FREE Chemical Dependency Counselor License Crisis Intervention Questions and Answers

Question 1

Counselors should encourage the client's admission to treatment by highlighting the significance of?

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Complying with treatment recommendation to ensure positive outcomes

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Ending all relationships that cause emotional distress

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Attending self-help meetings

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Avoiding any and all substances

Question 2

DSM-5 is a tool that is used to?

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Make a diagnostic impression based on presenting symptoms

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Determine the appropriate level of care

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Develop symptom specific treatments

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Identify risk and protective factors relevant to the client

Question 3

Before discharging a patient who requires ongoing therapy, a counselor MUST?

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Provide the client with a list of resources available to assist in procuring further treatment

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Make appropriate alternative arrangements

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Have the client consent to the termination of treatment

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Inform all concerned others involved in the treatment process.

Question 4

Which of these three fundamental components should a precisely identified treatment plan have?

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Problem statements, goals, and objectives

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Goals, strengths, and barriers

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Objectives, estimated date of accomplishment, and responsible parties

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Goals, resources, and supports

Question 5

The most significant mentality for counselors to adopt to encourage a client's participation in the healing and recovery process is?

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Respect for the client's frame of reference and context

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Agency specific protocols and procedures

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Awareness of one's biases when presenting information

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Appreciation for the value of the evaluation process

Question 6

Which of the following best sums up one of the reasons why people are less able to enjoy themselves after abusing substances for a prolonged period of time?

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Lower amounts of dopamine are produced causing feelings of depression

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Dopamine receptors become damaged from continued substance use

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Higher amounts of dopamine are produced causing a constant euphoria to which the user becomes accustomed

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Changes in the chemical makeup of dopamine alter its effects from pleasure to depression

Question 7

It is a service that is available to help drug and/or alcohol addicts in times of extreme emotional or physical struggles.

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Crisis Intervention

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Case Management

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Counseling

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Referral

Question 8

How can treating a patient simultaneously in distinct settings who has co-occurring illnesses (a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder) be influenced?

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Client history of trauma

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Coping strategies used by the client

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Continuum of client care

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Patterns of violence demonstrated by client

Question 9

The MOST vital element of knowledge for crisis management is which of the following?

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Preparedness

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Screening

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Intake

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Psychoeducational

Question 10

What is the phenomena linked to long-term alcohol usage when the liver is less effective creating drunkenness from low doses of alcohol?

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Reverse tolerance

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Cross tolerance

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Acute tolerance

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Dispositional tolerance