LCSW EXAM Questions and answers, Accurate. Verified grade A+

LCSW EXAM Questions and answers, Accurate. Verified grade A+ Formative Evaluation Model - -Process of the development and implementation of program Summative Evaluation Model - -Highlight results of the program; provides evidence that the program's outcomes are consistent with its goals. Most RELIABLE form of MH program evaluation? - -schedules and rating sheets prepared by clinicians Lisinoprol and Atenolol is designed to lower______ _______ and can decrease ____________ ___________ and ________________. - -blood pressure, physical energy, libido What characteristic is not usually found in alcoholic families? - -Enmeshment between parents Self-Concept - -When SW asks client how they think others view them All that is needed for a protective service report is suspicion. TRUE or FALSE - -True Factitious Disorder - -Intentionally feigned physical or emotional disorders are used to adopt the role of a sick person "Group think" - -Classic problem with groups, reluctant to challenge each other and will find a consensus and avoid creative solutions. The DSM-5 defines an Obsession as: - -An uncontrollable, recurrent thought that causes destress Kleptomania - -Uncontrolled impulsive stealing with little purpose or guilt What are clinical interventions designed to help clients obtain and sustain insight? - -Interpretation, confrontation, affirmation and clarification systematic desensitization - -A type of behavioral program designed to gradually reduce the client's anxiety about the feared activity. In school settings, state laws specify that mandated reporters who make good faith reports are immune from damages. TRUE or FALSE. - -TRUE There is data indicating reparative therapies are effective, specifically to address sexuality. TRUE or FALSE. - -FALSE. Shaken baby syndrome - -An act by a child's caretaker that results in severe brain damage or death. Double bind communication - -Directly conflicting messages Shaping or " Successive Approximation" - -Changing behavior in a predetermined way by rewarding steps toward the behavior. Creating discomfort is a strategy used when treating... - -a passive aggressive personality Intervention = independent variable, The change being measured = dependent variable . TRUE or FALSE. - -True Early Latency (ages 6-8) - -Developmental stage which children are extremely concerned with absolutes. Resistance - -Client's defenses against experiencing painful thoughts or feelings in treatment. Universalizing - -Normalizing by saying that many people in such a situation would have the same feelings. Pica - -Persistent eating nonnutritive substances Histrionic Personality Disorder - -Crave limelight, use physical appearance to be center stage, and are uncomfortable when they do not achieve this. Double Bind Communication - -Two conflicting sets of messages are sent at the same time. Behavior modification - -Client learns to behave differently to produce a new, desirable consequence or outcome. Paradoxical directive - -A technique in strategic family therapy whereby the therapist directs family members to continue their symptomatic behavior. Change occurs through defying the directive. Homeostasis - -process by which a family or subsystem, maintain their accustomed balance. Depersonalization - -The emotional experience of being detached from themselves. Partialization - -Helping clients break down problems into smaller, more manageable parts Outcome evaluation - -The process of worker and client assessing how well the client has met the objectives of their goal sandwich generation - -Group of people who are caring for both their parents and their children. matrifocal family - -family group consisting of a mother and her children, with a male only loosely attached or not present at all Nuclear family - -Mother, father and children living as a unit Blended family - -a married couple and their children from previous marriages Brain fag - -Brain tiredness or fatigue from too much school work Emotional catharsis - -encourage patient to talk about troublesome fears, feelings (venting) What Projective test measures psychotic thinking? - -The TAT and Rorschach What test measures aspects of normal personality? - -The Myers- Briggs What test measures intelligence in children?