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LGSW Test
Licensed Graduate Social Worker test
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Social Work
Graduate
02/24/2014

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Term
Social Work Value: Service
Definition
Ethical Principle: Social workers primary goal is to help people in need and to address socia problems.
Term
Social Work Value: Social Justice
Definition

Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice.

social workers pursue social change on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals.  social change efforts are focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and other forms of social injustice.  These activities seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression.  Strive to ensure access to needed info, services, and resources.  

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Value: dignity and worth of the person
Definition

Ethical Principle: Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person.  

Treat each eprson in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of the individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity.  Promote clients socially responsible self-determination.  Seek to enhance clients capacity and opportunity to change and address own needs.  Aware of dual responsibility to clients and the broader society.  Seek to resolve conflicts between clients interests and the broader societys interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with values.

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Social Work Value: Importance of Human Relationships
Definition

Ethical Principle: Social Workers recognize the central importance of human relationships. 

Relationships are an important vehicle for change.  They engage people as partners in the helping process.  Seek to strengthen relationships among people in a purposeful effort to promote, restore, maintain, and enhance the well-being of individuals, families, social groups, organizations,a dn communities.

Term
Social Work Value: Competence
Definition

Ethical Principle: social workers practice within their areas of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise.  

Social workers continually strive to increase their professional knowledge and skills and to apply them in practice.  Social workers should aspire to contribute to the knowledge base of the profession.

Term
Social Work Value: Integrity
Definition
Ethical Principle: Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner. They are continually aware of the professions mission, values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with them. They act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical practices on the part of the organization with which they are affiliated.
Term
Social workers Ethical Responsibilities to clients.
1.01 Commitment to clients
Definition
primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients interests are primary. However, social workers responsibility to the larger society or specific legal obligations may on limited occasions supersede the loyalty owed clients, and clients should be advised.
Term
Social workers Ethical Responsibilities to clients.
1.02 Self-determination
Definition
Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social workers may limit clients right to self-determination when, in the social workers professional judgement, clients actions or potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to themselves or others.
Term
Substance-Induced
Definition

Delirium

Dementia

Amnestic Disorder

Mood Disorder

Anxiety Disorder

Sexual Dysfunction

Sleep Disorder

Psychotic Disorder

Term
Schizoprenia, Paranoid type
Definition
Paranoid type is in the presence of prominent delusions or auditory hallucinations.  Delusions are often persecutory or grandiose.  Usually around a coherent theme.  Associated features include anxiety, anger, aloofness, and argumentativeness.
Term
Schizophrenia, Disorganized type
Definition
Disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and flat and innappropriate affect.  Silliness and laughter not related to speech.  Associated with poor premorbid personality, early onset, and a continuous course without significant remissions.  Also known as Hebephrenic.
Term
Schizophrenia, Catatonic Type
Definition
Marked psychomotor disturbance: motor immobility, excessive motor activity, extreme negativism, mutism, peculiarities of volunarty movement, echolalia, echopraxia.
Term
Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
Definition
Criterion A is met but they do not meet the criteria for Paranoid, Disorganized, and Catatonic type.
Term
Delusional Disorder
Definition

Erotomanic type: another person is in love with them

Grandiose Type: conviction of having some great talent or insight or having made some important discovery

Jealous Type: Spouse or lover is unfaithful

Persecutory Type: being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisoned or drugged

Somatic Type: involves bodily functions or sensations

 

 

Term

Medications for Depression/Anxiety:

SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)

Definition

Fluoxetine (Prozac)

Sertraline (Zoloft)

Paroxetine (Paxil)

Fluvoxamine (Luvox)

Citalopram (Celexa)

Escitalopram (Lexapro)

Term

Medication for Depression/Anxiety:

SNRI (Serotonin Norepinepherine Reuptake Inhibitors)

Definition

Venlafaxine (Effexor)

Duloxetine (Cymbalta)

Dexvenlafaxine (Pristiq)

Trazodone (Desyrel)

Bupropion (Wellbutrin)

Mirtazapine (Remeron)

Term

Medications for Depression/Anxiety:

Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA's)

older med's not used as much, high risk of adverse effects

Definition

Clomipramine (Anafranil)

Doxepin (Adapin, Sinequan)

Nortriptyline (Aventyl, Pamelor)

Amitriptyline (Elavil)

Desipramine (Norpramin)

Imipramine (Tofranil)

Term

Madications for Depression/Anxiety:

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI)

Older, dangerous, not used much 

Definition

Tranylcypromine (Parnate)

Phenelzine (Nardil)

Isocarboxazid (Marplan)

Term

Medications for Depression/Anxiety:

Benzodiazepines

Definition

Alprazoam (Xanax)

Diazepam (Valium)

Clonazepam (Klonopin)

Lorazepam (Ativan)

Oxazepam (Serax)

Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)

Term

Bipolar Medication:

Mood Stabilizers

Definition

Lithium (Eskalith)

Divalproex (Depakote)

Lamotrigine (Lamictal)

Carbamazepine (Tegretol)

Gabapentin (Neurontin)

Topiramate (Topamax)

Oxcarbazepine (Triliptal)

Term

Bipolar Medications:

Antipsychotics

Definition

Risperidone (Risperdal)

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

Aripiprazole (Abilify)

Quetiapine (Seroquel)

Ziprasidone (Geodon)

Asenapine (Saphris)

Term
Schizophrenia Medications
Definition

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)

Perphenazine (Trilafon)

Fluphenazine (Prolixin)

Thioridazine (Mellaril)

Haloperidol (Haldol)

Risperidone (Risperdol)

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

Term
Schizophrenia Medications
Definition

Quetiapine (Seroquel)

Ziprasidone (Geodon)

Aripiprazole (Abilify)

Iloperidone (Fanapt)

Asenapine (Saphris)

Lurasidone (Latuda)

Clozaril

Term
PTSD Medications
Definition

SSRI's

SNRI's

Mirtazapine (Remeron)

Prazosin (Minipress)

Term
Alcohol Medications
Definition

Disulfiram (Antabuse)

Acamprosate (Campral)

Naltrexone (Revia, Vivitrol- injection)

Term
Somatoform Disorder
Definition
The presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition and are not fully explained by general medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder.  The symptoms must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas.
Term
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Definition
Multiple personality disorder
Term
Depersonalization Disorder
Definition
Feeling of being detached from one's own mental process or body
Term
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Definition
distrust and suspiciousness such that others motives are interpreted as malevolent
Term
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Definition
Pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression
Term
Schizotypical Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior
Term
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others
Term
Borderline personality disorder
Definition
pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.
Term
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Term
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy
Term
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Definition
Pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
Term
Dependent Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of
Term
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Definition
pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control
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