A client who is suffering from depression asks a social worker to read her journal. After reading it, the social worker identifies major themes of her writings including feeling isolated, not understood, and rejected by her family. The social worker speaks with the client about these issues and they decide to include them as treatment goals. These goals are based on which of the following in the journal?

A. Latent content
B. Manifest content
C Explicit communication
D. Overt writings


Answer: A. Latent content

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The term _______ suggests that the boundary between the group and its environment is not closed

a. open-social system b. group culture c. open-culture system d. entropic system

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The case of Family Court Group for Parents of Truant Children: a. exemplifies how a worker addresses the issue of authority

b. illustrates a group's task of negotiating the environment of a school. c. illustrates strength-in-numbers. d. all of these answers.

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The political economy of a social agency:

a. Has little effect on its survival and influence. b. Is a key element to its survival and influence. c. Has to do with the goods and services it provides. d. Is the agency's source of income.

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