MFT Clinical Exam Complete Practice Test 2024.

MFT Clinical Exam Complete Practice Test 2024. Systemic bias - correct answer Involves bias information processing in which a person selectively attends to one aspect of reality while discounting other aspects Facticious disorder - correct answer Characterized by the voluntary production of physical or psychological symptoms, the abscense of external incentives, and the compulsive psychological need to assume the "patient role" Family life cycles - correct answer Between families: children learn to individuate from their family and begin independent life of their own. Behavioral interventions of CBT - correct answer Diversion techniques, scheduled techniques, graded tasks and assignments Fetal abuse - correct answer Is optional under the mandated reporting laws Domestic violence - correct answer Jealousy, impulsivity, and poor social skills contribute to DV Section 56.10 of civil code - correct answer Therapist may confer with another mental health provider without patient authorization for the purpose of providing that patient with the highest level of care Changes in office setting - correct answer Point it out and inform clt of its use. This reduces the imagined purpose of change Acute stress disorder - correct answer Symptoms last longer than 4 weeks Structural Therapy: Early Stage - correct answer Identify where famillies boundaries are to then identify interventions and goals Coping with divorce - correct answer Anger, self-pity, and disillusionment are common reactions Elder/Dependent adult abuse reporting law - correct answer Optional category: mental suffering (fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression brought on by threats, harrasment or intimidating bx) are not mandated. Structural therapy: middle stage goal - correct answer Changing the subsystem of the family could be achieved by "marking boundaries" (directing family to move where they are sitting).