Deck 8: Mental Health and Illness

Question 1

Given the research on the epidemiology of mental health,which group is most likely to report problems with drinking? Depression?

A)married people; singles
B)African-Americans; Latinos
C)African-Americans; Whites
D)men; women

Answer 1

men; women

Question 2

The stresses associated with living in urban areas come from ________ while the stresses associated with rural areas tend to be a result of ________.

A)lack of stimulation; ambient hazards.
B)ambient hazards; lack of stimulation.
C)urban malaise; rural malaise.
D)negative life events; chronic stresses.

Answer 2

ambient hazards; lack of stimulation.

Question 3

Horwitz and Wakefield's research focused on trend to increasingly diagnose individuals with clinical depression as the "loss of sadness" in society.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A higher socio-economic status is associated with lower prevalence of disorders?

Question 5

Marital status fits into which component of the stress process?

A)stressors
B)outcomes
C)mediators and moderators
D)social and economic characteristics

Question 6

Goffman's research on total institutions showed that many patients in insane asylums generally resist their roles as patients.

Question 7

Why was 1656 an important date in the history of mental illness according to Michel Foucault?

A)It is the year that psycho-tropic drugs started becoming widely available in Europe.
B)It is the year that the "hospital general" opened,marking the beginning of the great confinement of mentally ill people.
C)It is the first year in which psychoanalysis was used to treat mentally ill people.
D)It was the first year that psychotropic drugs were introduced to the new world.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a measurement of someone's depression levels?

A)I did not feel like eating.
B)I felt depressed.
C)I felt everything was an effort.
D)All of the above are measures of depression.

Question 9

Jenna Howard found that those with more social and fiscal capital were able to?

A)access mental health services at higher rates
B)successfully "de-label" themselves as mentally ill
C)use less medication in the treatment of mental illness
D)all of the above

Question 10

Which of the following would be considered a total institution?

A)your college
B)a police station
C)a prison
D)a family household

Question 11

Which of the following forces are associated with putting aspects of social life,including mental illness,under the boundaries of medical professionals?

A)The power and authority of medical professionals.
B)Activities of social movements and interest groups.
C)Directed organizational on professional activities.
D)All of the above are forces affecting medicalization.

Question 12

Which sociologist is most associated with concept of stigma?

A)Erving Goffman
B)Georg Simmel
C)George Herbert Mead
D)Herbert Blumer

Question 13

How do group processes scholars examine the concept of mental illness?

A)It is viewed as status characteristic like race or gender.
B)It is viewed as a normal part of group interactions.
C)It is viewed as a major area of group research.
D)It is viewed as a way for individuals in groups to negotiate identity.

Question 14

How can minority status impact mental health ratings?

A)Minorities often have lower economic status,which is associated with more distress.
B)Minorities are more likely to be diagnosed with mental health problems.
C)Minorities have different social constructions of mental health problems than other groups.
D)both a and b

Question 15

Manuel's job loss really did not bother him because he did not like his boss,however,he really started getting anxious when he stopped getting his paycheck.In this example,the effect of job loss on anxiety is ________ by loss of income.

A)distressed
B)moderated
C)mediated
D)constrained

Question 16

The loss of a job is represented in which component of the stress process?

A)stressors
B)outcomes
C)mediators and moderators
D)social and economic characteristics

Question 17

Which of the following coping strategies emphasize patients' attempts to rebel against asylum staff?

A)conversion
B)intransigence
C)withdrawal
D)colonization

Question 18

What kind of stressors do college students typically report?

A)adjustment problems
B)death of a loved one
C)job loss
D)fear of professors

Question 19

Which social theorist argued that mental illness is a "myth?"

A)Peter Conrad
B)Michel Foucault
C)Thomas Szaz
D)Herbert Blumer

Question 20

Actual social support is more helpful in alleviating mental health problems than perceived social support.

Question 21

Studies have found that discrimination of any kind increases levels of mental illness?

Question 22

Given the research and theory on the medicalization of deviance,how will the clinic likely treat Trudy's malady in today's world?

A)Provide reading materials to cope with freshman life.
B)Try some form of medication to treat depression.
C)Give her some ideas for ways to mediate her problems.
D)Give her some ideas for ways to moderate her problems.