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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: 

When performing the Cultural Formulation Interview there are different aspects of focus to help better understand the patient’s presentation. When trying to elicit the cultural definition of the problem one of the best questions for this would be: 

A recommendation to prevent neural tube defects (NTDs) is the supplementation of which of the following for all women of childbearing age?

Four sick children with type 1 DM have been admitted to the hospital. Which of the following diagnoses, would make the child most at risk for developing unstable blood glucose? 

Define environmental racism. Give examples of environmental racism. Do you think this issue involves race or class or both and explain why?