Deck 5: Mental Health Consultation MHC

Question 1

Caplan (1970) is credited with being one of the first mental health professionals to write about the importance of consultation. His work has since been termed Mental Health Consultation (MHC), and it is used in a variety of settings, including school systems. Mental Health Consultation can be defined as:

A) A hierarchical relationship between two people that both have the same level of expertise
B) A hierarchical relationship between two people, each of whom has an area of expertise
C) A voluntary non-hierarchical relationship between two people, each of whom has an area of expertise, with one of them being a mental health professional
D) A voluntary non-hierarchical relationship between two people, each of them being a mental health professional

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is not a way that Caplan (1974) indicated would increase the functioning of caregivers?

A) Training to understand and cope with referral problems
B) Providing psychoeducation to the siblings in the family
C) Providing support in their own environmental context
D) Providing an objective broadening of their perspective on the child

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which two items are important to consider with regards to Caplan's model?

A) Social environment; interpersonal psychodynamic perspectives
B) Social environment; cognitive behavioral approach
C) Interpersonal psychodynamic perspective; school environment
D) Developmental history; interpersonal psychodynamic perspectives

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Consultee difficulties are assumed to originate from all vectors except:

A) Lack of skills
B) Lack of knowledge
C) Lack of objectivity
D) Lack of social influence

Question 5

When consultees lack knowledge, this is typically attributable to their limited understanding about the role that _______________ issues are playing in directing or contributing to the difficulty.

A) school
B) mental health
C) social support
D) cognitive abilities

Question 6

With respect to procedure, Caplan (1970) reports that consultants should begin by meeting with ______________ first.

A) teachers
B) parents
C) students
D) administration

Question 7

In MHC, the consultant would provide support for the mental health issue, and also help find a mentor within the consultee's field to further build __________ in its application.

A) knowledge
B) skills
C) confidence
D) objectivity

Question 8

In MHC, the consultant independently often assesses both the consultee and the ___________ factors contributing to the client's difficulty, thus influencing the course of consultation.

A) student
B) classroom
C) organizational
D) parental

Question 9

The consultee:

A) is given an intervention, and carries the responsibility for administering it.
B) formulates and selects interventions, and carries the responsibility for administering them.
C) formulates and selects interventions, and has the consultant administer them.
D) is given an intervention, and carries the responsibility for administering it.

Question 10

There are four types of MHC in the schools; the four types are:

A) child-centered; system-centered; parental-centered; teacher-centered
B) child-centered; system-centered; teacher-centered; consultant-centered
C) child-centered; consultee-centered; parental-centered; teacher-centered
D) child-centered; system-centered; early-childhood-centered; teacher-centered

Question 11

Although addressing interpersonal psychodynamics may be a strength of MHC, it is also a barrier due to:

A) lack of training regarding psychodynamic-oriented skills
B) lack of training regarding teachers understanding their personal biases
C) lack of training regarding mental health considerations for a students' interpersonal needs
D) all of the above

Question 12

How should one measure the outcomes of MHC?

A) Measure the changes in interpersonal variables
B) Measure the quality of the consultee-student relationship
C) Measure mental health symptoms
D) All of the above

Question 13

Caplan (1974) noted that the __________ of caregivers can interfere with their functioning and at times can decrease their effectiveness when working with children.

A) developmental history
B) careers
C) personalities
D) social economic status

Question 14

Which of the following is not an example of loss of professional distance in regards to objectivity problems:

A) The consultee feels a direct personal involvement with the client
B) The consultee struggles to identify with the client or the situation
C) The unconscious transference of the consultee's feelings and expectations are displaced onto the client as if the consultee were having that experience
D) There is a characterological distortion

Question 15

Building a relationship may require a series of interactions in order to build _______ and establish oneself as a credible contact.

A) rapport
B) skills
C) knowledge
D) trainings

Question 16

All communication between the consultant and the consultee should be confidential. The need for maintaining confidentiality should be stated explicitly in preparatory discussions with the consultee, as well as in prerequisite communications with _______.

A) students
B) parents
C) administrators
D) all of the above

Question 17

Schools work with external and internal consultants. Which of the following are considered external consultants?

A) Pediatricians
B) Police
C) Community mental health providers
D) All of the above

Question 18

In MHC, why is it important as the consultant to seek feedback about the consultation experience?

A) Personal gain
B) Improve future consultation service delivery
C) Adjust the current service model
D) All of the above

Question 19

________ centered consultation is the most prevalent type of consultation in schools today.

A) System
B) Child
C) Teacher
D) Administrator

Question 20

Child-centered (case) consultation is the original form of MHC, in which consultants and consultees focus upon specific __________ or ___________ problems of a single child or identified child.

A) academic, behavioral
B) social, emotional
C) behavioral, social
D) cognitive, emotional

Question 21

Identify the primary assumption of MHC.

Question 22

Name four difficulties that consultees experience.

Question 23

What are the four key concepts of the consultation process?

Question 24

What are the three types of MHC in the schools?

Question 25

Explain the barriers to MHC.

Question 26

Caplan (1974) noted that the personalities of caregivers can interfere with their professional functioning and at times can decrease their effectiveness when working with children. Explain what he means by this.

Question 27

Caplan (1970) describes loss of objectivity as the most common reason for consultation. List MHC's four examples of loss of objectivity and explain why these are detrimental to the consultation process.

Question 28

Modern consultation process and MHC look very similar but yet have different components. What is the difference and why would these be important to know?

Question 29

Explain the social environmental and interpersonal psychodynamic perspectives and how they relate to MHC.

Question 30

In using MHC, talk about how a consultant can build a relationship with the consultee.

Question 31

Why do you feel that it is important for the consultee to formulate and select interventions as well as administering them, rather than having the consultant (who is the expert) develop them?

Question 32

Indicate the similarities and differences between the subtypes of MHC.