Here's another in our series of quizzes designed to help you get prepped for the social work licensing exam. Here, we've listed several entries from Wikipedia's...
Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Social Work Exam
Among the big changes in DSM-5 is the arrival of a new diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder. Exam prepping? It's probably wise to get this new diagnosis a little...
Walking Through DSM-5
You can dive in and wade through the hundreds of pages of details in DSM-5 as you're preparing for the social work exam. It's probably more effective to take...
California Here I (the ASWB Exam) Come
It's happening. As of January 1st, 2016, the ASWB is the national social work exam. No more, "everywhere but California." Golden Staters aiming to get their LCSW...
DSM-5, the Slide Show
On the lookout for different ways to get all necessary social work licensing exam information into your head? Already using podcasts, practice tests, textbooks,...
Learning DSM-5
DSM-5 has arrived. Now that the change has happened on the ASWB exam, time to buckle down and learn the thing. As ever, the web is eager to help out. We've already...
Farewell, DSM-IV-TR
This day in history, the last time DSM-IV-TR appears on the social work licensing exam. Will you miss it?Mark the moment with a song, or a drink, or just ignore...
Countdown to DSM-5
Here it comes. The moment DSM-5 becomes the book of record on the ASWB exam is upon us (July 1st, 2015). This is years in the making (if you count all the endless...
How to Pass the LMSW Exam
How do you pass the LMSW exam? Here's one, good, thorough answer from Nicole Clark on her blog. The post is called, fittingly enough, "Ask Nicole: How Did You Pass...
Free ASWB Exam Help
If there's one major theme on these pages, it's that you can prepare for the social work licensing exam without spending an amount of money you're going to regret....
Social Work Exam and Culture: Maladi Moun
Continuing with DSM-5's culture-bound syndromes, here's maladi moun.Here's a definition from Medscape:Aka "humanly caused illness" found in Haitian communities,...
Social Work Exam and Culture: Kufungisisa
Continuing our series profiling the cultural concepts of distress included in DSM-5. Next up, Kufungisisa. Here's a quick summary, helpfully posted on Facebook:Kufungisisa,...
Social Work Exam and Culture: Khyâl Cap
Continuing to survey the nine cultural concepts of distress listed in DSM-5. Here's Khyâl cup (or Khyâl Attack). Here's a quick definition adapted from the slideshow...
Social Work Exam and Culture: Dhat Syndrome
Next up in our survey of culture-specific mental health complexes: Dhat Syndrome. Wikipedia summarizes:Dhat syndrome is a condition found in the cultures of the...
Socal Work Exam and Culture: Ataque de Nervios
The DSM-5 takes a new approach to culture-specific syndromes. But the content is the same. Here's a first in a series to get you up to speed on these syndromes,...
DSM-5 Practice Exams
DSM-5 doesn't show up on the ASWB exam till July 1st. But it's appearing at a practice exam near you...now: Taking the #ASWB exam after July 1st? The first two...
Culture in DSM-5
What's happened with culturally-bound symptoms in DSM-5? For one thing, they're now called "cultural concepts of distress." And they've been, to some extent, integrated...
DSM-5 and the Social Work Exam
It's 2015, the year that exam preppers bid adieu to DSM-IV-TR. Which version of the DSM should you be studying? Depends upon when you're taking the exam. The BBS...
The Stages of Change and the Social Work Exam
The Stages of Change are pretty likely to show up on the social work licensing exam. They're probably already turning up in your licensing exam prep. Where are...
Social Media and Social Work
Imagine you're an exam item writer. You've got to generate a certain number of questions and answers on a deadline. You take a break and check your Facebook, Twitter,...
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