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CALIFORNIA MFT EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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An Eating Disorder; recurrent episodes of binging and purging (massive eating in
private, hiding out then throwing up or laxative usage), looks normal in weight (often)
and is obsessed with maintaining weight not necessarily losing weight ; symptoms
include: bruising on hand, suspicious behavior, binging/purging, smell from skin and
mouth, lank hair, rotting teeth (eventually), puffy skin; Onset: late adolescence, more
white middle-class females, but rising in white males.


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BULIMIA NERVOSA




A family in which sources of gratification are seen as existing outside rather than
inside the family. Cenrifugal forces are forces in a family that push the members apart.


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, CENTRIFUGAL FAMILY




when verbal and nonverbal communication match, sending the same message.


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CONGRUENT COMMUNICATION




An Eating Disoder to Infancy or Early Childhood that involves repeated regurgitaiton,
rechewing of food without apparent nausea or disgust


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RUMINATION DISORDER




a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and
alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.


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DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER




A self-expression that states that self-statements should begin with the pronoun I.
Based on personal awareness.

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I RULE OR MESSAGE




the inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem
solving


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FIXATION




Technique where clients act out a problem. Used in individual and group therapy.
Used to increase self-awareness and understanding of others.


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ROLE-PLAYING




emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own
personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness


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DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER

, A personality disorder involving a pervasive pattern of indifference to interpersonal
relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression in social settings.


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SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER




A category of child abuse, which is defined as "acts or omissions committed by a
person responsible for a child that harm or threaten to harm the child's health or
welfare."


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SEVERE AND GENERAL NEGLECT




a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine
physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found. Has been traced to
two etiological mechanisms: Primary Gain (keeping an inner conflict out of
consciousness) and secondary gain (avoiding an unpleasant activity). Alleviated under
hypnosis.


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CONVERSION DISORDER




Technique in which the therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides
the patient through the steps to cope with it unassisted. Used to treat phobias.

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