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

1. Almost no children and adolescents treated with atypical antipsychotics experience side effects.
2. Providing low doses of antipsychotic medication to youths at risk for schizophrenia who had not yet shown psychotic symptoms made it significantly less likely for them to develop psychotic symptoms—however, many patients were unable or unwilling to adhere to the prescribed medication for a full 12 months.
3. Prodromal and early psychotic symptoms can be identified in adolescents.
4. The dopamine hypothesis holds that excessive stimulation of D2 dopamine receptors along the mesocortical pathway results in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False

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a. When reading, children with reading problems show greater left hemisphere activation in Broca’s and Wernicke’s area than typically developing readers do. b. When reading, children with reading problems show greater right hemisphere activation than typically developing readers do. c. When reading, children with reading problems who receive instruction in phonics show more bilateral activation than typically developing readers. d. When reading, children with reading problems who receive instruction in phonics show less bilateral activation than typically developing readers.

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Socially responsive practice is impossible when_________________________.

a. the client and counselor are not responsive to each other b. the counselor is a different race or gender than client c. the counselor and client operate from different consciousness d. there is a power differential between counselor and client

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What is the macro-environment in regards to sociological theory?

a. “The bigger picture” of addiction b. “The small picture” of addiction c. “The culture” of addiction d. “The phenomenon” of addiction

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A client’s willingness to go deeper into the story depends partly upon

A. the helper’s questions and encouragers. B. a trusting therapeutic relationship. C. a worldview congruent with the helper’s. D. all of the above.

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