Exam 6: Initial Assessment in Counseling

In an initial interview, it is usually better to use:

The most widely-used instrument that assesses depression is the:

The first stage of Prochaska's transtheoretical model of behavior change is:

Which of the following is not a common symptom of depression?

All of the following questions might be the focus of an initial intake interview, except:

The findings that people are influenced by first impressions, and these impressions influence subsequent ratings is called the:

When assessing the risk of suicide, the counselor should explore:

The issues that clients have are:

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2010), suicide is the _____ leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15 and 24.

Initial intake interviews usually focus on:

Cognition, the fifth category assessed in the MSE, refers to:

In an intake interview, health and medical conditions should:

In ___________, clients are instructed to mark the given words or phrases that apply to them.

An effective initial interview should involve a balance of gathering information and:

A psychosocial interview is typically associated with:

When interviewing children, counselors should:

A(n) ____________ interview consists of an established set of questions that are asked in the same manner and sequence to each client.

In addition to the six required categories of the MSE it also important to include _______________________ in the MSE report.

In general, a strength of interviews as an assessment strategy is that:

In conducting an interview with a client from another culture, the counselor should: