ATCB - Evaluation And Assessment: Questions &
Accurate Answers
Illusion Right Ans - Perceptual concept from mental status exam;
Misinterpretation of a sensory stimulus that can occur in any sensory
modality. For example, misperceiving moving curtains in a darkened room to
be an intruder
Derealization Right Ans - Perceptual concept from mental status exam; A
vague sense of unreality in one's perception of the external world
Hallucination Right Ans - Perceptual concept from mental status exam;
Perceiving a sound, sight, taste, smell, or touch in the absence of external
sensory stimulation that seems indistinguishable from such an experience in
reality
Depersonalization Right Ans - Perceptual concept from mental status
exam; The sense that one is outside of his or her self
Normalization Right Ans - Statements of affirmation and encouragement
for the comfort of the client
Balance statements Right Ans - Give client an array of possible emotions or
situations in a way that the client can respond in agreement
Attending Right Ans - Be aware of the client's verbal and non-verbal
communications
Paraphrasing Right Ans - Restate content of the client's statement in your
own words
Sympathy Right Ans - Becoming too involved with client by attempting to
experience the feelings of the client, in a way becoming attached to experience
Empathy Right Ans - Recognizing emotional experience of client while
avoiding any excessive attachment
, Blunted Right Ans - Description of affect from mental status exam;
Decrease in amplitude of emotional expression
Inappropriate Right Ans - Description of affect from mental status exam;
Emotions that are expressed are not congruent with content of patient's
thoughts
Flat Right Ans - Description of affect from mental status exam; Virtually
complete absence of affective expression
Labile Right Ans - Description of affect from mental status exam;
Unpredictable shifts in emotional state
Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) Right Ans - Developed in 1970 by Burns and
Kaufman; Asks child client to draw picture of entire family, including self
"doing something"; Meant to elicit child's attitudes towards family and family
dynamics, and can be utilized as part of child abuse evaluation
Kinetic School Drawing Right Ans - Developed in 1974 by Prout and
Phillips; Asks child client to draw picture of self, teacher, and one or more
classmates; Meant to elicit attitudes toward people at school, and functioning
within school environment
Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) Right Ans - Assessment tool for adults
with range of psychiatric disorders; Three parts utilizing chalk pastels on
18x24 paper: First image is of any picture client wants to draw, second image
is a tree, and third image is how they are feeling using only line, shape, and
color.
Child Diagnostic Drawing Series (CDDS) Right Ans - DDS assessment for
children
House Tree Person Assessment (HTP) Right Ans - Developed in 1948 by
Buck; Asks client to draw house, tree and person to measure different areas of
self-perception and attitudes. Appropriate for any over age 3. House = feelings
towards family; Tree = feelings of strength/weaknesses; Person = individual's
self-concept; Typically used as part of forensic evaluation as part of clinical
interview in order to generate hypotheses
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