NCMHCE Exam Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
When would a client diagnosed with ADHD be considered "in partial remission"? - ✔️✔️Full
criteria for the disorder has not been met for 6 months but functional impairment still exists.
An assessment that provides an evaluation of a client's distress as it explores symptoms of
depression, anxiety, & several other mental health domains. It also determines the severity of
those symptoms. It is a self- or informant-rated measure. It is intended to help clinicians identify
additional areas of question which may significantly impact the individual's treatment and
prognosis.
Ages: ALL - ✔️✔️The DSM-5-TR Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure
Rational recovery (RR) - ✔️✔️-RR is an abstinence-based addiction recovery program, developed
as an alternative to the spiritually centered 12-step model.
-Whereas AA is free, dependent on members, group centric, and offers spiritual help, RR is an
individual effort based on CBT and has no religious or spiritual component.
What are the feature characteristics of Oppositional Defiant Disorder? (3) - ✔️✔️Negative affect,
argumentative, and defiant behavior
Object Relations Theory - ✔️✔️A branch of psychodynamic thought that focuses on relationships
being more crucial to personality development than individual drives/abilities.
The 4 developmental domains of Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice Competencies
(MSJCC) - ✔️✔️(1) counselor self-awareness
(2) client worldview
(3) counseling relationship
(4) counseling and advocacy interventions.
Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory 4 stages: - ✔️✔️Sensorimotor stage (0-2 years old)
Preoperational stage (2-7 years old)
Concrete operational stage (7-11 years old)
Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)
Schein's models of consultation are: - ✔️✔️1. Purchase of expertise: purchase of a consultant's
service by a manager/group who has defined a need and needs external help to fulfill that need
2. Doctor/patient: consultant is brought into an organization to diagnose and identify a treatment
for the problem
3. Process: consultant actions/activities that help client understand the process that occurs in the
environment and improve the situation
What type of therapy involves the term parataxic distortion (the inclincation to skew perceptions
of others based on fantasy)? - ✔️✔️Interpersonal therapy
Symbolic experiential family therapy (Carl Whitaker) - ✔️✔️A directive family therapy approach
routed in the idea that interpersonal problems stem from the lack of emotional closeness and
sharing among family members.
A mental disorder characterized by neurologic symptoms that is incompatible with any known
neurologic disease. Common symptoms include weakness and/or paralysis, non-epileptic
seizures, movement disorders, speech or visual impairment, swallowing difficulty, sensory
disturbances, or cognitive symptoms.
DSM-5: _______ _______
DSM-5-TR: F_______ N______ ________ ______ - ✔️✔️Conversion Disorder (DSM-5) now
referred to as Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (DSM-5-TR)
During the group DBT sessions, the focus is on developing skills in 4 areas: - ✔️✔️› Mindfulness
› Distress tolerance
› Emotional regulation
› Interpersonal effectiveness.
Internal dialogue exercises belong to what therapy? - ✔️✔️Gestalt
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - ✔️✔️-A specific type of CBT that has been effective in
reducing symptoms of PTSD.
-It helps clients learn how to challenge/modify unhelpful thoughts related to the trauma so that
the client can create a new understanding of the traumatic event and reduces the traumatic event's
negative effects on life.
Panic control therapy - ✔️✔️-A therapeutic approach geared towards addressing client's inaccurate
beliefs regarding the physical aspects of a panic attack.
-It involves psychoeducation, relaxation skills, cognitive restructuring, and interoceptive
exposure.
Interoceptive exposure - ✔️✔️A technique, often used in panic control therapy, in which patients
intentionally elicit the sensations associated with panic so that they can habituate to those
sensations and not respond with fear.
Transactional Analysis - ✔️✔️-This type of therapy asserts that each person possesses 3 ego states
(parent, adult, child).
-The goal of the therapy is to strengthen the client's adult ego state.
-Therapists help the client understand which ego state they operate in during their interactions
with others.
Phylogenic endowment (Freud) - ✔️✔️Inherited experiences that lie beyond an individual's
personal experience
In diagnosing a client with Gender Dysphoria in Children, how long must the symptoms be
present, and how many symptoms must be exhibited? - ✔️✔️At least six months manifested in at
least six symptoms
Corey Group therapy 4 Stages - ✔️✔️1. Initial Stage: Orientation & Exploration
2. Transition Stage: Dealing with Resistance
3. Working Stage: Cohesion and Productivity
4. Final Stage: Consolidation and Termination
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - ✔️✔️-MBSR is a flexible and customizable
approach to treating stress, anxiety, depression, and pain.
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