Deck 8: Strengths and Evidence Based Helping Strategies

Question 1

What does empirical research say about the effectiveness of solution-focused therapy? Motivational interviewing? Cognitive-behavioral?​

Answer 1

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Question 2

Discuss three methods of reducing barriers to treatment.​

Answer 2

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Question 3

Self-change or "natural recovery" occurs with what percent of persons who quit smoking altogether?​

A) ​50-60%
B) ​80-90%
C) ​25%
D) ​0-10%

Answer 3

​80-90%

Question 4

Which of the following is not a technique for enhancing motivation?​

A) ​roll with resistance
B) ​express empathy
C) ​break through denial
D) ​develop discrepancy

Question 5

Which of the following is not a clinical principle of harm reduction:​

A) ​Challenge stigmatization.
B) ​Start with intake procedures to gather client demographics
C) ​Develop a collaborative relationship with the client.
D) ​Drop preconceived notions about client goals.

Question 6

Which factors indicate that it is important to "reduce barriers" to treatment?​

Question 7

Which of the following is not a method used in cognitive-behavioral therapy:​

A) ​reinforcement
B) ​the miracle question
C) ​modeling
D) ​ABC of emotions chart

Question 8

A major focus in motivational interviewing is to help clients:​

A) ​establish a sense of identity
B) ​examine family of origin issues
C) ​break through denial
D) ​explore and resolve ambivalence

Question 9

Which of the following is a goal of motivational interviewing:​

A) ​compliance from the client
B) ​challenging resistance
C) ​confrontation
D) ​exploring and resolving ambivalence

Question 10

The outcome measurement for harm reduction therapy is:​

A) ​abstinence from the addictive behavior
B) ​any step in the direction of reducing harm
C) ​successful employment
D) ​entering formal treatment

Question 11

Which of the following is not a tenet of a strengths-based approach?​

A) ​providing options
B) ​choice
C) ​urinalysis testing
D) ​awareness of the client's readiness for change

Question 12

Which of the following characterizes Solution-focused therapy?​

A) ​looks for the root of the problem
B) ​sees the person as the problem.
C) ​relies on diagnostic labels from the DSM.
D) ​assumes the future can be created and negotiated regardless of the problem

Question 13

Motivational interviewing was developed by _____________ as he demonstrated his motivational techniques to Norwegian student interns.​

A) ​William Miller
B) ​Harold Hughes
C) ​Charles Rapp
D) ​Alan Marlatt

Question 14

The story of "Mr.Glue Head" best illustrates:​

A) ​the problem with using such a label for a drug user.
B) ​the dangers of inhalant use.
C) ​the advantages of letting the client define the problem.
D) ​the risk of letting the client define the problem.

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a harm reduction strategy?​

A) ​insisting clients pay at least some money for treatment
B) ​lowering financial barriers to treatment
C) ​removing access to injection equipment
D) ​preventing physicians from prescribing methadone

Question 16

Explain the purpose of a scaling question and how you might ask it?​

Question 17

Most clients come to treatment in the​

A) ​precontemplation and contemplation stages
B) ​contemplation stage only
C) ​preparation stage
D) ​action stage

Question 18

What approach is not considered in the text to be strengths-based?​

A) ​harm reduction strategies
B) ​motivational interviewing
C) ​problem-focused therapy
D) ​solution-focused interventions

Question 19

Argue the pros and cons of harm reduction.​

Question 20

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the idea that:​

A) ​abstinence is required in order to change addictive behaviors
B) ​addiction is a disease with inevitable progression.
C) ​maladaptive thinking and bad habits are the mechanisms that cause addictive problems
D) ​a person needs to "hit bottom" before they can change their addictive behavior.

Question 21

Harm reduction strategies for alcohol misuse are based on the premise that alcohol use ranges across a continuum,starting with no consequences for use and ending with devastating consequences for use.​

Question 22

Which of the following best describes the effectiveness research on Cognitive-behavioral therapy?​

A) ​a promising approach
B) ​the most empirically supported of all the group therapy interventions
C) ​the least supported approach to addiction intervention
D) ​less empirical support than Solution-focused.

Question 23

A strength-based approach to detoxification services would include which part of the following:​

A) ​focus on immediate housing needs
B) ​focus on why the client is in detox
C) ​focus on agency expectations
D) ​focus on family expectations

Question 24

What is the criterion that is used to guide addiction treatment matching in a majority of states?​

A) ​OARS
B) ​ASAM
C) ​AUDIT
D) ​SAMHSA

Question 25

Which of the following is not a good reason for using group therapy as a modality for addiction treatment:​

A) ​cost-effective
B) ​in general,group therapy is just as effective as individual therapy
C) ​it's the best modality for using films and lectures to describe the nature of addiction
D) ​helps people who have become isolated from friends and family

Question 26

A group that has no conditions for group membership,no requirement for attendance or participation,and no requirement for abstinence or the desire for abstinence is best described as a:​

A) ​cognitive-behavioral group
B) ​harm-reduction drop-in group
C) ​solution-focused group
D) ​twelve-step group

Question 27

There is a strong relationship between a client's initial motivation at treatment entry and outcomes six months later.​

Question 28

The stages of change model is a linear process.​

Question 29

A person who is triggered to gamble by crowded parking lots is experiencing a conditioned response.​

Question 30

A person in the "contemplation" stage exhibits little or no ambivalence about making a change.​