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Chapters 1 and 2 (Dave)
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Social Work
Graduate
04/10/2012

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Competency-based practice necessarily incorporates which of the following tenets?
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Both b and c (Systems Theory and Strengths Perspective)
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In the DSM, a dianosis included on Axis 1 would be
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A clinical disorder that is the focus of clinical attention
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Systems Theory enables competency-based practictioners to do which of the following?
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Move away from a linear explanation of "cause and effect" to appreciate more complex interactoins when thinking about clients's presenting issues
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Which of the following is NOT a step in Reamer's model for the resolution of ethical dilemmas?
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Ask the client to decide whcih course of action to take
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According to the authors, which of the following is NOT a psychological protective factor?
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Adequate environmental resources
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According to the authors, the DSM is theoretically-based
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False
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A competency-based model of care focuses on all of the following EXCEPT
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A client's history of mental illness
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What percentage of social workers identify mental health as their primary area of specialty?
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33%
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Neorotransmitters are best defined as:
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Chemical couriers
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According to the text, in what country is direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs prohibited?
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Canada
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According to the authors, the creation of a managed care health care system in the United States was a result of what trend?
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The rapidly rising cosst of health care during the 1970s
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Most managed care programs are based on what idealogy?
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A medical model of care
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According to the authors, all of the following are potential advantages of using the DSM EXCEPT:
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It offers a means by which to incorporate social work values in mental health practice
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a solution focused question?
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When was the last time you saw the psychiatrist?
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According to the authors, one of the distinctive aspects of group work is:
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The practicioner focuses on doing with rather than doing for
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One of the biological causes fo psychosis is thought to be:
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Excessive levels of Dopamine in the brain
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For a person experiencing mild symptoms of a mental disorder (e.g. depressed mood with some impact on functioning at work), which would be most accurate rating on the GAF scale?
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65
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Which of the following questions would be least helpful in identifying client competence?
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In the past, what treatments have not worked well for you?
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On which DSM diagnostic axis are general medical concerns placed?
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Axis III
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Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter?
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Monoamine oxidase
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