Exam Preview for 1441: Clinical Social Work Interventions in Primar

Clinical Social Work Interventions in Primary Care

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1. Which of the following is a clinical intervention that social workers can provide in primary care settings? EMDR SBIRT MT SMRT
2. What is a ‘warm hand-off’ in primary care? A hour long therapy session A form of clinical consultation where the PCP introduces the behavioral health provider in the visit A crisis management technique An intervention provided by a medical student
3. What does the PHQ-9 screen for? Depression Anxiety Bipolar Disorder PTSD
4. Why is it important to have behavioral health social workers in primary care? Patients can gain access to medication management and therapy in this setting Patients will come to primary care first before accessing specialty care It de-stigmatizes accessing mental health treatment All of the above
5. What is motivational interviewing? A way of asking for help A type of therapy you can use with patients who have borderline personality disorder A counseling ‘style’ designed to help elicit behavior change by helping clients resolved ambivalence An evidence-based trauma treatment
6. What does it mean to ‘develop discrepancy’ with a patient when using motivational interviewing? It is a technique that helps identify the gap between behavior and values/goals It means that you will be able to point out where the patient is wrong more easily It means you argue with the patient and tell them they need to change It means you tell the client you can’t work with them anymore
7. What does SBIRT stand for? Suicide, Balint group intervention, Rogerian therapy Seek Better Intervention Recovering from Trauma Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Solution focused, Brief Intervention, Recommendations
8. What does the ‘O’ in OARS mean? Open ended questions Original Occupational Ornithological
9. Why is it beneficial to utilize motivational interviewing in primary care? Because social workers aren’t trained in anything else Because it is the best modality to use in crisis work Because primary care providers know what’s best Because the ideas and motivation for change come from the patient and thus are more likely to be adopted
10. What is the difference between the AUDIT-C and the USAUDIT-C? Neither of them measures hazardous drinking One is used in the US and based on US standard drink sizes and guidelines and the other is used internationally with different standard drink sizes and guidelines They are both the same One is for children and one is for adults