Explain what disaster mental health care is.

What will be an ideal response?


Disaster mental health care is a field of practice focused on helping disaster survivors, rescue and recovery workers, and other people affected by disasters to develop the skills necessary to cope with the extreme stress that often occurs after a disaster.

Counseling

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Describe reasons the counseling profession has a difficult time distinguishing itself from other mental health professions.

What will be an ideal response?

Counseling

One committed against a person, including murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery

a. Crime of passion b. Violent crime c. Felony d. Crime of violence

Counseling

Members who believe that their environments control them and that they are at the mercy of that environment may benefit in group counseling from the process function called ____.

a. universality
b. family reenactment
c. installation of hope
d. contagion

Counseling

Compared to children and adolescents with other disorders, those with anxiety disorders ______.

a. were most likely to receive treatment b. were most likely to be treated by a pediatrician rather than a mental health professional c. were most likely to receive psychotropic medication d. were most likely to be from low-SES backgrounds

Counseling