Social Work Licensure Practice Exam Questions With Complete Solutions According to the DSM-5, the diagnostic criteria for a substance abuse disorder does NOT involve - Correct Answers ✅emotional disturbance based on relationships affected by proxy of the use.The experience of the stages of dying and preparing for imminent death according to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross , are - Correct Answers ✅denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.While in therapeutic treatment for several months, a client arrives to the past three sessions exhibiting slurred speech, unsteady gait, impaired attention, and sudden mood changes. He describes struggling in social and vocational functioning. In assessing for the primary issue causing these symptoms, a social worker would MOST likely consider - Correct Answers ✅alcohol intoxication The symptom LEAST likely to be present in a major affective disorder is - Correct Answers ✅malingering In categorizing disorders, DSM-5 does not have - Correct Answers ✅an etiological approach Schizophrenia is unusually NOT marked by - Correct Answers ✅interests that are abnormal in intensity 1 / 3
Social Work Licensure Practice Exam Questions With Complete Solutions Adolescent behavior characterized by the abuse of others, vandalism, lying, disregard of rights, or destruction of property of other's is MOST likely found in - Correct Answers ✅conduct disorders DSM-5 has ended the use of an Axis model in diagnosis in favor of - Correct Answers ✅dimensional measures of severity The habitual ingestion of non-nutritive substances such as clay, soil, or leaves is common when there is a parallel diagnosis of - Correct Answers ✅Intellectual Disability A hospital patient calls his former social worker in a social service agency to complain about the arrangements being made for his return home by the hospital's social service staff. He asks the social worker to intervene with the hospital.The social worker should - Correct Answers ✅urge the patient to discuss this problem with the hospital social services worker A social worker receives a referral for a family composed of a mother, stepfather, and child. The child has expressed a desire to live with his biological father. Who should the social worker meet with FIRST? - Correct Answers ✅The mother, stepfather, and child 2 / 3
Social Work Licensure Practice Exam Questions With Complete Solutions A 17-year-old male high school student is referred to a social worker in a mental health agency by the school counselor. He has a history of minor delinquency, suspensions from school, and truancy. Althoguh his parents support him financially they have withdrawn emotional support, saying he is not welcome to remain at home after graduation. They are not interested in participating in therapy with their son. To help the boy best, the social worker should FIRST - Correct Answers ✅help the boy develop some insight into his feelings and behavior with the goal of preparing him for independent living.A social worker considering a treatment approach for a client diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder is likely to stress - Correct Answers ✅a supportive approach that avoids direct challenges to the client's suspicions The category in which pathological behavior is most likely to be ego-syntonic is - Correct Answers ✅personality disorder A client displays symptoms of paranoia and disorganized speech. Though he exhibits word salad, he says that the FBI is following him. He will MOST likely be prescribed - Correct Answers ✅Proxilin (Fluphenazine) According to the NASW Code of Ethics, a social worker's respect for a client's right to confidentiality - Correct
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