Free ASWB Masters (LMSW) Practice Test

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1. A client reports 4 weeks of insomnia, 10-pound weight loss, and "no energy to even shower" after being laid off. He is actively job hunting, sees friends weekly, and denies hopelessness or anhedonia in those contexts — "I still laugh with my boys." The MOST likely diagnosis is: A) Persistent depressive disorder — symptoms have lasted long enough to qualify B) Normal bereavement-equivalent — job loss requires no clinical attention C) Adjustment disorder with depressed mood — the symptom cluster is linked to the identifiable stressor D) Major depressive episode — he meets the symptom count and functional decline