Deck 3: Effective Intervention

Question 1

In order for something to be considered a mental disorder, it must:

A) reflect a psychological, biological, or developmental dysfunction
B) cause distress for the patient or those around him or her
C) reflect a (behavioral or cognitive) response that is not culturally expected
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is the difference between bipolar I and bipolar II?

A) bipolar I involves states of mania and depression, while bipolar II involves hypomania and depression
B) bipolar I involves states of hypomania and depression, while bipolar II involves rapid cycling between mania and depression
C) bipolar I involves states of psychosis and depression, while bipolar II involves schizophrenia and depression
D) they are the same

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Suicide by cop occurs:

A) when a police officer takes his or her own life
B) when an offender purposely causes police to fatally shoot him or her
C) when a suspect commits suicide in order to escape capture
D) when a homicide scene is staged to look like a suicide

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Andrea Yates murdered her five children while experiencing a _______ symptomatic of _________.

A) postpartum psychosis; satanic rituals
B) postpartum psychosis; depression
C) hallucination; delusion
D) delusion; postpartum psychosis

Question 5

How might a delusional suspect or victim present to law enforcement? (In other words, what signs and symptoms should alert police that an individual with whom they are dealing may be afflicted with psychosis?)

A) s/he may feel threatened, harassed, or unfairly persecuted.
B) s/he may have previously sought help from police on numerous occasions due to an irrational belief that he or she was being conspired against
C) his/her speech may be tangential or otherwise irrational
D) all of the above

Question 6

When someone is delusional, s/he _________. However, when someone is hallucinating, s/he ________.

A) maintains rigid fixed beliefs despite evidence to the contrary; experiences false perceptions sans external stimuli
B) experiences false perceptions sans external stimuli; maintains rigid fixed beliefs despite evidence to the contrary
C) hears voices telling him or her what to do; maintains rigid fixed beliefs despite evidence to the contrary
D) maintains rigid fixed beliefs despite evidence to the contrary; experiences frequent and unexplained panic attacks

Question 7

Discuss the role of mental illness in the murder of Flagstaff police officer Jeffrey Moritz.

Question 8

Describe the 10 personality disorders discussed in the text and classify them by cluster.

Question 9

What is the key difference between schizophrenia and delusional disorder?

Question 10

How can severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) influence someone's response to police?

Question 11

What is meant by the criminalization of the mentally ill and how is it impacted by police decision-making?

Question 12

Discuss schizophrenia and its relationship to violent crime. (Who are individuals afflicted with schizophrenia most likely to aggress against? What types of behavior are most likely to bring sufferers into contact with law enforcement? What risk factors, including co-morbid diagnoses, increase their propensity for violence?)

Question 13

Identify the five types of non-bizarre delusions and discuss which of them are most often associated with violence.

Question 14

Discuss the relationship between depression and violence as well as that between mania and crime.

Question 15

Discuss various techniques that law enforcement can use in order to de-escalate a mentally ill suspect.