Deck 9: Mental Disorder: Race

Question 1

Overall, the top research shows __________ support for the significant relationship between mental disorder and race.

A) noteworthy
B) inconclusive
C) considerable
D) controversial

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The major explanation for the limited relationship between race and mental disorder is that of __________ differences.

A) gender
B) social class
C) migration patterns
D) physical health

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Research shows that blacks have more depression in __________.

A) childhood
B) young adulthood
C) middle adulthood
D) older adulthood

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Blacks use mental health services less than whites, but the differences appear to be the result of __________ rather than of race.

A) gender
B) urban/rural status
C) social class
D) age

Question 5

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding race and the use of mental health specialists?

A) Black women are more likely than black men to seek help from mental health professionals.
B) Black men are more likely than black women to seek help from mental health professionals.
C) There is no difference in help seeking from mental health professionals for black men and women.
D) Research is inconclusive regarding the difference in help seeking from mental health professionals for black men and women.

Question 6

The term "__________" refers to a segment of the population that has a lack of prospects for employment and social advancement.

A) attribute
B) urban black
C) substandard
D) underclass

Question 7

The black __________ class is often underrepresented in studies of mental health.

A) under
B) working
C) middle
D) upper

Question 8

__________ refers to a highly adverse mental state involving marked depression and/or anxiety.

A) Psychological distress
B) Mental illness
C) Mood swing
D) Grief

Question 9

Research generally concludes that among blacks __________ is more important than __________ in determining the prevalence of mental disorder.

A) race; social class
B) race; gender
C) social class; gender
D) social class; race

Question 10

The major factor accounting for the underrepresentation of Spanish-speakers in mental health facilities is __________.

A) discrimination
B) folk healers
C) language barriers
D) financial constraints

Question 11

Research on Hispanics and mental health is flawed because __________.

A) most researchers do not speak Spanish
B) samples are small and not representative
C) Hispanics are unwilling to participate
D) the prevalence of mental disorder is so low

Question 12

Recent studies on Mexican Americans and mental health show that __________.

A) mental health problems are more prevalent than once thought
B) mental disorder is not a wide spread problem
C) little is known about mental disorders among Mexican Americans
D) Mexican immigrants have worse mental health than native born

Question 13

__________ Americans seem to be an exception to the rule that lower-class individuals show more psychological distress than others.

A) Asian
B) European
C) African
D) Mexican

Question 14

The prevalence of depression among Native American is __________ times as high as that of blacks, Hispanics, and Asian Americans.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8

Question 15

Among Native Americans, the leading cause of death is __________, in which seventy-five percent involve alcohol.

A) suicide
B) cancer
C) heart disease
D) accidents

Question 16

Among __________, Native Americans and Whites have similar prevalence of severe emotional problems.

A) children, under age five
B) children, ages five to eight
C) teens, ages thirteen to eighteen
D) young adults, ages eighteen to twenty-five

Question 17

__________ Americans have a very low prevalence of mental disorder and mental hospital admissions.

A) Chinese
B) Japanese
C) Indian
D) Korean

Question 18

Efforts to explain the relationship between race and mental disorder has focused largely on __________ because lower levels are likely seen among racial minorities.

A) self-image
B) self-esteem
C) subordination
D) discrimination

Question 19

Snow argues that some low-income black Americans believe that __________.

A) there is no difference between science and religion
B) sorcery is the cure to all problems
C) bad characters are to blame for problems
D) mental disorders have physical causes

Question 20

Snow's research on urban black folk healers suggests that __________ illnesses can be cured.

A) no
B) only physical
C) only mental
D) all

Question 21

Urban black folk healers claim to have received their ability as a result of all of the following, except __________.

A) conferral at birth
B) learning
C) magic
D) an altered state of consciousness

Question 22

Unlike most physicians, black folk healers treat __________.

A) the whole person rather than single symptoms
B) mental and not physical problems
C) single symptoms and not the whole person
D) physical and not mental problems

Question 23

Curanderos are more likely to use __________ than black folk healers.

A) medicine
B) candles
C) religion
D) yoga

Question 24

Curanderos believe that __________ can bring on mental disorder.

A) anger and hostility
B) bad dreams
C) witchcraft
D) God

Question 25

__________ cause/s the most severe forms of physical and mental disorder, according to curanderos.

A) God
B) Witches
C) Medicine
D) Anger

Question 26

How does social class play into the relationship between race and mental disorder?

Question 27

Overall, there appears to be little difference in mental disorder by racial groups. Explain why this may be.

Question 28

Why do Mexican Americans seem to be an exception to the rule that lower-class individuals have more psychological distress than others?

Question 29

How are black folk healers and curanderos similar and different from one another?

Question 30

Describe how self-esteem impacts the relationship between race and mental disorder.