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correct answers
Termination Process - correct answer Is most associated with evaluating goals and accomplishments
Community Organizer - correct answer Developing and working with groups from a community to
improve relationships among the residents
DSM-IV-TR - correct answer Most helpful with assessment interpretation
Borderline Intellectual Functioning - correct answer IQ 71-84
Borderline Intellectual Functioning - correct answer Code on Axis II
Mild MR - correct answer 55-70, considered educable, minimal assistance, may need some supervision
and guidance, live in community or in supervised settings
Moderate MR - correct answer 35-55, considered trainable, able to preform at 2nd grade level,
moderate supervision, can attend to their own personal care, can perform unskilled or semi-skilled
work, can live in the community
Severe MR - correct answer 20-35, considered trainable, generally institutionalize, have little or no
communicative speech, possible group home.
Profound MR - correct answer IQ below 20, generally total care
Mental Retardation - correct answer Deficits in adaptive and social functioning, an IQ of 70 or less,
onset prior to age 18.
,Pervasive Mental Disorders - correct answer Involves multiple functions and behaviors are not
considered normal at any age. Impairment in reciprocal interaction, verbal and nonverbal skills,
imaginative activity, and intellectual skills
Autistic Disorder - correct answer Age of onset requirement is age 3, self-stimulating, self injuring
behaviors often present, such as, rocking, spinning, head banging.
Rett's Disorder - correct answer Only in females, deceleration of head growth, start out normal and 5 to
24 months problems develop, loss of previously acquired hand skills, loss of social engagement,
appearance of stereotyped movements, impaired language functioning generally associated with severe
or profound mental retardation
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - correct answer Normal development for two years then a drastic
decline followed by a loss of previously acquired skills, and development of autistic like symptoms
Asperger's Disorder - correct answer Autistic like symptoms without language impairment, severely
impaired social interaction, these children often have normal to above normal intelligence
ADHD - correct answer symptoms must persist for atleast 6 months, predominately inattentive,
hyperactivity-impulsivity, combined. Generally before age 7.
Conduct Disorder - correct answer Pattern of behavior that violates rights of others, aggression to
people and animale, deceitfulness or theft, destruction of property, serious violations of rules
Tourette's Disorder - correct answer vocal and motor tics, onset before age 18, symptoms must last for
a at least a year.
Enuresis - correct answer Elimination or urine during day or night, must be age 5 before it can be
diagnosed
Encopresis - correct answer Elimination of feces or soiling in inappropriate places; occurs one time a
month for 3 months, must be at least 4 years of age to diagnose
, Seperation Anxiety Disorder - correct answer Excessive anxiety over separation from home or whom
attached, must last 4 weeks and begin before age 18.
Stranger Anxiety - correct answer A normal reaction experienced by an infant when startled or feeling
threatened.
Separation Anxiety - correct answer Feelings of anxiety and fear that result after being separated from
a significant other, such as, parent or partner.
Selective Mutism - correct answer At least 1 month in duration, an inability to speak or understand
spoken language
Delirium - correct answer Clouded sensorium, brief duration, can happen in young and old
Dementia - correct answer No clouded sensorium, long duration, must have disturbance in
occupational and social functioning, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits.
Substance Abuse - correct answer Continue use knowing it is causing harm
Substance Dependence - correct answer Needs to take larger amounts with unsuccessful attempts to
quit
Substance Intoxication - correct answer Recent ingestion of psychoactive substance
Substance Withdrawal - correct answer Maladaptive cognitive and behavioral declines due to reduction
of a substance
Substance abuse is considered to be in remission - correct answer 12 months
Schizophrenic, Disorganized Type - correct answer Marked incoherence, lack of systematized delusions,
silly affect
