What are the key features of the trauma- and stressor-related disorders?

What will be an ideal response?


Suggested response:
? These disorders include exposure to a traumatic or stressful event (which is
listed explicitly as a diagnostic criterion);
? These disorders are located in the DSM-5 to reflect their close relationship
with the disorders in surrounding chapters; specifically the anxiety
disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and the dissociative
disorders;
? The psychological stress that follows exposure to a traumatic or stressful
event varies according to the specific diagnosis listed in this chapter;
? The specific expressions of clinical distress following exposure to catastrophic
or aversive events varies with each disorder;
? Additionally, social neglect is a diagnostic requirement for reactive
attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder.

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Describe four diversity concerns for working with gangs and when these issues play a role in a social worker’s practice.

What will be an ideal response?

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Circle all the responses that are appropriate for helping clients deal with grief:

a. experience the pain and say goodbye to the loved one. b. write a good-bye letter to the loved one. c. talk about the good AND bad times they had with the loved one. d. talk only of the good times they had with the loved one. e. avoid addressing grief until the client is sober for at least six months.

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Which of the following are risk factors that arise from community influences?

a) delinquency b) safe neighborhoods c) safe schools d) all of the above

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An eclectic approach to ethical reasoning argues that moral and ethic principles, practical considerations, cultural norms, and the results of empirical data should ALL be considered

a. True. b. False.

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