Deck 5: Client Assessment and Diagnosis 

Question 1

______________ is an ongoing process in which counselors gather information about clients from several different sources and use the information to make decisions for treatment planning.

A) Assessment
B) Diagnosis
C) Case conceptualization
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Assessment

Question 2

______________ is an objective, standardized measure of behavior and is usually used for evaluation.

A) Assessment
B) Appraisal
C) Psychological testing
D) Diagnosis

Answer 2

Psychological testing

Question 3

All of the following are methods of assessment except

A) Formal or informal
B) Standardized or nonstandardized
C) Objective or subjective
D) All of the above are methods of assessment.

Answer 3

All of the above are methods of assessment.

Question 4

Which of the following describes rating scales?

A) Counselors simply mark words or phrases that apply to the client or the client's situation.
B) Counselors indicate the degree or severity of the characteristic being measured.
C) Counselors ask questions in an ordered sequence.
D) None of the above.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a checklist?

A) Brief Symptom Inventory
B) Conners 3^TM
C) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
D) NEO Personality Inventory-3

Question 6

Which of the following assessment instruments is based on the work of Carl Jung and Jungian theory, and is the most widely used personality inventory for normal functioning?

A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
B) NEO Personality Inventory-3
C) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
D) Brief Symptom Inventory

Question 7

______________________ use prescribed items, but also give leeway if a specific issue needs to be addressed.

A) Structured interviews
B) Semistructured interviews
C) Unstructured interviews
D) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a qualitative assessment procedure?

A) Mental Status Examination
B) NEO Personality Inventory-3
C) Card sorts
D) None of the above

Question 9

Test trustworthiness includes all of the following except?

A) The test is valid
B) The test is reliable
C) The test is practical
D) The test is fair cross-culturally
E) All of the above relates to test trustworthiness

Question 10

Approximately what percent, according to the NIMH (2014), of American adults (18-years and older) are affected by mental health disorders in a given year?

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 18%
D) 54%

Question 11

___________________ according to Hoheshil (1996) is "the process of comparing the symptoms exhibited by the client with the diagnostic criteria of some type of classification system"

A) Assessment
B) Appraisal
C) Psychological testing
D) Treatment planning
E) Diagnosis

Question 12

According to the DSM-5, which of the following are requirements that must be met for a syndrome to be considered a mental disorder?

A) There must be sufficient evidence that the symptoms represent a dysfunction in the processes underlying mental functioning.
B) The dysfunction must cause harm to the person in regard to psychological functioning that is clinically significant.
C) The syndrome must be behavioral or psychological in nature and culturally sanctioned
D) All of the above are requirements that must be met for a syndrome to be considered a mental disorder
E) a and c
F) a and b

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true regarding the DSM-5?

A) It uses a multiaxial system to organize client diagnoses based on mental disorders, personality disorders, medical conditions, psychosocial factors, and global assessment of functioning.
B) It uses a nonaxial system of diagnosis, in which mental health disorders, medical conditions, and psychosocial issues are listed on one axis.
C) It avoids a dimensional approach to diagnosis to reduce the chance of variability and error in diagnosis.
D) It is no longer aligned with the ICD-10, because the APA believed the ICD-10 was over-emphasizing biology in its mental health diagnostic criteria.

Question 14

Which of the following is considered a depressive disorder?

A) Substance Use Disorder
B) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
C) Tourette's
D) Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Question 15

People with which classification of disorders present with physical symptoms that initially appear to be medical in nature but cannot fully be explained as medical conditions?

A) Feeding and Eating disorders
B) Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
C) Anxiety disorders
D) Depressive disorders

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a disorder in the category of disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders?

A) Anorexia Nervosa
B) Adjustment Disorder
C) Generalized Anxiety Disorder
D) Kleptomania

Question 17

Which of the following terms refers to a disorder being an integral part of the self?

A) Egosyntonic
B) Pica
C) Schizotypal
D) Histrionic

Question 18

Which of the following is characteristic of someone with a Cluster B personality disorder?

A) eccentricity
B) anxiety and fear
C) emotional dysregulation
D) all of the above are characteristics of someone with a Cluster B personality disorder

Question 19

The "I" in the "DO A CLIENT MAP" model refers to

A) Individual differences
B) Individuation
C) Interventions
D) Interests

Question 20

Which of the following questions is related to the psychological part of a biopsychosocial assessment?

A) What genetic factors may be influencing the client's wellbeing?
B) What medications is the client taking?
C) Does the client have a history of addiction or dependency?
D) What cultural factors are relevant to the client's presenting problem?
E) Has the client experienced legal difficulties

Question 21

Describe three ways in which assessment facilitates the counseling process.

Question 22

Describe seven of the thirteen principles outlined by Hood and Johnson (2007) to help counselors conduct assessments skillfully.

Question 23

Discuss the potential benefits and risks/limitations of diagnosis.