Continuing Education Quiz Treating an HIV/AIDS Patient’s PTSD and Medication Nonadherence With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Principle-Based Approach (Chernoff) If you answer 8 out of 10 questions correctly, you will be awarded 1 CE credit. 1. Combination drug treatments that reduced mortality rates associated with HIV/AIDS became available in the United States around: ○ a. 1985 ○ b. 1990 ○ c. 1995 ○ d. 2000 2. Research indicates that medication adherence rates of approximately _____ or better are required for antiretroviral medications to be fully effective against HIV. ○ a. 99% ○ b. 95% ○ c. 75% ○ d. 50% 3. The research studies described in the article suggest that: ○ a. hardly anyone can adhere to an HIV drug regimen. ○ b. mood is unrelated to medication adherence. ○ c. PTSD is invariably related to poor medication adherence. ○ d. HIV medications are associated with fat loss. 4. An HIV positive person will receive an AIDS diagnosis when his/her CD4 cell count falls below: ○ a. 200 cells/mm 3 ○ b. 300 cells/mm 3 ○ c. 500 cells/mm 3 ○ d. 800 cells/mm 3 5. Avoidance symptoms associated with PTSD can be measured with the: ○ a. BDI ○ b. SCID ○ c. Impact of Event Scale ○ d. both b and c 6. Initially Trevor’s medical providers had assumed that their patient’s poor medication adherence was attribu- table to: ○ a. PTSD ○ b. GAD ○ c. depression ○ d. forgetfulness 7. ________, which guided the treatment plan in this case, is an intervention that targets judgmental beliefs and faulty attributions that often plague the victim of a sexual assault. ○ a. Cognitive processing therapy ○ b. Exposure ○ c. EMDR ○ d. Systematic desensitization 8. After Trevor’s initial exposure sessions, the primary emotion he expressed was: ○ a. anger at the rapists ○ b. guilt for allowing the sexual assault to happen ○ c. disgust at the police for failing to apprehend the rapists ○ d. anxiety that he might be attacked again 9. A primary reason why it was difficult for Trevor to follow the manualized protocol was that: ○ a. he didn’t understand the rationale behind the treatment ○ b. he didn’t like to be told what to do ○ c. CBT was the wrong treatment for him ○ d. his Axis II personality traits made him mistrust the therapist Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 14 (2007) 125--126 www.elsevier.com/locate/cabp

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Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 14 (2007) 125--126www.elsevier.com/locate/cabp

Continuing Education Quiz

Treating an HIV/AIDS Patient’s PTSD and Medication NonadherenceWith Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Principle-Based Approach (Chernoff)

If you answer 8 out of 10 questions correctly, you will be awarded 1 CE credit.

1. Combination drug treatments that reduced mortalityrates associated with HIV/AIDS became available inthe United States around:○ a. 1985○ b. 1990○ c. 1995○ d. 2000

2. Research indicates that medication adherence ratesof approximately _____ or better are required forantiretroviral medications to be fully effective againstHIV.○ a. 99%○ b. 95%○ c. 75%○ d. 50%

3. The research studies described in the article suggestthat:○ a. hardly anyone can adhere to an HIV drug

regimen.○ b. mood is unrelated to medication adherence.○ c. PTSD is invariably related to poor medication

adherence.○ d. HIV medications are associated with fat loss.

4. An HIV positive person will receive an AIDS diagnosiswhen his/her CD4 cell count falls below:○ a. 200 cells/mm3

○ b. 300 cells/mm3

○ c. 500 cells/mm3

○ d. 800 cells/mm3

5. Avoidance symptoms associated with PTSD can bemeasured with the:○ a. BDI○ b. SCID○ c. Impact of Event Scale○ d. both b and c

6. Initially Trevor’s medical providers had assumed thattheir patient’s poor medication adherence was attribu-table to:○ a. PTSD○ b. GAD○ c. depression○ d. forgetfulness

7. ________, which guided the treatment plan in this case,is an intervention that targets judgmental beliefs andfaulty attributions that often plague the victimof a sexualassault.○ a. Cognitive processing therapy○ b. Exposure○ c. EMDR○ d. Systematic desensitization

8. After Trevor’s initial exposure sessions, the primaryemotion he expressed was:○ a. anger at the rapists○ b. guilt for allowing the sexual assault to happen○ c. disgust at the police for failing to apprehend the

rapists○ d. anxiety that he might be attacked again

9. A primary reason why it was difficult for Trevor tofollow the manualized protocol was that:○ a. he didn’t understand the rationale behind the

treatment○ b. he didn’t like to be told what to do○ c. CBT was the wrong treatment for him○ d. his Axis II personality traits made him mistrust the

therapist

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10. The article suggests that exposure was the primaryactive ingredient responsible for the positive outcomeof this case because of the way Trevor coped with:○ a. a second sexual assault○ b. depression○ c. the aftermath of an armed robbery○ d. his sexual identity

11. The article suggests that therapist flexibility isrecommended when:○ a. therapists are sufficiently experienced in apply-

ing the manualized treatment○ b. rigid adherence to a treatment protocol might

damage the therapeutic relationship○ c. the client loses trust in the therapist○ d. the therapist is just learning a new treatment

12.What principle(s) of change did the client learn andapply in his own way in this case?○ a. positive self-talk○ b. thought stopping○ c. relaxation & reinforcement○ d. exposure & habituation