Cadc Exam (Practice Test)

61. After several months in marital and family therapy the alcoholic spouse suffers a relapse. The MOST useful approach to the couple is to: a. frame the relapse as a sign that marital therapy was moving too quickly, and it would be good to get back to the basics of early recovery b. consider that family therapy may be needed since the basis of the relapse may be rooted in dynamics that involve other members of the family c. inquire what the non-addicted spouse might be doing to enable the return to drinking d. explore the relapse as a difficulty in the couple's ability to negotiate {Ans: a. frame the relapse as a sign that marital therapy was moving too quickly, and it would be good to get back to the basics of early recovery}Julio is an alcoholic who has been drinking for more than twenty years. For the past 9 years, he drinks daily. He has tremors and rarely attends family functions because he knows he cannot drink without drawing attention to himself, since nobody else in his family drinks at all. He has been suicidal in the past, although he denies it now. Past treatment attempts have