Question 1

What mental health disorder is important to assess, given immigrants and refugees' possible chronic exposure to stress?

Accepted Answer

A)   generalized anxiety disorder
B)   post-traumatic stress disorder
C)   depression
D)   acute stress disorder B

Question 2

A(n) ______ is a person who meets the definition of refugee and is already present in the United States or seeking admission at a port of entry.

Accepted Answer

A)   migrant
B)   asylee
C)   nationalist
D)   alien B

Question 3

List the skills that are designed a mental health practitioner can use to explore trauma and loss while identifying culturally appropriate methods to help the client heal.

Accepted Answer

Document and validate the client's resilience and strengths; document events and circumstances when the client demonstrated strength and resilience during each of the following periods: premigration, migration, postmigration or arrival at the host country; ask the client to describe a time when he or she felt strong or used his or her strengths to overcome adversity during his or her migration narrative; validate and affirm the immigrant or refugee's survivor narrative; help the client to reframe the negative torture experiences as survivor experiences; validate and encourage the client's belief in his or her ability to succeed in the new host country; validate and encourage the client's beliefs regarding his or her ability to achieve goals.

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the stages of the migration process?

Accepted Answer

A)   premigration
B)   migration
C)   postmigration
D)   post-citizenship

Question 5

What is the difference between immigrants and refugees?

Accepted Answer

A)   Immigrants made a location change voluntarily; refugees made a location change to escape persecution, terror, or other life-threatening situation.
B)   Refugees made a location change voluntarily; immigrants made a location change to escape persecution, terror, or other life-threatening situation.
C)   Immigrants are able to remain in the United States without going through immigration procedures, refugees are not.
D)   Refugees are able to remain in the United States without going through immigration procedures, immigrants are not.

Question 6

All of the following are types of forced migration except ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   politically induced displacement
B)   disaster-induced displacement
C)   conflict-induced displacement
D)   development-induced displacement

Question 7

Immigrants are disproportionately represented in both high-skilled and lower-skilled jobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Cultural humility denotes a willingness to accurately assess oneself, assess one's limitations, and acknowledges that it is impossible to adequately be knowledgeable about cultures other than one's own.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The term 'illegal immigrant' is a legal term meaning that a person moved from their country of origin to another country and did not go through the established immigration procedures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

______ is when a mental health practitioner begins to feel the effects of being exposed to trauma indirectly through others.

Accepted Answer

A)   Primary trauma
B)   Secondary trauma
C)   Cultural burden
D)   Emotional toll

Question 11

List at least three important considerations that clinicians need to think about when working with immigrants, migrants, and/or refugees.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List at least three important considerations that...

Question 12

Cultural bereavement is likely to be reduced if the immigrant or refugee ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   slowly assimilates into the new country
B)   is able to maintain ties to the culture of origin
C)   has strong social networks in the new country
D)   quickly assimilates into the new culture

Question 13

Stress during what part of the migration process could have far-reaching health effects?

Accepted Answer

A)   premigration
B)   migration
C)   postmigration
D)   post-citizenship

Question 14

What is acculturative stress, what factors contribute to acculturative stress, and how does it affect one's mental health?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is acculturative stress, what factors contribute...

Question 15

A(n) ______ is a person outside one's country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to their country because of persecution or well-founded fear of persecution.

Accepted Answer

A)   migrant
B)   refugee
C)   asylee
D)   nationalist

Question 16

What is the Triple Trauma Paradigm?

Accepted Answer

A)   describes the three phases of traumatic stress that apply to torture survivors
B)   the model of the migration process for trauma survivors
C)   the pathway to U.S. citizenship for immigrants
D)   mental health treatment for refugees and immigrants who have experienced torture

Question 17

Compared to other marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants are rarely targets of physical and emotional harassment or prejudiced practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What skill is particularly important for counselors who work with refugees and immigrants?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural humility
B)   empathy
C)   knowledge of trauma and citizenship
D)   trustworthiness

Question 19

Describe the Triple Trauma Paradigm.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the Triple Trauma Paradigm....

Exam 18: Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Immigrants and Refugees

What mental health disorder is important to assess, given immigrants and refugees' possible chronic exposure to stress?

A(n) ______ is a person who meets the definition of refugee and is already present in the United States or seeking admission at a port of entry.

List the skills that are designed a mental health practitioner can use to explore trauma and loss while identifying culturally appropriate methods to help the client heal.

Which of the following is not one of the stages of the migration process?

What is the difference between immigrants and refugees?

All of the following are types of forced migration except ______.

Immigrants are disproportionately represented in both high-skilled and lower-skilled jobs.

Cultural humility denotes a willingness to accurately assess oneself, assess one's limitations, and acknowledges that it is impossible to adequately be knowledgeable about cultures other than one's own.

The term 'illegal immigrant' is a legal term meaning that a person moved from their country of origin to another country and did not go through the established immigration procedures.

______ is when a mental health practitioner begins to feel the effects of being exposed to trauma indirectly through others.

List at least three important considerations that clinicians need to think about when working with immigrants, migrants, and/or refugees.

Cultural bereavement is likely to be reduced if the immigrant or refugee ______.

Stress during what part of the migration process could have far-reaching health effects?

What is acculturative stress, what factors contribute to acculturative stress, and how does it affect one's mental health?

A(n) ______ is a person outside one's country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to their country because of persecution or well-founded fear of persecution.

What is the Triple Trauma Paradigm?

Compared to other marginalized groups, undocumented immigrants are rarely targets of physical and emotional harassment or prejudiced practices.

What skill is particularly important for counselors who work with refugees and immigrants?

Describe the Triple Trauma Paradigm.