Deck 12: The Mental Hospital Patient

Question 1

The increased and widespread use of __________ has caused a dramatic change in the case of mental patients since the mid-1950s.

A) psychotropic drugs
B) electroshock therapy
C) inpatient mental hospitals
D) community resource centers

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The number of resident patients has __________ over the years.

A) increased slightly
B) increased significantly
C) decreased slightly
D) decreased significantly

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The number of admissions for long- and short-term care __________ between 1955 and 1997.

A) increased
B) decreased
C) increased then decreased
D) decreased then increased

Answer 3

C

Question 4

General hospitals accounted for about __________ of all mental patient admissions.

A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) half
D) two-thirds

Question 5

Approximately __________ percent of mental hospital admissions are voluntary.

A) 20
B) 45
C) 55
D) 70

Question 6

Who is most likely to initiate hospitalization for high-income persons?

A) police officers
B) distant relatives
C) spouses
D) siblings

Question 7

Who of those listed below is the most likely to be admitted for hospitalization?

A) an upper-class married person
B) an upper-class unmarried person
C) a lower class married person
D) a lower class unmarried person

Question 8

Rushing found that those with more rather than fewer resources were more likely to be admitted to hospitals __________.

A) temporarily
B) permanently
C) voluntarily
D) involuntarily

Question 9

Why does Rushing suggest that those with more resources are more likely to be admitted to hospitals voluntarily?

A) they have a better sense of self
B) they have resources to fight involuntarily commitment
C) they seek more medical attention
D) they have bigger support networks

Question 10

Goffman argues that __________ for admission to mental hospitals.

A) there are no universal standards
B) standards have improved
C) standards vary by diagnosis
D) treatment is improved with universal standards

Question 11

Rosenhan's pseudopatients were released from the mental hospital when __________.

A) the treatments worked
B) other patients outed them as fakes
C) the researchers came to get them out
D) they convinced staff that the schizophrenia was in remission

Question 12

The primary legal rational for using an insanity defense is that they __________.

A) were a danger to themselves
B) caused pain to others
C) damaged property
D) committed a crime

Question 13

In Scheff's research, he found that approximately __________ percent of patients who used the insanity defense were not necessarily dangerous.

A) 10
B) 25
C) 45
D) 60

Question 14

In most cases, a verdict of insanity __________.

A) gives the judge the right to seek the death penalty
B) is equivalent to a not guilty verdict
C) does not release an individual back into society
D) is used very limitedly

Question 15

Recent research has concluded that male clinicians overestimate dangerousness among which group?

A) white male
B) white females
C) black males
D) black females

Question 16

Goffman defined mental hospitals as a __________.

A) representative city
B) total institution
C) prison
D) full camp

Question 17

A total institution is a place where a large number of people live and work. Characteristic of a total institution include all of the following, except __________.

A) the group is isolated from the wider population
B) the group is largely regulated
C) the group is under the authority of leaders
D) the group is similar to one another

Question 18

Who is at the bottom of the status hierarchy of a mental hospital?

A) patients
B) nurse's aides
C) psychologists
D) maintenance personnel

Question 19

Goffman notes that all total institutions have some form of __________, the status of staff as superior and patients as inferior.

A) degree
B) deference
C) depersonalization
D) dehumanization

Question 20

Rosenhan attributed the origins of depersonalization to which of the following?

A) social norms and legal restrictions
B) the total institution
C) societal attitudes and hospital structure
D) interaction with doctors and nurses

Question 21

Which of the following is not one of the types of adjustment to the total institution, according to Goffman?

A) translation
B) colonization
C) intransigence
D) situational withdrawal

Question 22

Which of the following is the most common mode of adaptation to the total institution?

A) conversion and colonization
B) rebellion and conversion
C) situational withdrawal an intransigence
D) conversion, colonization, and loyalty

Question 23

__________ space is a space in a total institution where patients are allowed but will be under strict observation.

A) Off-limits
B) Free
C) Surveillance
D) Underlife

Question 24

Institutionalization refers to __________.

A) securing a place within the institution
B) a prolonged living in a state of enforced dependency
C) gradually learning to play the role of a sick person
D) finding friends within an institution

Question 25

What are the modes of adapting to life in a mental hospital?

Question 26

What is institutionalization?

Question 27

How does social class influence voluntary and involuntary commitment?

Question 28

How does a mental hospital fit the definition of a total institution?

Question 29

What is the social structure of the mental hospital ward?