SOWK 287 Final

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Social workers who serve clients with physical and mental challenges are encouraged to adopt a number of practice behaviors. Identity and fully explain some of these behaviors, providing specific, original examples of the these principles in practice

-be person centered and involve people with physical and cognitive challenges in decision-making process that directly affect their lives -facilitate access and respect in a person's environment -focus on helping the person and his or her support system cope well with challenging situations -incorporate a strengths-based and resilience oriented perspective to build on the person's inherent strengths and resources

steps of change in motivational interviewing

1. pre-contemplation 2. contemplation 3. preparation 4. action 5. maintenance

Which is a way that the military changed after the end of the draft?

African American enlistment rose.

Why are negative stereotype of aging difficult to combat?

Age stereotypes are often internalized long before they are even relevant to people.

Diagnoses of which disorder among children increased 4,000% between 1984 and 2014, causing many to believe that it was perhaps simply becoming a more popular diagnosis among practitioners, rather than actually occurring more frequently?

Bipolar disorder

What reformer heightened awareness of the mistreatment of people with mental disorders in 1800s America, pushing for more humane approaches?

Dorothea Dix

Behavioral health can be problematic because it fails to recognize what?

It could place the onus (responsibility) on the individual to change rather than considering external environmental factors.

Military families experience considerable stress, periods of long separation, and changes to the family system when a family member enters or returns from a war zone. What has the military done regarding families in recent years?

It has created a system that recognizes blended families, single-parent homes, multiethnic families, dual-career families, and so on.

What is problematic about the use of the term abnormal?

Multiple definitions of abnormality fail to distinguish between desirable and undesirable behavior.

Which of the following is not a guideline established under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

People are entitled to protection under the ADA simply on the basis of having a diagnosed disability.

The four major dimensions of life that support recovery, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),

Purpose community home health

What is the cause of vascular dementia?

Stroke

Which of the following is true about homosexuality and mental illness? The World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) stopped categorizing homosexuality as a mental illness before it was removed from the DSM. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973. Homosexuality has never officially been considered a mental illness in the United States, though it was still the subject of considerable discrimination. Homosexuality continues to be considered a mental illness by a significant portion of American mental health providers and in dozens of countries worldwide.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973.

What is a major concern or problem with treating process addictions?

The research concerning process addictions is not being translated to the practitioners who work with people who experience process addictions.

What is true about suicide among service members and veterans?

The three primary risk factors are relationship, legal, and financial troubles.

. People who are stereotyped and stigmatized because of their challenges often respond by doing what?

They begin to act the way that the people who are stigmatizing them expect them to act.

Which is true of gays and lesbians serving in the U.S. military?

They have been permitted to serve openly since 2010.

Majority of treatment centers use zero tolerance approach. True/False

True

The law places strict limits on employers when it comes to asking job applicants to answer medical questions, take a medical exam, or identify a challenging condition. (TRUE/FALSE)

True

In essence, addiction is ______.

a brain disorder that is expressed through compulsive behavior

In Wyatt v. Stickney (1971) and O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975), the Supreme Court ruled that ______. deinstitutionalization was a violation of the right to protection held by patients with mental illnesses mentally ill individuals could legally be stripped of their voting and firearm ownership rights the U.S. government was responsible for covering the mental health treatment expenses of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War and any future wars a client could not be hospitalized against his or her will simply for having a mental illness and needing treatment; a more specific set of guidelines had to be met

a client could not be hospitalized against his or her will simply for having a mental illness and needing treatment; a more specific set of guidelines had to be met

By signing the National Alzheimer's Project Act into law, President Obama ensured that Alzheimer's disease became what?

a medical priority

According to the DSM-5, intellectual challenges are characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and what else?

adaptive behavior

When did more frequent and unpredictable family separation because of deployment start?

after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

The signs and symptoms of PTSD are today considered to fit what type of mental health concern?

anxiety disorder

Women in uniform ______.

are largely drawn from America's poor and working class

The first branch of the military to designate psychiatric social work as a separate job category was the ______.

army

Licensed clinical social workers are directly responsible for ______.

assessing, diagnosing, and treating all forms of mental disorders

While AARP focuses largely on aging policy issues, the AARP magazine highlights stories that illustrate that ______ play(s) a large part in aging.

attitude

Social workers best serve clients with disabilities by ______.

attuning to what the clients want and refraining from making assumptions or labeling.

Kayla has a client, Tegan, who is hard of hearing and diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Tegan can be described as having ______.

co-occurring disabilities

four mail pillars in the military

discipline, loyalty, rituals, and cohesion

Many of the well-known learning differences ______.

do not disappear over time

The majority of time in most drug abuse/addiction treatment centers is spent in what style of treatment?

group therapy

One of the challenges of social work with older adults is what?

honoring their strengths

Substance abuse social workers are concerned with assessing the following issues in determining the severity of the client's substance use disorder ______.

loss of control, tolerance, and impairment in functioning

Social workers who wish to advocate on behalf of clients in the criminal justice system ______.

must strive to have accurate data and information with which to educate those in power

Alzheimer's and other conditions involving dementia and delirium are included in which DSM-5 category? personality disorders schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders neurodevelopmental disorders neurocognitive disorders

neurocognitive disorders

Suicides among military members ______.

occur most commonly among people who have been deployed overseas into war and the main causes are from financial troubles, relationship, and legal.

The Department of Defense ______.

prefers that social workers have 2 years of postgraduate experience and/or a clinical license

Media coverage frequently focuses on heartwarming features and inspirational stories about people with physical, cognitive, and developmental challenges. This often does what?

reinforces stereotypes and underestimates people's capabilities

Deinstitutionalization of people with mental disorders in the United States ______. has been an overwhelmingly successful movement began in the 1940s resulted in the U.S. nursing home population doubling was a politically motivated effort to bow to the demands of lobbyists for the mentally ill

resulted in the U.S. nursing home population doubling

Military social workers are most likely to ______.

serve as flexible generalist practitioners.

Reservists ______.

serve in every branch of the military and are civilians during peacetime but may be obligated to report for duty during conflicts

The Air Force's community capacity model used to deal with substance abuse issues has two major components. What are they?

shared responsibility and collective competence

Medicines most commonly abused by older adults

sleeping pills (e.g., Ambien) opiate painkillers (e.g., Oxycodone) antianxiety benzodiazepines (e.g., Klonopin)

What three conditions make up the "triple threat?"

substance use disorder post traumatic stress disorder traumatic brain injury

An important component of using person-first language is that ______.

the challenge is no longer the primary, defining characteristic of the individual but just one of several aspects of the individual

Which of the following have been the most frequent reasons people have joined the military since the policy of an all-volunteer force replaced the draft in 1973?

the economy/job market, and an individual's call to service

Regarding MST (military sexual trauma; i.e., rape and sexual assault in the military), ______.

the overwhelming majority of MST victims do not report the incidents because they fear the consequences of doing so

Most mental health providers would hold that mental health includes all but which of the following? positive view of the self autonomy and independence accurate perception of reality vibrant creativity and unique perspectives

vibrant creativity and unique perspectives


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