Deck 7: Mental Illness

Question 1

______ refers to a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder ranging from those that cause no impairment up to those that cause severe impairment.

A) "Mood disorder"
B) Schizophrenia
C) "Serious mental illness"
D) "Any mental illness"

Answer 1

D

Question 2

______ is defined as a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder resulting in serious functional impairment, which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities.

A) "Atypical mental illness"
B) The legal definition of mental illness
C) "Serious mental illness"
D) "Any mental illness"

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How is any mental illness (AMI) different from serious mental illness (SMI)?

A) SMI is defined culturally; AMI is defined sociologically.
B) AMI is defined biologically; SMI is defined medically.
C) AMI is a subset of SMI.
D) SMI is a subset of AMI.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is the relationship between culture and mental illness?

A) Culture influences how mental illness is defined.
B) Mental illness influences how culture is expressed.
C) Mental illness is present in overregulated cultures, not in underregulated cultures.
D) Rates of mental illness are much higher in isolated cultures.

Question 5

What is unique about culture-bound disorders?

A) They are only found in preindustrial cultures.
B) They are cultural universals, found in every culture.
C) They are only identified when an individual leaves their culture of birth.
D) They are only found in specific cultures.

Question 6

Latah is a mental illness found exclusively in Southeast Asia. Therefore, it is a(n) ______ disorder.

A) culture-specific
B) cultural universal
C) culture-bound
D) cultural dysfunction

Question 7

Sociologists call behaviors that are disruptive, offensive, or highly unusual ______.

A) dysfunctional
B) normative violations
C) functional violations
D) maladaptive

Question 8

Lucia is a therapist and believes depression is comparable to a physical disorder, and that it can be diagnosed and treated. Therefore, she is using the ______ to understand depression.

A) sociological model
B) cultural model
C) legal model
D) medical model

Question 9

Individuals with ______ may hear voices that are not there, exhibit disorganized speech and behavior, or seem to lose touch with reality.

A) schizotypal personality disorder
B) borderline personality disorder
C) schizophrenia
D) mood disorder

Question 10

How are mood disorders related to personality disorders?

A) They often co-occur.
B) Mood disorders are often misdiagnosed as personality disorders.
C) Personality disorders are often misdiagnosed as mood disorders.
D) Neither can be treated with medication.

Question 11

Following his divorce, Akbar experiences a near constant dissatisfaction with his life. He has overwhelming anxiety. He eats twice as much as he did when he was married and sleeps much less. He feels guilty about the end of this marriage and is unable to concentrate on even the simplest activity. Akbar ______.

A) has borderline personality disorder
B) is bipolar
C) is schizophrenic
D) is depressed

Question 12

Kaitlyn cannot eat food in public due to her excessive fear of people watching her eat. She chronically and excessively worries about the possibility that she will be expected to eat at social occasions. When she encounters these situations, she exhibits restlessness and feels tension. Her heart rate increases drastically, she feels lightheaded, breaks out into perspiration, and becomes short of breath. What is her diagnosis?

A) mood disorder
B) anxiety disorder
C) personality disorder
D) bipolar disorder

Question 13

What is one factor that accounts for variations in the prevalence of mental illness around the world?

A) The World Health Organization definition of mental illness is incomplete.
B) cross-cultural variation in religion from culture to culture
C) cross-cultural variation in tolerance for mentally ill behavior
D) Doctors frequently misdiagnose mental illness.

Question 14

What is the most disabling mental disorder suffered by person between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States?

A) depression
B) anxiety
C) bipolar disorder
D) schizophrenia

Question 15

What is the most prevalent form of mental illness in the United States?

A) anxiety
B) depression
C) schizophrenia
D) schizotypal mood disorder

Question 16

In the United States, how do men and women compare on rates of mental illness?

A) More men than women suffer from personality disorders.
B) More women than men exhibit antisocial behavior.
C) More men than women have some form of mental illness.
D) More women than men have some form of mental illness.

Question 17

In the United States, how do men and women compare on rates of schizophrenia?

A) Men are more likely to have undiagnosed schizophrenic disorders.
B) Men and women are equally likely to suffer from schizophrenic disorders.
C) More men than women are diagnosed with schizophrenic disorders.
D) More women than men are diagnosed with schizophrenic disorders.

