Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders:
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Description comes directly from the textbook.
Disorders in this category all involve obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors that are uncontrollable and the client feels compelled to perform them. Diagnoses in this category include obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania (or hair-pulling disorder), and excoriation (or skin-picking) disorder.
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A. Understand the procedures for each particular funding source and recognize that it is still people who make the final decisions. B. Send out one solicitation to as many sources as you can possibly think of; you are bound to get a sufficient response from someone. C. Acknowledge that both corporations and labor unions have their own agendas and do not provide support for community change organizations. D. Recognize that federated fundraising programs have almost disappeared from the American scene.
Purpose is not the same as cause
A. True B. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What do Gestalt therapists mean when they refer to a safe emergency?
a. A combination of aroused anxiety and the therapist’s affirmation and support, creating an atmosphere where creative adjustment to the natural self is possible. b. Purposefully provoking anxiety in the client and withholding support so that the client can gain awareness of his or her own weaknesses. c. Encouraging the client to experiment with different behaviors—sometimes exaggerated negative ones and sometimes positive ones. d. A situation where the client is in an emergency but doesn’t realize it because he or she has repressed his or her feelings. e. Arousing possibly harmful memories for a client, but in a situation where there is another therapist close at hand.
Refers to using clear and direct communication channels among individuals in group
a. Facilitating b. Supporting c. Collaborating d. Empathizing