An recording of GAF=65 (Current), GAF=85 (Highest in past year) indicates a person who:
a. had been experiencing few, if any, symptoms but now is suicidal.
b. had been experiencing few, if any, symptoms but now is experiencing a mild decline in functioning with mild symptoms.
c. was suicidal but now is experiencing few, if any, symptoms.
d. had been experiencing a mild decline but now is experiencing few, if any, symptoms.
Q. 2According to Seligman, clients seen in outpatient settings typically fall in what range on the GAF?
a. 70-90
b. 50-70
c. 30-50
d. 10-30
Q. 3Higher numbers on the GAF scale indicate:
a. symptoms have been present for a longer duration.
b. symptoms have been present for a shorter duration.
c. more severe symptoms and poorer functioning.
d. less severe symptoms and better functioning.
Q. 4The GAF is used to indicate the client's level of:
a. distress.
b. dysfunction.
c. severity of symptoms.
d. Two of the above
e. All of the above
Q. 5On Axis IV, clinicians record information to answer which of the following questions?
a. What psychosocial or environmental problems is the client facing?
b. What stressors are currently taxing the client's ability to cope?
c. How is the client meeting such basic needs as survival, food, shelter, and clothing?
d. What is the client's social support system and how well is it functioning?
e. Two of the above
f. Three of the above
g. All of the above
Q. 6Information about prescribed medications the client is taking and whether those medications may have side effects can be recorded:
a. under Substance-Induced Disorders.
b. On Axis III.
c. On Axis IV.
d. under Other Conditions.
Q. 7Competing diagnoses the clinician should consider before settling on a particular disorder are referred to as:
a. subtype diagnoses.
b. specifier diagnoses.
c. differential diagnoses.
d. conditional diagnoses.
Q. 8Diagnostic features, subtypes and specifiers, recording procedures, etc., make up the DSM-IV-TR's:
a. inter-chapter organization.
b. criterion-references.
c. contextual-references.
d. intra-chapter organization.
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