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Lyle and his family made plans to eat at an authentic Mexican restaurant in town. As Lyle and the family ate, a band performed authentic Mexican music for the audience. As he watched the performance and ate his meal he began to get nauseated and eventually vomited. Since that day, every time Lyle hears Mexican music he gets nauseated.  Identify each of the following: Unconditioned stimuli (UCS), Unconditioned response (UCR), Conditioned stimuli (CS), and Conditioned response (CR). 

Discuss the difference between depersonalization and derealization. 

Discuss the difference between obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. 

Tyler is a 3-year-old male that comes to your office for an initial evaluation. His PCP did a screening tool for autism spectrum disorder at his last initial appointment. Which screening tool would you be looking for in his chart that assessed for autism spectrum disorder: 

Building a clinician-patient relationship is important when dealing with cultures different than the clinicians culture. What is a therapeutic way in the Cultural Formulation Interview that a clinician can focus on in regard to the clinician-patient relationship: 

You have a patient that presents to your behavioral health office with their family member. The family is concerned about the patient living at home due to the patient’s high acuity with their mental health needs and wonders about group homes or a community/state run facility. What is your best response to the family: 

Informed consent is an important thing to be aware of in behavioral health. In the below list what needs a signed informed consent: 

Ryu is a 19-year-old Japanese-American male that comes to the clinic with his parents. They note that he has been staying in his room and not leaving his room. He has not been socializing with friends and he does not want to go to work, and has not been to work in months, and he has a high use of the internet. This has been going on for at least the last 6 months. What cultural condition do you have to keep in mind when interacting with this family? 

You have a patient in your office that has been having mood swings that happen from one minute to the next and not days in a row. The patient is dramatic and has low emotional tolerance and can get erratic at times with behaviors and relationships. You suspect she may be struggling with a personality disorder like borderline personality disorder. Which of the following screening tools would you best use in this scenario: 

Cory is a 52-year-old male that comes to the clinic with concerns of alcohol use. He has tried to cut back but has been unsuccessful. Others have commented on his drinking and can get annoyed with his behaviors. He is guilty with his drinking. He does admit he drinks in the morning for an eye-opener to calm him for the day. With this in mind you are aware: