Bachelors Assessment Flashcards
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A client reports feeling worthless, sleeping 12 hours a day, and losing interest in hobbies for the past three weeks. Which standardized tool is MOST appropriate to assess depression severity?
Answer: PHQ-9
The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) is a validated, widely-used tool for screening and measuring the severity of depression symptoms.
When assessing risk for domestic violence, a social worker should:
Answer: Assess for all forms including emotional, financial, and sexual abuse
Comprehensive domestic violence assessment must include all abuse types—physical, emotional, psychological, financial, and sexual—because clients may not identify non-physical abuse as abuse.
A genogram is MOST useful in assessment for:
Answer: Mapping multigenerational family patterns and relationships
A genogram is a pictorial representation of family relationships and history across generations, helping identify patterns such as mental illness, divorce, or trauma that may influence the current client.
During a mental status examination, 'affect' refers to:
Answer: The observable expression of emotion during the interview
Affect is the clinician-observed, outward expression of emotion (e.g., flat, blunted, labile), distinct from mood, which is the client's subjective internal emotional state.
A social worker suspects a client may have an intellectual disability. Which domain of functioning is ESSENTIAL to assess per DSM-5 criteria?
Answer: Intellectual and adaptive functioning
DSM-5 requires deficits in both intellectual functioning (reasoning, problem-solving) and adaptive functioning (daily life skills) for an intellectual disability diagnosis.
Which assessment question is MOST consistent with a solution-focused approach?
Answer: What would your life look like if things were a little better?
Solution-focused assessment uses future-oriented questions like the 'miracle question' to help clients envision desired outcomes and identify existing strengths.
A social worker is assessing a child for potential neglect. Which finding would be MOST concerning?
Answer: Child is consistently hungry, poorly dressed, and frequently absent from school
Consistent hunger, inadequate clothing, and chronic school absences are classic indicators of neglect, reflecting unmet basic physical and educational needs.