Definitions

Question 1

Folie a deux

Answer 1

A shared delusion between two or more people.

Question 2

Secondary Trauma

Answer 2

The phenomenon by which care providers begin to identify with the traumatic feelings of those they help, including physical symptoms such as loss of sleep.

Question 3

Burnout

Answer 3

The process by which a care provider begins to feel cynical and dissatisfied with their work, having become disenchanted with a lack of apparent progress on the part of clients.

Question 4

Compassion Fatigue

Answer 4

The combination of secondary trauma and burnout. The social worker takes on the physical symptoms of secondary trauma as well as the emotional effects of burnout.

Question 5

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)

Answer 5

A widely used psychological test designed to measure a child’s cognitive abilities and intelligence across various domains.

Question 6

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 6

A projective test used to assess a person’s emotional and cognitive processes.

Question 7

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 7

A projective test that reveals underlying thought disorders and emotions.

Question 8

Beck Youth Inventories

Answer 8

Measures emotional and social well-being.

Question 9

Contraindicated

Answer 9

Refers to a treatment that must not be used for some reason.

Question 10

Indicated

Answer 10

A treatment that one should use.

Question 11

Paradoxical

Answer 11

A treatment whose effect seems contradictory to the treatment offered.

Question 12

Equifinality

Answer 12

The notion that family systems can accomplish the same goals using various methods or routes.

Question 13

Homeostasis

Answer 13

Stability or the perception that families are always seeking a sense of balance.

Question 14

Subsystems

Answer 14

The organizational systems within the family structure and often help identify the family hierarchy

Question 15

Open boundaries

Answer 15

Allow members to interact without much restriction

Question 16

Closed Boundaries

Answer 16

Families with strict boundaries

Question 17

Stratification

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Describes the structured inequality of entire categories of people who have unequal access to social rewards.

Question 18

Discrimination

Answer 18

The practice of treating categories of people differently based on race, sex, religion, etc.

Question 19

Racism

Answer 19

The practice of believing one group of people is less valuable based solely on their race.

Question 20

Group Polarization

Answer 20

Group members adopting more extreme positions or attitudes after discussions, leading to an amplification of their initial viewpoints.

Question 21

First-order Changes

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Superficial behavioral changes that do not meaningfully alter the underlying issue or structure of the problem

Question 22

Second-order Changes

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Fundamentally change the dynamics of interactions and patterns of behaviors such that the foundation of the relationship shifts in a meaningful way.

Question 23

Positive Regard

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Viewing clients as people worthy of care, support, and empathy with strengths. Positive regard emphasizes the concept that clients are capable of making progress and possess strengths.

Question 24

Interpretation

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A strategy that involves pulling together patterns of behavior to get a new understanding.

Question 25

Reframing

Answer 25

A technique where the clinician states a problem in a different way to help the client see other solutions.

Question 26

Universalization

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Universalization employs generalizing and normalizing a behavior.

Question 27

Comorbid

Answer 27

Refers to diseases or conditions that are present simultaneously in a client or patient and is generally unrelated to substance use.

Question 28

Co-occurring

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Describes the existence of both a mental illness and a substance-use diagnosis in the same individual.

Question 29

Confrontation

Answer 29

Occurs when the clinician calls attention to something a client states or a behavior they report.

Question 30

Clarification

Answer 30

When a clinician reformulates a problem in the client’s own words to ensure they understand correctly.