MFT CLINICAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT INTERVENTIONS - ANSWER--ASSESS FURTHER
1.) Standard of care requires that therapists assess for child abuse and neglect when any risk factors are present.
-MANDATED TO REPORT:
1.) Physical abuse, sexual abuse and negle...
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT INTERVENTIONS - ANSWER--ASSESS FURTHER
1.) Standard of care requires that therapists assess for child abuse and neglect when any risk factors are
present.
-MANDATED TO REPORT:
1.) Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
*Emotional abuse is optional
*Exposure to domestic violence is optional report
2.) Abuse/neglect that occurred outside CA to
California state authorities.
3.) Consensual sex between minors is only a mandated report when 1) one of the
participants is 13 or younger and the other is 14 or older or 2) If one of the participants is 21 or older
and the other is under 16.
*Nonconsensual sex with a minor is always reported.
4.) Lewd and lascivious behavior between minors ages 14 or 15 with a partner who is
10 or more years older is a mandated report
5.) Downloading, possessing or transmitting child pornography constitutes sexual
exploitation of a minor and requires a mandated report.
-MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
1.) If the client is 18 or older and reports abuse occurred when s/he was a minor, unless there was
reasonable suspicion that the perpetrator was abusing other minors.
2.) A child taken out of state without permission would constitute kidnapping and not
abuse or neglect. The therapist should maintain confidentiality and encourage
2.) If occurs in a long-term care facility, contact local law enforcement immediately,
written reports must be filed with law enforcement and local ombudsman.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - ANSWER--SIGNS OF ABUSE
-CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
DV INTERVENTIONS - ANSWER--START WHERE CL IS; DON'T PUSH TO LEAVE
-SAFETY PLANNING
-REFERRALS
, -CLIENT ESCALATING IN ROOM
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM- DUTY TO PROTECT
RISK FACTORS - ANSWER-
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM- DUTY TO PROTECT - ANSWER-ASSESSMENT
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM- DUTY TO PROTECT
INTERVENTIONS - ANSWER--INCREASED CONTACT
-NO HARM CONTRACT
-BREAKING CONFIDENTIALITY
-SAFETY PLANNING
-VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
-INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
DANGER TO OTHERS- DUTY TO PROTECT - ANSWER--TARASOFF; DUTY TO WARN
-BIGGEST RISK FACTOR= HX OF VIOLENT BX
-ENSURING THERAPIST'S SAFETY (IN OFFICE/IN FIELD)
-CLIENT VS. NOT OUR CLIENT
DANGER TO OTHERS- DUTY TO PROTECT
INTERVENTIONS - ANSWER--CLARIFYING A THREAT OF HARM TO OTHERS
ASSESSMENT - ANSWER--MSE
-BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT
-REFERRAL SOURCE
-PSYHCOLOGICAL TESTING (TYPE/INDICATION)
-PHASE OF LIFE
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