From ASWB Practice Exam - Review of Questions

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Secondary Prevention Strategies *Secondary prevention strategies occur after diseases, injuries, and/or illnesses have developed to mitigate or slow their progression/impacts. - ✔✔1.) Taking low ... doses of aspirin for those with heart conditions 2.) Modification of work assignments when someone for those who are injured 3.) Regular screenings of those with risk factors for an illness or disease Primary Prevention Strategies *STRATEGIES THAT PREVENT ILLNESS / DISEASE - ✔✔1.) Regular exercise and good nutrition Clients using or have only been off drugs for a short amount of time MUST seek medical attention FIRST. - ✔✔-Therapeutic measures cannot begin until the medical side of drug treatment concludes -According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, health and safety are basic needs that have to be addressed initially. Abstinence from substances, such as heroin, can cause nausea, vomiting, diathermia, agitation, sleeplessness, and/or depression. These symptoms have to be treated first before attempting relapse prevention or identifying a treatment plan. Completing an assessment is useful, but is not as directly tied to "meeting his immediate treatment needs" as the question directs. Ensuring that detoxification occurs safely is critical, especially after long-term use such as that described. When social workers can terminate with a client when a client HAS NOT PAID/MADE PAYMENTS ON TIME - ✔✔-Social workers in fee-for-service settings may terminate servicesto clients who are not paying overdue balances if the financial contractual arrangements have been made clear, if clients do not pose an imminent danger to self or others, and if the clinical and other consequences of the current nonpayment have been addressed and discussed. Good Resistance Strategies to Use with Resistant Clients - ✔✔-Clarifying what will occur in treatment -Instilling hope that change is possible -Explaining the limits of confidentiality Which of the following is a neurotransmitter in the brain that is responsible for maintaining mood balance and is related to depression? - ✔✔-*Serotonin* is a chemical created by the human body that works as a neurotransmitter. [Show More]

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