A man received a spinal cord injury three years ago in a driving accident while he was intoxicated. He says he did not have a drinking problem then, but he drinks more often and more heavily now.
He also
thinks he is clinically depressed. He lives alone, is on disability, and
has difficulty going out. What do you recommend?
A. Sequential treatment utilizing family support, mutual-help
support, and mental health resources
B. Integrated treatment utilizing community transportation
resources, mental health resources, education for independent
living, and mutual-help support
C. Long-term treatment in a community alcohol treatment center
D. Treatment at a rehabilitation hospital
Question 2
A new client is brought in by a group care facility manager. He is 22 years old, his IQ is 70, and he was recently mugged by patrons of a bar in which he was drinking.
He never appears intoxicated, but he
frequents the bar almost every night. Your assessment indicates that
the client misuses alcohol. What do you recommend?
A. That the group care facility manager provide regular and
repeated psychoeducational interventions on the consequences
of alcoholism
B. Regular and repeated psychoeducational interventions on the
consequences of substance abuse at your chemical dependence
facility
C. That the group care facility manager provide better oversight
D. Self-regulatory training and skills training as goals of
normalization and inclusion, leading the client to make better
informed choices about use
Causes of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke.
Spinal cord, spinal nerves, conus medullaris, filum terminale, anterior view of spinal cord
Cranial capacity has increased approximately fourfold over the last 3.5 million years of hominin evo
Growth of the body and brain is dramatic over the first 2 years.
Symptoms and Signs Associated with Damage to Nerves in Different Areas of the Spinal Column
Earth 240 Million Years Ago