
80 Clinical Vignettes for Test Taking, Licensing Exam Prep, and Practical Applications
Author: Liz B. Johnston
Page Count: 268
ISBN: 978-0-87101-596-9
Published: 2024
Price range: $40.38 through $44.82
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Clinical case studies are a fundamental tool for developing “practice wisdom,” the intuitive understanding of client dynamics and core issues in a case. This collection of 80 real-world-based clinical vignettes offers a diverse range of clinical counseling cases, covering all the major DSM-5-TR diagnostic categories.
Working through the clinical vignettes in this book, you will build your familiarity with the major DSM-5-TR diagnoses and the wide variety of cases that may be found in exam questions, licensing tests, or your social work practice. For each case, the answer key provides possible risk factors, diversity considerations, ethical and legal concerns, treatment issues, and possible diagnoses. Using the SHADE acronym (suicide, homicide, abuse, drugs or alcohol, eating disorder, and elder abuse) as a foundation for remembering risk factors, the dynamic answer key provides answers where appropriate and guidance to navigate the gray areas.
You will be trained to ask yourself:
- What are the significant issues present in the case?
- What are the cultural, racial, ethnic, and other diversity considerations?
- What ethical and legal issues might occur?
- What transference and countertransference issues might come up during treatment?
- What are the possible diagnoses?
- What theoretical approach should be used?
- Who is the identified patient?
- What assessment tools will you use?
- What is your treatment plan?
- What interventions would you use?
Whether you are a social work student, aspiring counselor, or practicing clinician, 80 Clinical Vignettes for Test Taking, Licensing Exam Prep, and Practical Applications will help you increase your diagnostic skills and ability to recognize risk factors in the classroom, on tests and licensing exams, and in the field.
Introduction
General Tips for Studying for State and National Licensing Exams
General Strategies for Multiple-Choice Questions
Fact Sheets
- Risk Factors/Crisis Management
- Human Diversity
- Legal Requirements
- Ethical Standards
- Biopsychosocial Assessment
- Developing a Diagnostic Impression
- Planning Treatment and Setting Goals
- Case Management
- Providing Therapeutic Interventions
Useful Resources
80 Clinical Vignettes
Answer Key
References
Index
About the Author