Question 18

During what period are mental disorders most common?

A) childhood
B) adults during retirement
C) adolescence
D) adults of working age

Question 19

Which statement summarizes the link research found between iPhone use and mental health?

A) iPhones improve access to mental health resources.
B) iPhones are bad for the mental health of adolescents.
C) Casual iPhone use is good for the mental health of adolescents.
D) iPhone use decreases successful suicide attempts.

Question 20

Which statement summarizes the link between social status and mental health?

A) Being lower social class is associated with more treatment options for mental illness.
B) Being lower social class is associated with a higher risk of mental illness.
C) Being middle class is associated with a higher risk of mental illness.
D) Being higher social class is associated with higher risk of mental illness.

Question 21

Summarize the conclusion of Rosenhan's "Being Sane in Insane Places" study.

A) Patients often lie about their symptoms.
B) Mental treatments are not effective.
C) Psychiatric diagnoses are often subjective.
D) Mentally ill people often voluntarily leave treatment.

Question 22

Which theoretical explanation focuses on how mental illness is defined and used to socially control those who are labeled as mentally ill?

A) labeling theory
B) the medical model
C) the cultural approach
D) integration theories

Question 23

Which statement summarizes social integration theories of mental illness?

A) When rates of social integration are low, fewer people are diagnosed with mental illness.
B) When rates of social integration are high, the medical model is less often used to understand mental illness.
C) Extremely high rates of social integration are associated with lower rates of mental illness.
D) Both extremely high and extremely low levels of social integration are associated with higher rates of mental illness.

Question 24

According to Robert Agnew, what is a causal factor leading to mental illness?

A) an individual raised in one cultural failing to adapt to a new culture
B) the stress caused by blocked opportunities to reach generally accepted goals
C) society seeking to control those that lack money and power
D) unrealistic expectations that individuals conform perfectly to group norms

Question 25

Which approach to mental illness suggests that deviance results from the clash of norms and values between different cultures over what is acceptable behavior?

A) social integration theories
B) social reactionist theories
C) cultural conflict theories
D) anomie theories

Question 26

Biological, psychological, and sociological definitions of mental illness align well.

Question 27

The definition of mental illness is influenced by the social and cultural context in which it occurs.

Question 28

Behavior considered normal in one culture can be a symptom of mental illness is another culture.

Question 29

A culture-bound disorder can be described as a mental, behavioral, or emotional issue resulting in serious functional impairment, which substantially interferes with major life activities.

Question 30

Koro is considered a culture-bound disorder because it is experienced only by members of a few specific cultural groups.

Question 31

Mental illness is the costliest medical disorder in the United States.

Question 32

While symptoms and diagnoses vary, mental illness is a cultural universal.

Question 33

When comparing schizophrenia across cultures, cultural differences are found in symptom expression, tolerance, and course of the illness.

Question 34

Cultures that share common concepts of mental illness frequently have wildly different rates of mental illness.

Question 35

Almost every person over the age of 18 in the United States has a diagnosable mental disorder.

Question 36

Depression is the most common mental illness in the United States.

Question 37

Schizophrenia is the most disabling mental disorder suffered by person between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States.

Question 38

A sociologist using the medical model to explain depression would suggest that it results from a chemical imbalances or brain dysfunction.

Question 39

Thorsten Sellin would agree that an individual raised in one culture, but now living in another culture, may receive a diagnosis of mental illness because of a clash of norms and values between those cultures over what is acceptable behavior.

Question 40

Most mental health professionals use the medical model for the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of mental illnesses.

Question 41

Distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression.

Question 42

Describe, and provide an example of, residual deviance.

Question 43

What is the self-fulfilling prophecy and how is it relevant to understanding mental illness?

Question 44

Summarize the prevalence of mental illness by gender, race/ethnicity, and class.

Question 45

Summarize the social integration approach to mental illness.

Question 46

Explain what is meant by a "culture-bound" disorder.

Question 47

Analyze Szasz's ideas about the myth of mental illness.

Question 48

Compare and contrast the social causation tradition with the social selection tradition.

Question 49

Identify, then explain, in your own words, the three types of parenting that Lidz identified as contributing to the development of mental health issues later in life.

Question 50

Distinguish between the culture conflict and power conflict theories of mental illness.