LICSW Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
Acceptance - ✔✔the practice of recognizing the limits of
one's control, it's not giving up or excusing other's
behavior but acknowledging "what is"
Antabuse - ✔✔medication which produces highly
unpleasant side effects if the client drinks alcohol, a
form of aversion therapy
Antidepressants - ✔✔Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA's)
Monoamine Ocidase Inhibitors (MAOI's)
Second Generation Antidepressants (SSRI's)
Assimilation - ✔✔identify only with the majority culture
Atypical antipsychotics - ✔✔more effective for negative
symptoms, less extrapyramidal symptoms, lower risk
for tardive dyskinesia
,Avoidance of direct eye contact - ✔✔in some cultures, a
sign of respect
Avoidant Behavior - ✔✔c/a with avoidant disorders
timidly avoid the establishment of new interpersonal
contacts or ordinary relationship with strangers to an
extent that there is noticeable interference with
development of peer relationships and general social
functioning; c/a might have relationships at home or
with familiar people, may seek relationships in non-
threatening conditions
Axis I - ✔✔clinical syndromes
Axis II - ✔✔Personality Disorders and Mental
Retardation
Axis III - ✔✔General Medical Conditions
Axis IV - ✔✔psychosocial and environmental problems
, Axis V - ✔✔Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF),
respect to psychological, social and occupational
functioning
Beginning phase of treatment - ✔✔1. becoming
engaged with each other
2. assessing the client's situation in order to select
appropriate goals and the means of attaining them
3. planning how to employ these means
Best predictor of future suicide attempts - ✔✔history of
previous suicide attempt
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ✔✔symptoms present for less
than 1mo
C/A Depression - ✔✔behavioral and somatic symptoms
of depression are most prominent in c/a, 80% of teen
suicides are linked to depression
Acceptance - ✔✔the practice of recognizing the limits of
one's control, it's not giving up or excusing other's
behavior but acknowledging "what is"
Antabuse - ✔✔medication which produces highly
unpleasant side effects if the client drinks alcohol, a
form of aversion therapy
Antidepressants - ✔✔Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA's)
Monoamine Ocidase Inhibitors (MAOI's)
Second Generation Antidepressants (SSRI's)
Assimilation - ✔✔identify only with the majority culture
Atypical antipsychotics - ✔✔more effective for negative
symptoms, less extrapyramidal symptoms, lower risk
for tardive dyskinesia
,Avoidance of direct eye contact - ✔✔in some cultures, a
sign of respect
Avoidant Behavior - ✔✔c/a with avoidant disorders
timidly avoid the establishment of new interpersonal
contacts or ordinary relationship with strangers to an
extent that there is noticeable interference with
development of peer relationships and general social
functioning; c/a might have relationships at home or
with familiar people, may seek relationships in non-
threatening conditions
Axis I - ✔✔clinical syndromes
Axis II - ✔✔Personality Disorders and Mental
Retardation
Axis III - ✔✔General Medical Conditions
Axis IV - ✔✔psychosocial and environmental problems
, Axis V - ✔✔Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF),
respect to psychological, social and occupational
functioning
Beginning phase of treatment - ✔✔1. becoming
engaged with each other
2. assessing the client's situation in order to select
appropriate goals and the means of attaining them
3. planning how to employ these means
Best predictor of future suicide attempts - ✔✔history of
previous suicide attempt
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ✔✔symptoms present for less
than 1mo
C/A Depression - ✔✔behavioral and somatic symptoms
of depression are most prominent in c/a, 80% of teen
suicides are linked to depression
