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● Achievement and aptitude tests
o Seen in educational or employment settings
o Attempt to measure either
■ Achieved knowledge- particular subjects
■ Aptitude or ability to master material in a particular area.


● Intelligence tests
o Measure basic ability to understand the world, assimilate to functioning, and apply knowledge to enhance the quality of life.
o Intelligence is a measure of a potential, not a measure of what one has learned (as in an… Continue

■ Current ethical codes are based on individualism which is a Western characteristic.


■ There is significantly less focus on the role of family, group identity, lifestyle and religious beliefs which have equal importance to individuality in other cultures.


■ The AAMFT code of ethics states “therapists do not discriminate against or refuse professional service to anyone on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin.”


■ It is ethical for counse… Continue

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Outpatient Care

*Techniques vary by clinician but typically include :

• cognitive-behavioral therapy


• problem-solving groups

* Low success rate with heavily addicted individuals.
* Moderate addicts may find that this level of treatment is enough to end their drug abuse problems.

12 Step Programs

* Clients attend meetings.
*Preferable after or… Continue

⋄ Chronic substance abusers tend to be isolated from their families after a long period of damaging relationships.
⋄ Substance abuse affects more than the immediate family.
⋄ Extended family members often report feeling abandoned, embarrassed by, ashamed of, and withdrawn from the substance abusing family member, often choosing to break relational ties.
⋄ Different family structures in which abuse affects the family relationship:
o Client who lives alone or with a partner.
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Risk factors for Victimization

o Being female
o Young age
o Being a minority
o Drug and alcohol use
o High-risk sexual behavior
o Exposure to victimization as a child
o Low education level
o Unemployment
o Low SES
o Little or no support system
o Low self esteem
o Adolescence or developmental transition period
o Having a verbally abusive, jealous, or possessive partner
o Couples with income, educational, or job status disparities… Continue