According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5, mental disorders are usually associated with ...

ANS: T
PG: 366
Feedback: According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM), Mental
disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social,
occupational, or other important activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.
20). Despite this acknowledgment, the primary focus in the DSM system remains on the
individualnot on the person-in-environment and certainly not on the social and
physical environment.

ANS: F
PG: 360
Feedback: Although social work assessments tend to have much in common, the specific
approaches vary considerably according to client system characteristics and size as well
as practice setting, agency or program purpose, and presenting issues. For example, a
social worker serving an elderly client might refer to government guidelines to help
determine whether a nursing home has adequate physical facilities and sufficient social
stimulation to meet the basic needs of aged people. In health care contexts, a social
worker might help determine if a client can function safely and independently.

ANS: D
PG: 379380
Feedback: As social workers engage in assessment processes, we apply the primary critical thinking skills of
analysis and synthesis. Functional analysis builds upon the data collected during the exploring phase when the
worker and client addressed questions about the history and evolution of the issue of concern

ANS: C
PG: 375
Feedback: Assessment processes should be approached as professional rather than technical endeavors, as
collaborative rather than singular undertakings, and as dynamic rather than static processes. Social workers should
avoid top-down or bureaucratic approaches.

ANS: D
PG: 373
Feedback: Maintenance is the fifth stage of the Transtheoretical Model. In some ways, it represents the greatest
challenge of all. Requiring ongoing motivation, commitment, stamina, persistence, and follow through, maintenance
lacks the excitement of the preparation stage and the intensity of the action stage.

ANS: D
PG: 373
Feedback: Laila is in the action stage of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). Action, the fourth stage, is characterized
by motivation, purposefulness, activity, and optimism. You notice actual differences in the person, the situation, or
aspects of both.

ANS: C
PG: 373
Feedback: Action, the fourth stage of Transtheoretical Model, is characterized by motivation, purposefulness,
activity, and optimism. You notice actual differences in a person, a situation, or aspects of both. Indeed, the most
long-lasting change tends to occur when action involves several dimensions of the person and the environment.

ANS: B
PG: 372373
Feedback: According to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), long-term change tends to proceed in a more or less
sequential five-stage fashion. Preparation is the third stage of change. The transition from contemplation to
preparation is associated with at least two notable shifts in thinking. First, there is a significant increase in thinking
about solutions and resolutions, accompanied by a decrease in contemplation about the problem, issue, or need.
Second, thoughts about the future increasingly replace those about the past and present.

ANS: C
PG: 372
Feedback: According to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), long-term change tends to proceed in a more or less
sequential five-stage fashion. Precontemplation is the first TTM stage of change. People in this stage tend to reflect
ambivalence, uncertainty, disinterest, or denial about an issue or situation.

ANS: A
PG: 372
Feedback: According to the Transtheoretical Model, long-term change tends to proceed in a more or less sequential
five-stage fashion:1.
Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
Prochaska and Norcross (2007) suggest that people who make significant changes in their behavior proceed through
all stages of the TTM. Although the process may sometimes be spiral rather than linear in nature, they conclude that
people who make durable change eventually address each stage.