Content Area II: Assessment and Intervention Planning Flashcards
Aphasia
difficulty understanding language or using language to speak or write
What should be monitored when taking clozaril?
white blood cell count; blood work
ataxia
a lack of muscle control during voluntary movements, such as walking or picking up objects.
can affect movement, speech, eye movement, and swallowing
exogenous depression
caused by external events or psychosocial stressors
SOAP
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan
What is required for involuntary commitment
danger to self or others
Wechsler Intelligence Scale
measure children’s intellectual and cognitive ability
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
personality test for the assessment of psychopathology
Tarasoff- duty to warn
Threat of imminent danger: a client is a danger to a third party and has the means to act on it
WHODAS (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule)
a tool developed to assess and measure disability and functioning across various domains of life; recommended by the DSM
social network mapping
assessment technique used to show how families operate with each other and within their community
hypomania
manic behavior that is short of full-blown clinical mania, but which contains some of the same elements
Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders
DSM
strange or repetitive patterns of behavior and/or highly anxious thoughts that manifest in unusual actions
data triangulation
collecting data from multiple sources
contemplation
transtheoretical model of change
- intention to start healthy behavior change
- recognition of problematic behavior
Diagnostic Criteria of
Hoarding disorder
- persistent difficulty discarding items due to perceived need
- distress over discardment (of items)
- clutters living areas, hindering their use
- areas only uncluttered w/ 3rd party help
- causes significant distress or functional impairment
Diagnostic Criteria of
Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Lack of desire for close relationships, including family.
- Strong preference for solitary activities and jobs.
- Difficulty expressing emotions; emotional coldness and detachment.
- Little to no interest in sexual experiences with others
Other specified
in DSM
client’s presenting problem does not meet diagnostic criteria and the social worker would like to elaborate as to the reasons
Client emotional need during termination
loss
Purpose of assessing patient’s judgement and/or insight
assess clients ability to connect behavior with consequences
Dexedrine
drug
used for treatment of ADHD
Steps of social work research
- Problem identified
- literature review
- identify hypothesis
- describe data needed for testing
- identify method of data analysis
First step in crisis planning
do a safety assessment
Specifier for
paraphilic disorder
in a controlled environment
