MFT: Assessing, Hypothesizing, Diagnosing Exam
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Describe the potential problems experienced by three generation families living close
together. - ✔️✔️More than one adult may struggle to be the head of household. Or there
may be no clear structure for child care and child rearing roles and financial
responsibilities.
The rapist's role with multi generational households. - ✔️✔️Must get to know the family to
understand the stated and hidden roles and expectations and discover the different
coalitions or subsystems that exist. Often the therapist must help the family define
boundaries. The therapist should caution in trying to separate the family into more
cultural normal roles and instead work with the family as whole system.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child has a short
attention span.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Teachers and parents
report child is easily distracted.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child has difficulty
following directions, especially complex or multi-step.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child fails to compete
tasks such as school work or household chores.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Parents and teachers
observe hyperactive, impulsive, or restless behavior.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child struggles with
organization.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child engages in
attention-seeking behavior at home and school.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child refuses to
accept responsibility for actions and often blames others.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Parents or teachers
report angry outbursts, defensiveness, and lack of concern for others.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Child suffers from low
self-esteem and is insecure.
possible symptoms or behaviors associated with ADD/ADHD - ✔️✔️Teachers and parents
report difficulty interacting with peers.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️Unresolved
marital conflict can be redirected at children. Conflict can be the result of unhappiness,
different belief systems, and a lack of effective communication and problem solving
strategies.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️Power
struggles or problems with intimacy with the marriage develop into patterns of negative
behavior that affect children.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️When
partners in the marriage come to view their situation as win or lose instead of a
collaborative effort, they can come to view children as assets in that battle.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️A parent
might view the child as extension of his or her spouse and withhold from the child or
inflict harm on the child to get back at the spouse.
The child becomes part of a negative triangle - ✔️✔️The child becomes part of a negative
triangle in which the parent or parents use him to stabilize their own conflict.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️Negative
behavior patterns focus on assigning blame and often deteriorate into violence.
factors in marital relationship that can increase the risk for child abuse - ✔️✔️Marital
violence is a major risk factor for eventual child abuse.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. - ✔️✔️Family
history of mental disorders or suicide attempts as well as any history of mental illness
such as major depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. -
✔️✔️Excessive use of alcohol or drugs.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. -
✔️✔️Combination of alcohol or drugs with mental illness greatly increases the risk.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. -
✔️✔️Traumatic, painful, or chronic illness or injury and any ongoing or past abuse.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. - ✔️✔️Males
are more likely than females.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. -
✔️✔️Suicide of a friend, family member, or even an acquaintance is potential trigger.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. -
✔️✔️Research suggests teenagers who are gay or have sexual orientation issues may
be at greater risk.
Identify some of the major risk factors or patterns for suicide in adolescents. - ✔️✔️Higher
among caucasians than minorities.
holon - ✔️✔️Koestier used this to refer to a whole entity that is also a part of a bigger
entity. Implies that therapists must consider the needs, make-up, and motives of the
individual as well as the interaction of individuals and groups within the larger group
such as family units.
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