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PSYC CMH Study Guide - Exam 1-1

The study guide for PSYC 340 covers key concepts in community mental health, including ethical guidelines for counselors, the importance of informed consent, and historical developments in the counseling field. It outlines essential principles of ethical behavior, licensure requirements, and the roles of various professional organizations. Additionally, it emphasizes the significance of understanding traditional responses and the impact of accreditation and continuing education on professional practice.

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PSYC CMH Study Guide - Exam 1-1

The study guide for PSYC 340 covers key concepts in community mental health, including ethical guidelines for counselors, the importance of informed consent, and historical developments in the counseling field. It outlines essential principles of ethical behavior, licensure requirements, and the roles of various professional organizations. Additionally, it emphasizes the significance of understanding traditional responses and the impact of accreditation and continuing education on professional practice.

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Study Guide (Exam 1) PSYC 340: Community Mental

Health F24

1. How many years should a professional counselor wait before they engage in romantic or sexual
relationships with a former client or their family member, based on current guidelines? 5 years
2. What type of approach/therapy are school counselors strongly advised to use by the ASCA
Ethical Standards for School Counselors? brief solution-focused approaches.
3. Know the principles of ethical behavior and what they mean:
 Justice
 Autonomy
 Beneficence
 Veracity
 Fidelity
 Non maleficence
4. What are some special cases where it is okay to break confidentiality? When the client is in
danger of being harmed or will harm someone else.
5. What are the main purposes of the ACA Code of Ethics?
 to serve as the basis for processing an ethical complaint against members.
 to support the mission of the association.
 to establish the principles that define ethical behavior and best practices of
association members.
6. What two federal laws usually have conflicts between them when it comes to health
information? FERPA and HIPAA
7. What do the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 and the Protection of
Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) of 1978 require for school system surveys that receive funding
from the U.S. Department of Education? be made available for review by parents of students.
8. What are some principles that a counselor should be aware about personal notes?
 must remain in the sole possession of the maker.
 can only be shared with a substitute maker.
 must remain separate from educational records.

9. What are the two categories of ACA divisions: Passion divisions and work settings

10. Which ACA division focuses on areas of expertise and topics of interest? Passion

11. Know the criterion for state licensure.


 Master’s degree from an accredited university.
 48-60 hours of graduate education.
 Passing score on the National Counselor’s Exam.
12. What is accreditation? protects public interest, ensures that graduate schools and their
students have met high standards, and identifies educational programs that meet minimum
standards for faculty composition, curriculum, and student services.
13. What are the four levels of credentialing procedures, ranked from least to most prestigious?
 inspection,
 registration,
 certification, and
 licensure.
14. What organization offers national certifications for professional counselors? the National Board
of Certified Counselors (NBCC).
15. Which organization has provided financial incentives to support aspiring counselors through the
provision of monetary rewards for participating in essay writing competitions? American
Counseling Association Foundation (ACAF)
16. What do licenses and certifications require? continuing education.
17. What was James Cattell’s contribution in the history of psychology/counseling? the first to use
the term “mental test” in reference to mental abilities and intelligence.
18. What does counseling aim to promote?
 wellness,
 normal development,
 empowerment, and prevention.
19. How do professional counselors view problems that are not the same with other helping
professionals? normal responses to abnormal events.
20. Know about the relationship of A Mind That Found Itself and the mental hygiene movement. A
Mind That Found Itself provided the incentive for the mental hygiene movement.
21. What is a culturally encapsulated counselor?
 perceives others through his own narrow cultural lens.
 does not pay attention to the cultural values of a client.
 does not pay attention to the experiences of a client.
22. What is gatekeeping?
 screening,
 remediation, and
 dismissal of counseling students.
23. What is the “fourth force” in counseling? Multiculturalism
24. What time period was there a high demand for school counselors that colleges and universities
could keep up the pace? 1960-1980
25. What happened in the 1940s in the history of counseling? Became more client-centered
26. Before which historical event were psychiatric evaluations and mental hygiene clinics used in
recruitment? World War 2
27. Who is the Father of the American guidance movement? Frank Parsons
28. What model is the following founded on?
 Counseling Psychology- educational/development
 Clinical Psychology- medical
 Social Work- Person in Environment
 Marriage and Family Therapy- systems
29. What are the Three Central Roles (or characteristics) of Counseling Psychology?
 Remedial
 Preventative
 Educative-Developmental
30. Based on Freud, what are the major tasks of life? (clue: german words) Lieben and Arbeiten

Questions in Exam, but not included in study guide:

31. ______________ cannot be denied based only upon having made an ethics complaint or being
the subject of an ethics complaint. Advancement, Admission to academic programs,
Employment, promotion, or tenure
32. What should a professional counselor do if both a subpoena and a court order are received:
must release the information with or without the client’s consent.
33. What was the reason for removing “development” from ACA’s previous title of the American
Association for Counseling and Development? to unite and reflect the common link of
counseling between association members.
34. Which state was final to issue licenses for professional counselors? California
35. What skill we should employ when people are vague in their communication at times:
Requesting Concreteness
36. Counseling focuses on Hygiology
37. The Professional Identity of Counselors has been:
 Plagued by diffuse and divergent identities
 Blessed by the many changes over the years
38. As a result of the Great Depression:
 counseling became available to children.
 counseling settings expanded.
 counselors worked with the unemployed in non-traditional ways.
39. A thorough understanding of the origin and historical progression of counseling provides a
framework for:

 an increased sense of pride in the profession.


 a marked increase in salary and benefits.
 a professional identity as a counselor.
 the knowledge to advocate for the profession.

Essay Questions:
40. Describe the Self Awareness that you have gained. Be explicit in discussing some of the results
of our self-awareness activities. (Holland Code, Work Values Inventory, Patriarchal Blessing,
Family Feedback, Genogram, etc.)
41. Describe why it is important to understand what Traditional Responses are. List all of the
traditional responses and describe each one.
 Judging
 Personal experience
 Advice-giving
 Ignoring
 Supporting
 Interpreting
 Questioning
 Sympathetic
 Reassuring
42. Describe informed consent, why it is important, and the impact it has on the profession of
counseling.
 Informed consent involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and
to make autonomous decisions pertaining to it. Some aspects of the informed consent
process include the general goals of counseling, the responsibilities of the counselor
toward the client, the responsibilities of clients, limitations of and exceptions to
confidentiality, legal and ethical parameters that could define the relationship, the
qualifications and background of the practitioner, the fees involved, the services the
client can expect, and the approximate length of the therapeutic process.
43. Describe the following and how they impact the professional counselor: Accreditation,
Supervised Training, Professional Associations, Licensing, Certification, Continuing education.
44. List and describe the 6 Principles of Ethical Behavior according to the ACA. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF
EACH.
 Justice
 Autonomy
 Beneficence
 Veracity
 Fidelity
 Non maleficence
45. Prepare for a case study regarding the ethical decision-making model.

 Ethical Decision-Making Model

1. Identify the problem


2. Identify and apply code of ethics
3. Determine a course of action
4. Consider potential consequences of action
5. Evaluate the selected course of action
6. Consulate with colleagues
7. Implement the course of action
8. Evaluate decision

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