What is the difference between secondary traumatic stress and burnout?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Burnout occurs in jobs where there is some combination of insufficient support, long hours, high caseloads, burdensome paperwork, and a long-term degradation of energy and spirit. Secondary traumatic stress is the second-hand exposure to traumatic events.
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Mental health assistance for widespread disasters (both natural and manmade) such as hurricanes, mass murders, plane crashes, and tornadoes are often handled by
a. crisis stabilization units. b. acute traumatic stress disorder organizations. c. rapid response teams. d. EMDR teams.
Critical incidents such as stereotyping that result from overgeneralized thinking are best handled by confronting on a _______ basis rather than on a cognitive plane.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is NOT one of the “rules” commonly enforced in families with SUDs?
a. Do not trust anybody. b. Do not have your own thoughts or feelings about the problem. c. Do not feel responsible for the abuser. d. Do not talk about the problem.
Which of the following is not an example of an advanced empathy technique?
A. Helping clients make the implied explicit B. Helping clients make connections that may be missing C. Sharing with the client your gut instincts about what’s going on D. Sharing educated hunches based on empathic understanding