MENTAL HEALTH PRN 1562 EXAM 1
PREP 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Contingency Contracting - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS a contract is
drawn up among all parties involved. The desired behavior change and specified reinforcers for
performing this behavior are stated explicitly in writing
Covert sensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of aversion
therapy that relies on the individual's imagined unpleasant symptoms or negative
consequences
Extinction - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is the gradual decrease in
frequency or disappearance of a response when the positive reinforcement is withheld
Flooding - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS sometimes called implosive
therapy, is also used to desensitize individuals to phobic stimuli (believed to work faster)
Modeling - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS following the action of
another in hopes of imitating those skills admired
Overt Sensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of aversion
therapy that produces unpleasant consequences for undesirable behavior. For example,
disulfiram (Antabuse) is a drug given to individuals who wish to stop drinking alcohol
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, Premack - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS principle is applied by allowing
R1 to occur only after R2 has been performed.
Reciprocal Inhibition - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS decreases or
eliminates a behavior by introducing a more adaptive behavior, but one that is incompatible
with the unacceptable behavior
Shaping - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS the behavior of another,
reinforcements are given for increasingly closer approximations to the desired response
Systematic desensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a
technique for assisting individuals to overcome their fear of a phobic stimulus.
Time Out - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is an aversive stimulus or
punishment during which the client is removed from the environment where the unacceptable
behavior is being exhibited
Token economy - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of contingency
contracting in which the reinforcers for desired behaviors are presented in the form of tokens
"Acamprosate
Alcohol Abuse Medications" - ANS Diminishes alcohol cravings. Monitor BUN, creatine and
creatinine clearance.
Acohol withdrawal __________________ is considered a medical emergency and can result in
death even if treated - ANS delirium (or delirium tremens [DTs])
"Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Signs and Symptoms" - ANS "Nightmares
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Night terrors
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, Hallucinations
Intrusive traumatic thoughts and memories
Flashbacks
Avoidance of behaviors from possible triggers
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Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) - ANS "• Autonomic: Elevated blood pressure (BP),
pulse, temperature, diaphoresis, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea
• Motor: hand tremor, tremulousness, hyperreflexia, dysarthria, ataxia, seizures
• Awareness: agitation, irritability, insomnia, disorientation, delirium
• Psychiatric: anxiety, hallucinations, illusions, paranoia and delusions, disinhibition,
combativeness"
Define: ALTRUISM - ANS the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a
desire to help, not because you feel obligated to out of duty, loyalty, or religious reasons
Assessment/Physical findings for long-term alcohol use include: - ANS "Nervous system:
- Peripheral neuropathy can cause tingling or numbness in the hands and feet.
- Other neurological complications include: Lack of vitamin B- thiamine
- Wernicke's syndrome: Encephalopathy, uncoordinated muscle movement, and eye muscle
weakness
- Korsakoff's syndrome: Amnesia
- Nystagmus: Involuntary rapid eye movement
Eye problems: Weakness and paralysis of eye muscles
Bone damage: Osteoporosis, increased risk of fractures, and low platelet count
Liver disease: Cirrhosis, which can cause reduced synthetic liver function and portal
hypertension
Other: Slurred speech, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss or gain, and watery eyes; "
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PREP 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Contingency Contracting - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS a contract is
drawn up among all parties involved. The desired behavior change and specified reinforcers for
performing this behavior are stated explicitly in writing
Covert sensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of aversion
therapy that relies on the individual's imagined unpleasant symptoms or negative
consequences
Extinction - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is the gradual decrease in
frequency or disappearance of a response when the positive reinforcement is withheld
Flooding - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS sometimes called implosive
therapy, is also used to desensitize individuals to phobic stimuli (believed to work faster)
Modeling - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS following the action of
another in hopes of imitating those skills admired
Overt Sensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of aversion
therapy that produces unpleasant consequences for undesirable behavior. For example,
disulfiram (Antabuse) is a drug given to individuals who wish to stop drinking alcohol
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, Premack - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS principle is applied by allowing
R1 to occur only after R2 has been performed.
Reciprocal Inhibition - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS decreases or
eliminates a behavior by introducing a more adaptive behavior, but one that is incompatible
with the unacceptable behavior
Shaping - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS the behavior of another,
reinforcements are given for increasingly closer approximations to the desired response
Systematic desensitization - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a
technique for assisting individuals to overcome their fear of a phobic stimulus.
Time Out - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is an aversive stimulus or
punishment during which the client is removed from the environment where the unacceptable
behavior is being exhibited
Token economy - Techniques for Modifying a Client's Behavior - ANS is a type of contingency
contracting in which the reinforcers for desired behaviors are presented in the form of tokens
"Acamprosate
Alcohol Abuse Medications" - ANS Diminishes alcohol cravings. Monitor BUN, creatine and
creatinine clearance.
Acohol withdrawal __________________ is considered a medical emergency and can result in
death even if treated - ANS delirium (or delirium tremens [DTs])
"Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Signs and Symptoms" - ANS "Nightmares
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Night terrors
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, Hallucinations
Intrusive traumatic thoughts and memories
Flashbacks
Avoidance of behaviors from possible triggers
"
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) - ANS "• Autonomic: Elevated blood pressure (BP),
pulse, temperature, diaphoresis, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea
• Motor: hand tremor, tremulousness, hyperreflexia, dysarthria, ataxia, seizures
• Awareness: agitation, irritability, insomnia, disorientation, delirium
• Psychiatric: anxiety, hallucinations, illusions, paranoia and delusions, disinhibition,
combativeness"
Define: ALTRUISM - ANS the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a
desire to help, not because you feel obligated to out of duty, loyalty, or religious reasons
Assessment/Physical findings for long-term alcohol use include: - ANS "Nervous system:
- Peripheral neuropathy can cause tingling or numbness in the hands and feet.
- Other neurological complications include: Lack of vitamin B- thiamine
- Wernicke's syndrome: Encephalopathy, uncoordinated muscle movement, and eye muscle
weakness
- Korsakoff's syndrome: Amnesia
- Nystagmus: Involuntary rapid eye movement
Eye problems: Weakness and paralysis of eye muscles
Bone damage: Osteoporosis, increased risk of fractures, and low platelet count
Liver disease: Cirrhosis, which can cause reduced synthetic liver function and portal
hypertension
Other: Slurred speech, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss or gain, and watery eyes; "
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