The managed care model stresses:
a. remediation of deeply-rooted personal problems.
b. long-term interventions.
c. curative strategies rather than preventive strategies.
d. cost-effective methods.
Q. 2The multicultural and social justice perspective on assessment and treatment focuses on:
a. using the DSM-IV-TR to accurately identify a clients deficits.
b. client strengths within a cultural and historical framework.
c. maintaining the power differential that is inherent in the therapist/client relationship.
d. utilizing intelligence tests in addition to a battery of vocational and interest inventories.
Q. 3__________________ is the process of evaluating the relevant factors in a clients life to identify themes for further exploration in the counseling process.
a. Writing a contract
b. An assessment
c. Psychological orientation
d. Psychodiagnosis
Q. 4__________________ is the process of distinguishing one form of disease or psychological disorder from another by determining which of two (or more) diseases or disorders with similar symptoms the person is suffering from.
a. Medical diagnosis
b. Differential diagnosis
c. Clinical diagnosis
d. Psychological diagnosis
Q. 5Family systems therapists believe that many symptoms
a. stem from problems within the family system.
b. originate in the individual.
c. both a and b.
d. neither a nor b.
Q. 6Which is an argument against diagnosis?
a. Diagnostic classifications facilitate administrative tasks.
b. Diagnosis enables therapists to make appropriate treatment plans.
c. Diagnosis can narrow the therapists vision by encouraging the therapist to look for behavior that fits a certain disease category.
d. Diagnosis is required by managed care systems.
e. Diagnosis provides a framework for research.
Q. 7Which is an argument for diagnosis?
a. Diagnosis facilitates the selection of the most suitable form of therapy.
b. Diagnosis can increase the chance of a malpractice suit.
c. Diagnosis can rob people of their uniqueness.
d. Diagnosis can lead people to accept self-fulfilling prophecies.
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