Exam 12: Clinical Assessment

Having a specific plan about who to call and what to do if a crisis begins to arise, as well as identifying tasks to calm oneself such as journaling and exercising, are considered to be components of:

Which of the following is about helping clients lead rich, meaningful lives rather than simply reducing symptoms related to a mental health diagnosis?

Before making a clinical diagnosis, family therapists should consider which of the following factors that include age, ethnicity, and family dynamics?

A mental status exam from a postmodern perspective involves honoring a client's _____________ and ____________ of the problem?

Formal written assessments have been standardized to help therapists obtain a more _____________ assessment of client functioning.

When assessing certain risk factors, therapists should be aware of the types of child abuse considered reportable according to most state authorities. They include all of the following EXCEPT:

Areas of impairment that may result from a clinical condition include:

When family therapists are completing a clinical assessment, they should consider risks. Which of the following are important risk management indicators?

__________and diagnosis help therapists identify potential courses of treatment; decide how best to keep clients and the public safe; and determine the need for referrals and additional services.

Perhaps one of family therapy's more unique and important contributions to the field of mental health is the concept of __________, meaning delivering messages in a way the intended audience can receive it.

A description of interpersonal issues might include which of the following mental status terms?

In a general family therapy approach to diagnosis, each description of the problem is considered one of many possible __________ that depend on webs of relationships and social discourse; it does not stand on its own.

A clinical assessment focuses more on the __________ and health dynamics of clients, allowing the therapist to have a better sense of how to more effectively partner with clients in therapy.

A systemic approach to assessing a client's mental status and making a diagnosis is approached using a combination of which two systemic techniques?

A parity diagnosis differs from a non-parity diagnosis in which way?

Postmodern therapists are skeptical of diagnoses because these become __________ that clients use to inform their identity-often silencing their strengths, resiliencies, and capabilities.

Whenever a potential risk is identified during an assessment or in the course of therapy-such as passive suicidal ideation, history of cutting, and history of abuse-which of the following should be established?

Which of the following is NOT considered a common case management activity?

The DSM-5 includes ________ that can be used to determine whether symptoms are mild, moderate, or severe when making a diagnosis.

The recovery model uses a social model of disability rather than a medical model; thus, it deemphasizes diagnostic labeling and emphasizes __________, the hallmark of family therapy approaches.