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LCSW ASWB MASS Exam Study Guide.
Primary prevention strategy - Answer✔Strategy helping to avoid developing disease ie. Regular
exercise and good nutrition
Secondary prevention strategy - Answer✔Strategy that occurs to mitigate or slow the
progression of diagnosis ie. Low dose of aspirin for
Indicators or resistance - Answer✔Engaging in irrelevant small talk during session / limits
communication provided in treatment / stays silent
Ethical vs unethical
Social worker keeping records from client who requested their file - Answer✔Unethical- because
SW has the responsibility to give a copy of the record to the client as long as it will not cause
harm to client and if it may they should provide assistance in interpreting the file
Ethically when SW sees a colleagues impairment interferes with their ability to do their
effectively WHO do they address FIRST?! - Answer✔The colleague it maybe appropriate to
contact the director but only after the SW tells the colleague
Roll discomplementarity - Answer✔Occurs when the role expectations are not being met and
activities associated with these expectations are not carried out
Wernike's encephalopathy and Korsakiff's syndrome also known as ... - Answer✔Wet brain
Wernike's encephalopathy causes.. - Answer✔Causes permanent brain damage to lower half of
brain called thalamus/ hypothalamus
Korsakiff's syndrome results from.. - Answer✔The permanent brain damage from wernikes
encephalopathy causing psychosis
Systems theory indicates - Answer✔A change in one domain of clients life will impact others ie.
Job loss will effect more than finances
Tofranil (type of pill? Used to treat?) - Answer✔Antidepressant used to treat depressive disorder
Adderall ritalin dexadrine (type of pill? Used to treat?) - Answer✔Stimulant use to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD
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Cocaine use is indicated by - Answer✔Dilated pupils hyperactivity euphoria anxiety and
excessive talking
Heroine use indicated by - Answer✔Contracted pupils sleeping at usual times sweating vomiting
twitching and loss of appetite
Painkiller addiction is indicated bye - Answer✔Sleepiness and attention constipated and/ or loss
of appetite
Tarasoff decision - Answer✔(1974) duty to warn both the authorities and intended victims of
imminent danger
High ego strength - Answer✔Approach problems with the sense that they can overcome
problems and even grow as a result.. they try to find new ways to cope with struggles and handle
challenges without losing the sense of self
Low ego strength - Answer✔Seem to view problems as challenges and something to avoid...
reality seems overwhelming and they may try to avoid it through wishful thinking fantasies or
substance use
Personality disorders diagnosed at what age? - Answer✔21
Therapeutic advantage of injectable antipsychotics - Answer✔Med compliance/ fewer
hospitalizations and fewer symptom relapses because there are appointments a couple times a
month for administration/ Leslie Lee used for suicide
Medical necessity criteria - Answer✔Is a criteria used to determine whether treatment and
services are justified as reasonable necessary and were appropriate based on evidence-based
clinical standards of care
Ethical vs unethical
Seeing a client after all treatment goals are complete - Answer✔Unethical- continuing to see the
client with no treatment goals is not in the clients best interest
Objective outcomes - Answer✔Factual data ie. number of days incarcerated.. number of
rehospitalization's
Subjective data - Answer✔How are the "facts" perceived by clients during descriptions of their
feelings and experiences perceptions
Clients with borderline personality disorder tend to - Answer✔Poor impulse control,
dichotomous thinking, emotional deregulation, self-destructive behavior and act impulsively
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LCSW ASWB MASS Exam Study Guide.
Primary prevention strategy - Answer✔Strategy helping to avoid developing disease ie. Regular
exercise and good nutrition
Secondary prevention strategy - Answer✔Strategy that occurs to mitigate or slow the
progression of diagnosis ie. Low dose of aspirin for
Indicators or resistance - Answer✔Engaging in irrelevant small talk during session / limits
communication provided in treatment / stays silent
Ethical vs unethical
Social worker keeping records from client who requested their file - Answer✔Unethical- because
SW has the responsibility to give a copy of the record to the client as long as it will not cause
harm to client and if it may they should provide assistance in interpreting the file
Ethically when SW sees a colleagues impairment interferes with their ability to do their
effectively WHO do they address FIRST?! - Answer✔The colleague it maybe appropriate to
contact the director but only after the SW tells the colleague
Roll discomplementarity - Answer✔Occurs when the role expectations are not being met and
activities associated with these expectations are not carried out
Wernike's encephalopathy and Korsakiff's syndrome also known as ... - Answer✔Wet brain
Wernike's encephalopathy causes.. - Answer✔Causes permanent brain damage to lower half of
brain called thalamus/ hypothalamus
Korsakiff's syndrome results from.. - Answer✔The permanent brain damage from wernikes
encephalopathy causing psychosis
Systems theory indicates - Answer✔A change in one domain of clients life will impact others ie.
Job loss will effect more than finances
Tofranil (type of pill? Used to treat?) - Answer✔Antidepressant used to treat depressive disorder
Adderall ritalin dexadrine (type of pill? Used to treat?) - Answer✔Stimulant use to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD
1|Page
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Cocaine use is indicated by - Answer✔Dilated pupils hyperactivity euphoria anxiety and
excessive talking
Heroine use indicated by - Answer✔Contracted pupils sleeping at usual times sweating vomiting
twitching and loss of appetite
Painkiller addiction is indicated bye - Answer✔Sleepiness and attention constipated and/ or loss
of appetite
Tarasoff decision - Answer✔(1974) duty to warn both the authorities and intended victims of
imminent danger
High ego strength - Answer✔Approach problems with the sense that they can overcome
problems and even grow as a result.. they try to find new ways to cope with struggles and handle
challenges without losing the sense of self
Low ego strength - Answer✔Seem to view problems as challenges and something to avoid...
reality seems overwhelming and they may try to avoid it through wishful thinking fantasies or
substance use
Personality disorders diagnosed at what age? - Answer✔21
Therapeutic advantage of injectable antipsychotics - Answer✔Med compliance/ fewer
hospitalizations and fewer symptom relapses because there are appointments a couple times a
month for administration/ Leslie Lee used for suicide
Medical necessity criteria - Answer✔Is a criteria used to determine whether treatment and
services are justified as reasonable necessary and were appropriate based on evidence-based
clinical standards of care
Ethical vs unethical
Seeing a client after all treatment goals are complete - Answer✔Unethical- continuing to see the
client with no treatment goals is not in the clients best interest
Objective outcomes - Answer✔Factual data ie. number of days incarcerated.. number of
rehospitalization's
Subjective data - Answer✔How are the "facts" perceived by clients during descriptions of their
feelings and experiences perceptions
Clients with borderline personality disorder tend to - Answer✔Poor impulse control,
dichotomous thinking, emotional deregulation, self-destructive behavior and act impulsively
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