Deck 4: Models of Human Service Delivery

Question 1

The following characteristics or themes are part of the model of human services EXCEPT:

A) accountability
B) generic focus
C) institutionalization
D) whole person

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Integrated services reflect work with the client that is

A) ethical.
B) professional.
C) coordinated.
D) confidential.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Supporting activities such as films,speakers,school programs,and pamphlets educate the population,a goal of the

A) human service model.
B) medical model.
C) public health model.
D) three models.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Examples of those who receive human services are all EXCEPT:

A) an individual who is mentally ill
B) a small group like a dysfunctional family
C) patients who are physically ill
D) the homeless population

Question 5

Treatment in the medical model includes all EXCEPT:

A) electroshock therapy
B) psychiatry
C) psychiatric drugs
D) societal control

Question 6

Linking disease to disorderly and filthy cities and believing disease was providential were two ways public health was impacted by

A) the social philosophies of the 19ᵗʰ century.
B) immigration during the 19ᵗʰ century.
C) the organization of the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
D) the "golden age of public health".

Question 7

Mental disorders are organically-based diseases or illnesses that impair functioning is an assumption of

A) the human service model.
B) psychoanalysis.
C) medical model.
D) social diagnosis.

Question 8

Three basic models of service delivery include traditional psychiatry,the public health approach,and the

A) casework system.
B) psychopharmacology model.
C) supernatural.
D) human services model.

Question 9

The study of the effects of drugs on mental health is

A) psychopharmacology.
B) psychotropics.
C) psychoanalysis.
D) psychiatry.

Question 10

Healthy People is a national public health effort to improve the health of all people by

A) developing heart disease and cancer cures.
B) controlling tobacco use among young people.
C) defining a prevention agenda.
D) promoting exercise for people of all ages.

Question 11

The goal of the public health model is to

A) provide opportunities and conditions for health as a basic human right
B) eliminate disease and disability
C) integrate social, environmental, and biological factors
D) serve as a link between the medical and human service models

Question 12

Using the human service model,the professional asks all but ONE of the following questions:

A) What was the mind set of the client in the past?
B) What is the mind set of the client now?
C) What problems does the client face?
D) What alternatives are possible to solve these problems?

Question 13

Information about models of service delivery is important to human service professionals because

A) they are likely to be working with professionals who practice other models.
B) agencies hire those who are skilled in more than one model.
C) most problems require the services of at least two models.
D) they are likely to practice in other models.

Question 14

Among the challenges facing those who practice the medical model today are cure versus control,the development of new drugs,and

A) dual diagnoses for services.
B) AIDS prevention.
C) the control of medical services.
D) the acceptance of electroshock therapy.

Question 15

The whole person refers to one of the following:

A) the person and his or her environment
B) the person and all the medical personnel involved
C) the person and relationships with all the family
D) the person and the problems that he or she faces

Question 16

Both the medical model and the public health model have in common:

A) helping those who are mentally ill
B) delivering services to cure an illness
C) using medical intervention
D) working to prevent the spread of disease

Question 17

Today fast and easy access to health information is an advantage of

A) the public health model.
B) medicine online.
C) Healthy People 2020.
D) the internet.

Question 18

Which is the most widely used treatment today for mental disorders?

A) psychiatry
B) psychoanalysis
C) psychotherapy
D) psychiatric drugs

Question 19

Which one of the following represents the problem solving approach?

A) focusing on the present and the future
B) encouraging the client to solve problems
C) teaching the client problem solving skills
D) seeing life in terms of clearly defined problems

Question 20

Public health and human services have in common:

A) treating individuals, families, and larger populations
B) helping clients find the right services
C) problem solving in the here and now
D) hoping to help clients with day to day problems

Question 21

List the characteristics or themes of the human service model.

Question 22

Define public health using 2 different approaches to this concept.

Question 23

Discuss the contributions of the public health service since the late 1700s.

Question 24

Compare and contrast the three service delivery models by examining a view of
the problem,the recipient of services,the worker,the goals,and the treatment.

Question 25

Discuss the impact of psychiatric medications on the treatment of mental illness.