LCSW Mental Health Disorders and Diagnosis 2

Question 1

A client with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) most commonly reports worry that is:

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Pervasive and difficult to control across multiple life domains

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Focused exclusively on social evaluation

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Limited to a single specific feared object

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Triggered only by specific traumatic memories

Question 2

Which of the following is the BEST description of a dissociative symptom?

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Detachment from one's own mental processes or sense of identity

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Persistent and intrusive recollections of a traumatic event

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Elevated mood and decreased need for sleep

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Recurrent, unwanted obsessive thoughts

Question 3

A client presents with persistent beliefs that others are plotting against them, with no other psychotic symptoms and intact functioning. The MOST likely DSM-5 diagnosis is:

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Delusional Disorder

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Paranoid Schizophrenia

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 4

When assessing a client for ADHD in adults, the LCSW should note that DSM-5 requires symptoms to have first appeared before age:

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12 years

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5 years

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7 years

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18 years

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between obsessions and compulsions in OCD?

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Obsessions are intrusive thoughts that cause distress; compulsions are repetitive behaviors performed to reduce that distress

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Obsessions are behaviors; compulsions are intrusive thoughts

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Both obsessions and compulsions are exclusively mental acts

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Compulsions always increase anxiety while obsessions reduce it

Question 6

A DSM-5 diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder at the severe level is indicated by the presence of:

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6 or more diagnostic criteria

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2–3 diagnostic criteria

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4–5 diagnostic criteria

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At least 1 criterion involving withdrawal