Quantum Units Education

Chapter 1

1. Brief interventions and therapies can be thought of as elements on a continuum of care, but they are distinguished from one another by:

2. Brief Therapy differs from Brief Intervention in that it involves a series of steps taken to treat a substance abuse problem.

3. In recent literature, Brief Interventions have been referred to as:

4. The Brief Intervention itself is structured and focused on substance abuse. Its primary goals are to raise awareness of problems and to recommend a specific change or activity.

5. Brief therapies are driven by the clinician due to the limited length of treatment.

6. Brief therapies and interventions have arisen due to which of the following factors:

7. Project MATCH assessed the benefits of matching alcohol dependent clients to what three types of treatment?

8. There is a long-standing attitude among clinicians and other care providers in community agencies that clients are generally resistant to change, unmotivated and in denial.

Chapter 2 Brief Interventions in Substance Abuse Treatment

9. Brief interventions are research-based procedures shown to work with those individuals who are at-risk and have less severe substance abuse problems.

10. The basic goal for any client in a substance abuse treatment setting is to reduce the risk of harm from continued use of substances. The greatest degree of harm reduction would obviously result from abstinence.

11. There are six components critical to a brief intervention to change substance abuse behavior. These elements are known by the acronym:

12. How many basic steps incorporate the six critical elements of the brief intervention?

13. One of the most important skills for brief interventionists is:

Chapter 3 - Brief Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment

14. What percentage of clients drop out of treatment before completing 20 sessions?

15. The most widely used model for understanding client’s readiness for change is:

16. The treatment goals of brief therapy should focus on the client’s central problem of substance abuse.

17. Due to the few number of sessions involved in Brief Therapies, goals should largely be therapist driven.

Chapter 4 - Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

18. Behavioral therapies have been primarily influenced by Pavlovian conditioning and Skinnerian operant learning.

19. Due to its design, most behavioral therapy is brief.

20. Covert sensitization is a technique used in cognitive therapy.

21. Cognitive theory assumes that most problems derive from faulty thinking processes.

22. Cognitive therapy was originally developed by A.T.Beck as a way of understanding and treating this mental disorder:

23. Cognitive restructuring is the general term given to what process?

24. How is Rational-emotive therapy different from cognitive therapy?

25. What is known as the third core element in cognitive behavioral therapy?

Chapter 5 - Brief Strategic/Interactional Therapies

26. Strategic therapy stems from the work of:

27. Ericksonian approaches have been shown to be highly effective with clients that have severe personality disorders.

28. The primary strength of strategic approaches is that they shift the focus from client’s weaknesses to client’s strengths.

29. In Solution-Focused Brief therapy, emphasis is placed on building exceptions to the presenting problem.

Chapter 6 - Brief Humanistic and Existential Therapies

30. Which of the following reflect best the key words of humanistic therapy?

31. Which of the following reflect best the key words of Existential Therapy?

32. Transpersonal therapy has been a model used to enhance a client’s spiritual development.

33. Humanistic and Existential therapies have been known to be in conflict with many tenets of 12-step programs.

Chapter 7 - Brief Psychodynamic Therapy

34. Psychodynamic brief therapies focus on what process that is manifested in the client’s present behavior?

35. The theory upon which psychodynamic therapy is formed is:

36. Brief psychodynamic therapies are better suited for some clients than for others. It is usually best undertaken for those clients who are well along in recovery and receptive to a higher degree of insight and self-awareness.

37. Mark and colleagues noted that two defenses frequently seen in those with substance abuse disorders are:

Chapter 8 - Brief Family Therapy

38. Even though substance abuse disorders develop in isolation, family therapy has proven to be a very effective form of therapy.

39. Which of the following situations would rule out the option of family therapy?

40. In Native American culture, the definition of family could include community members such as  healers and others who can help promote or block change. Therefore, a family can be created by drawing on this network.

41. The main focus of Bowenian family therapy is:

42. Based on their review of the treatment outcome literature, the Institute of Medicine recommends this therapy as a treatment option for all alcohol-abusing clients experiencing only mild to moderate problems.

Chapter 9 - Time-Limited Group Therapy

43. Group psychotherapy is one of the most common modalities for treating substance abuse disorders.

44. Research suggests that client improvement, as a result of group therapy, occurs within this time frame:

45. Almost any psychotherapeutic model can be successfully applied as a group therapy model.

46. In his classic work, Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Yalom identified how many primary “therapeutic factors” in group therapy?

47. This therapeutic factor pertains to the importance of relationships within the client’s family of origin, which finds expression within the group experience.

48. There is a growing consensus among therapists that women need to have their own groups, particularly during early recovery.