After working with Andrea Barry, the relationship between the Clemmons family and their environment is more in balance. The best term to describe this balanced relationship between the family system and its environment is
A. positive feedback
B. goodness-of-fit
C. structured interactions
D. open boundaries
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A human services worker decides to use crisis theory in helping a client whose
husband just left her. Which of the following approaches would best apply in this situation? A. directing the client to existing close family relationships B. encouraging the client that she will find a new relationship C. directing the client to mental health resources D. helping the client to focus on solving other problems instead
Often beginning practitioners are most threatened by _____________ of family members
a. anger. b. criticism. c. despair. d. a and b. e. all of the above.
George Langwasser is a 45 year-old gentleman whose case history describes classic
features of schizophrenia but the social worker notices in his chart that he has always experienced co-occurring symptoms of depression – that is, feeling “down in the dumps,” poor appetite, feelings of hopelessness and insomnia – during his episodes of active psychosis and only during the 2-year period of the active symptoms of schizophrenia. Currently, his psychotic episodes are successfully controlled by medication and his chart reflects no further symptoms of depression. In fact, Mr. Langwasser has never met full diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder at any time. Should his diagnosis of schizophrenia be changed?
a) No, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is correct b) Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) c) Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizoaffective disorder d) Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizophrenia and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)