Anxiety disorders make up a huge part of what social workers see in clinical settings (and out of them, for that matter). It's a good bet that you'll see questions covering anxiety disorders on the social work licensing exam. Remember, you don't need to know every detail about each anxiety disorder--especially the more obscure details. But why not enter the exam (and work...and life) armed with a basic knowledge of how they're categorized, diagnosed, and treated. Sounds more complicated than it is. For example: category: OCD, dx: symptoms (obsessions, compulsions), tx: CBT, exposure, etc. Here are some places on the web to do some anxiety brushing up:
Culture in DSM-5What's happened with culturally-bound symptoms in DSM-5? For one thing, they're now called "cultural concepts of distre
Reducing Social Work Exam AnxietyHere's a vignette: A social worker is seeing a new client who says she has a huge exam to take that will help advance h
Social Work Exam and Culture: Dhat SyndromeNext up in our survey of culture-specific mental health complexes: Dhat Syndrome. Wikipedia summarizes:Dhat syndrome is
Group Therapy and the Social Work ExamLet's jump into that list of psychotherapies from the previous post and take a look at group therapy. Here's anoth
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