CSAC Practice EXAM 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed

CSAC Practice EXAM 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed A certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor is invited by the local college to give a speech in her area of expertise. During her presentation she refers to several of her past clients but makes sure their identities are not revealed. The counselor acted ethically A counselor is more likely to do direct education in which setting inpatient facility A counselor is seeing a client who claims to be sober. One day the client comes to a session obviously drunk. He begins to talk in an agitated fashion and is clearly upset. After a few moments the client clams down. The counselor is able to talk with him until he begins to sober up. Realizing that their counseling sessions were based on the misconception that the client was no longer drinking the counselor should reassess the clients needs and make any necessary changes in treatment A counselor is treating a 16 years old male with an alcohol addiction problem. In terms of Erickson's stages of psych social development, the patient is probably experiencing which of the following psycho social conflicts ego identity vs role confusion A counselor plans to tape record a session with a patient so that the counselor could listen to the tape, along with her supervisor, as part of the ongoing training. According to the NAADAC code of ethics, the counselors plans are ethical, as long as the patients permission to tape the session is obtained A counselor working in a treatment facility is visited by an attorney. The attorney says that he represents the ex-wife of one of the facility's patients. According to the attorney the ex wife and the patient are involved in a legal battle for custody of their child. The attorney says that his client is interested in the patients diagnosis and progress. The counselor should: give the attorney a copy of the federal regulations concerning confidentiality A counselor working in private practice learns that an old friend of his is suffering from drug abuse problems. The counselor wishes to help his friend, so he agrees to counsel the friend on a biweekly basis. The counselor does not charge his friend any money for the sessions. This arraignment is unethical- NAADAC ethical guidelines prohibit dual relationships such as the one described A counselor writes a case study of one of his clients and submits it to a professional journal. The counselors supervisor writes two paragraphs of the article and edits the entire documents. The supervisor is a well known psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of chemical dependency. The counselor lists his supervisor as the first author and himself as the second. The counselor has acted unethically the counselor should have listed himself as the first author A drug counselor is contacted by a clients medical doctor, who is interested in obtaining information about the clients progress. The client has given permission to release information. The counselor should give the doctor only the information that is requested A patient who has recently tested HIV positive tells his substance abuse counselor that he does not yet have the nerve to discuss his HIV status with his live in lover. Current legal and ethical standards suggest that the counselor should. Do not notify anyone A referral unit for substance abuse programs primarily serve the purpose of directing the client to a treatment program which: meets his needs in terms of his personality and background A somewhat disheveled middle aged housewife is referred for evaluation of depression and generalized weakness. During the interview process she volunteers