Deck 9: Mental Health Services: a Combination of Systems

Question 1

A diagnosis of mental illness is determined:

A) solely through measurable parameters.
B) solely through functional ability.
C) through a combination of objective and subjective data.
D) through response to prior treatment.

Answer 1

through a combination of objective and subjective data.

Question 2

Which of the following does not describe mental health?

A) Mood disorders
B) Ability to cope with change
C) A positive outlook on life
D) A general feeling of well-being

Answer 2

Mood disorders

Question 3

Hyperventilation and tachycardia often accompany:

A) panic disorder.
B) generalized anxiety disorder.
C) posttraumatic stress disorder.
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 3

panic disorder.

Question 4

Feelings of dread, fear, and apprehension are indicative of:

A) anxiety disorders.
B) depression.
C) schizophrenia.
D) Alzheimer's.

Question 5

Which U.S. group has the highest suicide rate?

A) Men over 80 years old (elderly adults)
B) 20- to 30-year-old men (young adults)
C) 12- to 17-year-old girls (adolescents)
D) 40- to 50-year-old women (middle-age adults)

Question 6

Mental illness, including drug abuse, affects _______________ of the U.S. population.

A) less than 10%
B) greater than 20%
C) greater than 30%
D) less than 20%

Question 7

The State Care Acts:

A) centralized financial responsibility for the care of individuals with mental illness in every state government.
B) called for an expansion of neuropathology in mental hospitals.
C) called for bringing mental health services to the public in their communities.
D) were a federally funded effort to discover to what extent consumer-operated programs as an adjunct to traditional mental health services are effective in improving the outcomes of people with serious mental illness.

Question 8

Because of its substantial role in financing mental health services, _______________ has significant influence regarding the design of mental health service delivery.

A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) Blue Cross/Blue Shield
D) private insurance

Question 9

Mental health care is typically financed _______________ general health care.

A) greater than
B) equal to
C) less than

Question 10

The discovery in the late 20th century that there was a biochemical basis for some of the major categories of mental illness led to all of the following changes except:

A) from residential care to outpatient talk therapy.
B) from physical or somatic treatments to treatments relying on drug therapy.
C) from treatments relying on drug therapy to somatic and physical treatments.
D) from the institutional model of care to a general delivery and business model.

Question 11

Hallucinations are characteristic of:

A) schizophrenia.
B) anxiety disorders.
C) Alzheimer's.
D) depression.

Question 12

Depression is a major cause of disability for:

A) children.
B) women.
C) men.
D) adolescents.

Question 13

Violent events usually precede this disorder.

A) Agoraphobia
B) Obsessive compulsive disorder
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
D) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 14

Which of the following is not a category of human resource components in mental health care?

A) Specialty mental health sector
B) Home health sector
C) General medical/primary care sector
D) Human services sector

Question 15

All of the following are examples of mental disorders except:

A) Alzheimer's.
B) schizophrenia.
C) anorexia.
D) Parkinson's.

Question 16

Which of the following is not an ethical issue in mental health?

A) Confidentiality
B) Access
C) Economics
D) Ageism

Question 17

This medical disorder involves the body, mood, and thoughts.

A) Alzheimer's
B) Schizophrenia
C) Depression
D) Anxiety disorder

Question 18

Asylums are indicative of which mental illness treatment period?

A) Modern era
B) Mid-twentieth century
C) Current era
D) Moral era

Question 19

Which disorder is predominantly associated with children?

A) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
B) Posttraumatic stress disorder
C) Schizophrenia
D) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 20

Which of the following is not true about the human services sector?

A) They are the major sector that assesses, diagnoses, and treats childhood mental illness and cognitive disorders.
B) Self-help groups play a major role for this group.
C) Social services and school-based counseling belong to this sector.
D) Religious counselors belong to this sector.

Question 21

The movie One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was a dramatic portrayal of the state's response to this legislation.

Question 22

Historically, mentally ill people were considered possessed.

Question 23

List three of the identified mental health care settings.

Question 24

Which of the following is not a possible risk factor for mental illness?

A) Family history
B) Lack of social support
C) Inability to read
D) Strong support system

Question 25

Mental illness has not posed a significant burden in the United States.

Question 26

Among the public payers of mental health care, ___________ pays the most.

A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) state and local agencies
D) Department of Veterans Affairs

Question 27

All of the following describe mental illnesses except:

A) alterations in thinking.
B) alterations in behavior.
C) alterations in liver function.
D) alterations in mood.

Question 28

Discuss issues related to children and mental health.

Question 29

More U.S. adults suffer from mental illness than from substance abuse.

Question 30

Explain some of the factors that result in the underutilization of mental health services.

Question 31

The U.S. mental health system is very structured and integrated.

Question 32

Mental illness, like physical illness, is defined the same way by every culture.

Question 33

Which of the following is not a type of treatment for mental illness?

A) Psychotherapy
B) Ablation
C) Drug therapy
D) Electroshock therapy

Question 34

Deinstitutionalization of people committed to psychiatric hospitals and changes in psychiatric treatment led to all of the following except:

A) self-help programs.
B) drop-in centers.
C) case-management services.
D) fewer treatment options.

Question 35

_______________ calls for equity in mental health and general health coverage.

Question 36

_______________ is a major concern of patients with mental illness because of the stigma and possible occupational repercussions if the condition were known.

Question 37

List three of the identified mental health treatment types identified in the text.