Question: A 5-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy are found by the boy’s mother in the garage with
their pants down. They do not appear to be engaging in sexual activity. The mother calls
her social worker for advice. The BEST way for the social worker to respond to the mother
is to
Question: A family comes to see a social worker in a child welfare agency to discuss family problems.
The father discusses how he was sexually abused by his father. The following is the most
likely situation in this family
Question: An important factor to be considered when assessing risk for child maltreatment is
Question: A counselor at a local high school contacts a social worker in the child welfare protection
agency and describes the situation of a 14-year-old girl reporting sexual abuse by her
father. The social worker’s FIRST step should be to:
A college student has made an appointment to speak with a counselor at her
university’s counseling center about troublesome symptoms she has experienced on a
number of occasions over the last six months. The symptoms include chest pain, nausea,
pounding heart, and dizziness. A recent medical exam failed to identify any physical
problems. Which of the following DSM-5 diagnoses is this student MOST LIKELY suffering from?
Question: Jonathan is a 25-year-old married male whose wife told him he had to go to counseling
or his “marriage was over”. Jonathan thinks that his wife is “over-reacting”. Jonathan
likes to play a couple of popular video games. He plays after work for a “few hours after
dinner”. According to his wife, Jonathan spends at least 6-7 hours a night and doesn’t get
into bed until 2-3 a.m. Jonathan ‘has to play daily’ in order to stay competitive. He gets
frustrated when he cannot go online. His wife reports Jonathan is “totally preoccupied”
with these games and talks of nothing else. Jonathan says his wife nags him so much that he
is only happy these days when he is playing on the internet. Jonathan’s behavior is
indicative of the following:
Question: A social worker in a psychiatric setting is working with a client who exhibits
characteristics of Bipolar I Disorder. The psychiatrist in the clinic plans to prescribe
medication for the client. Which of the following is the most commonly used medication for
Bipolar I Disorder?
Question: Ronnie is a 28-year-old male who has been using heroin for the past 5 years. His family has
tried to help him to get clean, but after a few months, Ronnie returns to using. His parents
complain they have spent so much time dealing with Ronnie’s addiction that they have
neglected their other children. He has stolen from his family members to obtain money to
support his addiction. Family members are suffering in silence because they don’t want to
their friends to know they are struggling with Ronnie. Which of the following are not common effects of addiction on family members?
A social worker has been seeing a client–who is an accomplished artist–in private practice
for ten months. The client has made excellent progress and is ready to terminate therapy.
During the final session, the client presents the social worker with a picture of his dog,
which she painted from a photograph that he had on his desk. What is the BEST way for
the social worker to handle this situation?
Question: Which of the following topics are not part of a sexual assessment?