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SW is involved in the process of making referrals to link a family or person to needed
resources. - ANSWER Broker
SW fights for the rights of others and work to obtain needed resources by convincing others
of the legitimate needs and rights of members of society. - ANSWER Advocate
SW involved in locating services and assisting their clients to access those services. - ANSWER
Case Manager
SW involved in teaching people about resources and how to develop particular skills such as
budgeting, the caring discipline of children, effective communication, the meaning of medical
diagnosis, and the prevention of violence. - ANSWER Educator
SW is involved in gathering groups of people together for a variety of purposes including
community development, self-advocacy, political organization, and policy change. Social
Workers are involved as group therapists and tasks group leaders. - ANSWER Facilitator
SW is involved in many levels of community organization and action including economic
development, union organization, and research and policy specialists. - ANSWER Organizer
,SW, because of their expertise in a wide variety of applications, are well suited to work as
managers and supervisors in almost any setting. - ANSWER Manager
-Primary role is to develop safe discharge plans before discharging patients (referral and linking
to resources)
-Focus on short-term community reintegration
-Psych-education about illness and treatment
-Collaboration with medical team - ANSWER Medical Social Worker: Setting=Hospital
-Assist the person in distress to resolve immediate problem and regain emotional
equilibrium=GOAL IN FIRST SESSION, EMPHASIS ON COPING MECHANISMS
-Crisis intervention not long term treatment
-Assessment of suicidal ideations and homicidal ideations
-Assess health and mental health especially psychosis
-Referrals for immediate care (police, hospital ER, etc...) - ANSWER Crisis Social Worker:
Crisis Intervention
-NOT direct practice, indirect practice
-SW role is to work WITH THE community, not directly for them
-No individual counseling or family counseling
-Empower members to strengthen community to prevent future dilemmas.
-Members must have a COMMON INTEREST-KW's consensus, agreements
-Advocate for disadvantaged
-ADVOCACY and social justice.
-In any circumstance, when client can do something for themselves, but with support, that
is the right answer! - ANSWER Community Organization Social Worker
-Issues that affect the learning of the student
,-mental health, parents, bullying, abuse/neglect, cultural differences. - ANSWER School
Social Worker
-Create policies, pursue funding, strategic planning for organizations
-Works with the Board of Directors
-DOES NOT manage staff; refer to direct supervisors for staff intervention. - ANSWER
Executive Directors
-Note DURATION/ONSET of symptoms (Ex: Major Depressive Disorder has to be 2 weeks;
if following a trauma, it could be adjustment disorder up to 6 months)
-NO 4 Axis or GAF score
-Instead, specifiers of varying intensity/components i.e. bipolar has with anxious
distress specifier instead of GAD and bipolar. - ANSWER DSM 5: CHANGES
-Deficit in intellectual functions, adaptive functions, onset during developmental period.
-Diagnosed with clinical assessment and standardized testing - ANSWER Intellectual
Disabilities (instead of mental retardation/developmental disability)
-Qualitative impairment in social interaction, communication, restricted repetitive
and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interest and activities.
-No eye contact, unaware of others, perseverative play and strong reaction to minor changes. -
ANSWER Autism Spectrum Disorder
Persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with or
development as characterized by Inattention and/or Hyperactivity that has persisted for
MORE THAN 6 MONTHS. - ANSWER ADHD
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking (speech), catatonia, negative symptoms. -
ANSWER Schizophrenia Spectrum
, -Presence of delusions for A MONTH OR LONGER. -Criteria for schizophrenia has not been met
-Functioning is not markedly affected, brief manic or major depressive moods if any - ANSWER
Delusional Disorder
-Presence of 1 OR MORE: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or
catatonic.
-Duration of episode is AT LEAST ONE DAY, BUT NOT MORE THAN A MONTH.
-Disturbance not better explained by major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. - ANSWER
Brief Psychotic Disorder
-TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech,
grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms.
-Episodes lasts AT LEAST 1 MONTH, BUT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS
-Schizoaffective disorder and depressive or bipolar have been ruled out. - ANSWER
Schizophreniform Disorder
TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech,
grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms
-Above symptoms present for A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF TIME DURING A 1 MONTH PERIOD.
-Level of functioning in one or more major areas is markedly below
-Continuous signs of the disturbance persist for AT LEAST 6 MONTHS - ANSWER Schizophrenia
-Uninterrupted period of illness during which there is a major mood episode concurrent
with Criterion A of Schizophrenia.
-Delusions or hallucinations for 2 OR MORE WEEKS in the absence of a major mood episode.
-Symptoms that meet criteria for a major mood episode are present for a MAJORITY OF THE
TIME. - ANSWER Schizoaffective Disorder
Manic episode lasting at least A WEEK. Major depressive episode present during 2-WEEK
PERIOD. - ANSWER Bipolar I
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