aware that he or she may be administering the new
anti-anxiety medication pregabalin (Lyrica) to clients without an anxiety
disorder for the purpose of treating - ✔ ✔ Neuropathic Pain
Dissociative disorders most often results when an individual is
attempting to cope with: - ✔ ✔ Extreme emotional anxiety or
distress
During the provider assessment before admission to a mental health
facility, the client states that he was found to have driven his car to
