MFT National Exam - Green Book Cards
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder -
correct answer ✅involves a recurrent pattern of an angry/irritable
mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, or vindictiveness as
evidenced by at least four characteristic symptoms that are
exhibited during interactions with at least one person who is not a
sibling -
e.g., often loses temper; often argues with authority figures; often
actively refuses to comply with requests from authority figures or
with rules; often blames others for his/her mistakes.
Symptoms have persisted for at least six months and have caused
distress for the individual or others in his/her immediate social
environment.
Separation Anxiety Disorder -
correct answer ✅involves developmentally inappropriate and
excessive fear or anxiety related to separation from home or
attachment figures as evidenced by at least three symptoms -
1. Recurrent excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing
separation from home or major attachment figures;
2. Persistent excessive fear of being alone;
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3. Repeated complaints of physical symptoms when separation
from an attachment figure occurs or is anticipated.
The disturbance must last at least four weeks in children and
adolescents or at least six months in adults and must cause
clinically significant distress or impaired functioning.
Acculturation -
correct answer ✅Refers to the extent to which an individual from
one cultural group has adopted the beliefs, attitudes, values, and
other characteristics of another cultural group
and can be conceptualized in terms of four categories: integrated,
assimilated, separate, and marginalized.
Enuresis -
correct answer ✅involves repeated voiding of urine into the bed
or clothes at least twice a week for three or more consecutive
months.
Urination is usually involuntary but can be intentional and is not
due to substance use or a medical condition.
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Enuresis is diagnosed only when the individual is at least five years
old or the equivalent developmental level.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a persistent preoccupation
with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal
control that severely limits the individual's flexibility, openness, and
efficiency.
At least four characteristic symptoms must be present - e.g.,
exhibits perfectionism that interferes with task completion; is
excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of
leisure activities and friendships; is reluctant to delegate work to
others unless they are willing to do it his/her way; adopts a miserly
spending style toward self and others.
Avoidant Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social
inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative
evaluation, as indicated by at least four characteristic symptoms -
1. avoids work activities involving interpersonal contact due to a
fear of criticism,
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2. rejection, or disapproval;
3. is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being
liked;
4. is preoccupied with concerns about being criticized or rejected;
5. views self as socially inept, inferior, or unappealing to others.
Malingering -
correct answer ✅is included in the DSM-5 with Other Conditions
that May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention.
It involves the intentional production, faking, or gross exaggeration
of physical or psychological symptoms in order to obtain an
external reward (e.g., to avoid criminal prosecution or obtain
financial compensation).
Antisocial Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others that has occurred since age 15 and
involves at least three characteristic symptoms - e.g.,
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful
behavior;
Exam Questions And Answers
Oppositional Defiant Disorder -
correct answer ✅involves a recurrent pattern of an angry/irritable
mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, or vindictiveness as
evidenced by at least four characteristic symptoms that are
exhibited during interactions with at least one person who is not a
sibling -
e.g., often loses temper; often argues with authority figures; often
actively refuses to comply with requests from authority figures or
with rules; often blames others for his/her mistakes.
Symptoms have persisted for at least six months and have caused
distress for the individual or others in his/her immediate social
environment.
Separation Anxiety Disorder -
correct answer ✅involves developmentally inappropriate and
excessive fear or anxiety related to separation from home or
attachment figures as evidenced by at least three symptoms -
1. Recurrent excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing
separation from home or major attachment figures;
2. Persistent excessive fear of being alone;
,MFT National Exam - Green Book Cards
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3. Repeated complaints of physical symptoms when separation
from an attachment figure occurs or is anticipated.
The disturbance must last at least four weeks in children and
adolescents or at least six months in adults and must cause
clinically significant distress or impaired functioning.
Acculturation -
correct answer ✅Refers to the extent to which an individual from
one cultural group has adopted the beliefs, attitudes, values, and
other characteristics of another cultural group
and can be conceptualized in terms of four categories: integrated,
assimilated, separate, and marginalized.
Enuresis -
correct answer ✅involves repeated voiding of urine into the bed
or clothes at least twice a week for three or more consecutive
months.
Urination is usually involuntary but can be intentional and is not
due to substance use or a medical condition.
,MFT National Exam - Green Book Cards
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Enuresis is diagnosed only when the individual is at least five years
old or the equivalent developmental level.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a persistent preoccupation
with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal
control that severely limits the individual's flexibility, openness, and
efficiency.
At least four characteristic symptoms must be present - e.g.,
exhibits perfectionism that interferes with task completion; is
excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of
leisure activities and friendships; is reluctant to delegate work to
others unless they are willing to do it his/her way; adopts a miserly
spending style toward self and others.
Avoidant Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social
inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative
evaluation, as indicated by at least four characteristic symptoms -
1. avoids work activities involving interpersonal contact due to a
fear of criticism,
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2. rejection, or disapproval;
3. is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being
liked;
4. is preoccupied with concerns about being criticized or rejected;
5. views self as socially inept, inferior, or unappealing to others.
Malingering -
correct answer ✅is included in the DSM-5 with Other Conditions
that May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention.
It involves the intentional production, faking, or gross exaggeration
of physical or psychological symptoms in order to obtain an
external reward (e.g., to avoid criminal prosecution or obtain
financial compensation).
Antisocial Personality Disorder -
correct answer ✅is characterized by a pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others that has occurred since age 15 and
involves at least three characteristic symptoms - e.g.,
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful
behavior;
