Deck 15: Epilogue: Controversies and the Future of Health Psychology

Question 1

Which of the following is TRUE regarding ACT 251?

A)Act 251 creates two classes of paraprofessionals: medical psychology assistants and psychometrists.
B)Under Act 251, prescribing psychologists are no longer regulated.
C)The term "medical psychologist" can no longer be used.
D)A "medical psychologist" must have an M.D.degree to use this title.

Answer 1

Act 251 creates two classes of paraprofessionals: medical psychology assistants and psychometrists.

Question 2

Act 251, a law passed in ______ defined the term "medical psychologist" in a new way.

A)New York City
B)Virginia
C)Florida
D)Louisiana

Answer 2

Louisiana

Question 3

A new innovation in health psychology is the use of new forms of delivery of services.One such area is ______.

A)meta-analysis
B)intercultural consultation
C)behavioral telehealth
D)multimodal contact

Answer 3

behavioral telehealth

Question 4

Dr.Maren Scott can prescribe medications.Knowing this information, it can be inferred that Dr.Scott is a ______.

A)medical psychologist
B)health psychologist
C)biopsychologist
D)clinical psychologist

Question 5

Recent research shows that ______ have been found to view the Internet as damaging to physician-patient relationships.

A)non-Latino European Americans
B)American Indians
C)Latinos
D)Puerto Ricans

Question 6

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that took place in 2003, allows patients to ______.

A)get free health care if they meet income guidelines
B)close their records so no providers within the network can look at them
C)examine their computerized medical records to correct mistakes and seek action against misuse of their records
D)not have to pay for treatment from providers who did not meet their standards

Question 7

The biopsychosocial model has served as a guiding principle and has fueled dramatic advances in health psychological research since the ______.

A)1940s
B)1950s
C)1960s
D)1970s

Question 8

Given the specific training needed to be well-versed with the different components of the biopsychosocial model, the future of health psychology will rely on ______.

A)better funding for graduate schools programs that are more specialized
B)multidimensional collaborations
C)training health psychologists in medical schools rather than in psychology graduate programs
D)more focus on statistics and less on cultural competence

Question 9

Since its inception in ______, the biopsychosocial model has served as a guiding principle in health psychological research.

A)the 1940s
B)the 1970s
C)the 1990s
D)the late 2000s

Question 10

Who are the largest consumers of health care?

A)Latinos
B)infants and adolescents
C)older adults
D)Asian Americans

Question 11

If a person who wanted to quit smoking called a quit line for help, this would be an example of ______.

A)behavioral telehealth
B)a biopsychosocial law
C)continuing education
D)continuing professional development

Question 12

North America today looks very different from the North American of even 20 years ago.The population ______.

A)is becoming older
B)has many more younger individuals who are the largest consumers of health care
C)is becoming less ethnically diverse
D)has a larger population of middle age adults than other age groups

Question 13

Which of the following is FALSE?

A)The H&B CPT codes apply to psychological services that address behavioral, social, and psychophysiological conditions in the treatment or management of patients diagnosed with physical health problems.
B)Health psychologists use all the same billing codes that physicians use.
C)The American Medical Association can decide at any time to delete certain H&B codes and this can affect reimbursement for services.
D)The H&B CPT codes are largely controlled by psychologists.

Question 14

Which of the following is TRUE?

A)Telehealth removes health disparities given that all ethnic groups use the Internet for health information.
B)Telehealth is such a new innovation that there are not yet published data on its effectiveness.
C)Parents are especially likely to use the Internet when their children show signs of illness.
D)Telehealth is considered unethical for patients dealing with fatal chronic illnesses.

Question 15

The biopsychosocial model ______.

A)has been around since the early 1930s
B)is gaining in popularity, but has not been supported by research
C)is the main health psychological approach
D)is gaining acceptance, but it has not been used on a large scale to impact evidence-based medical treatment guidelines

Question 16

Under act 251, passed in 2009, a medical psychologist is currently defined as a psychologist who is trained in ______ and who uses medical methods to treat mental health conditions.

A)medical anthropology
B)medical school
C)psychoneuroimmunology
D)psychopharmacology

Question 17

Which of the following is TRUE?

A)Adolescents and young adults use the Internet for health information, but parents are unlikely to do so when their children show signs of illness because they prefer immediate contact with a doctor.
B)The Internet can increase research opportunities.
C)All ethnic groups perceive the Internet as positively affecting patient-practitioner relationships.
D)One disadvantage of technology for health information is that patients now have less control over their health information and records.

Question 18

The ______ literally owns the Current Procedural Terminology codes for all professions, meaning they wield enormous power because this is how all health professionals bill for their services.

A)American Psychological Association
B)American Psychiatric Association
C)National Institutes of Health
D)American Medical Association

Question 19

The Latin root of the term ______ means "teacher."

A)doctor
B)philosopher
C)professor
D)psychologist

Question 20

The Society for Health Psychology was formerly known as ______.

A)the Society of Behavioral Medicine
B)the American Psychosomatic Society
C)the Health and Wellness Society
D)the Division of Health Psychology (Division 38) of the American Psychological Association

Question 21

Give two examples of what you think is missing in the study of health.Be as specific as possible and discuss research that could be done to address these gaps in the literature.

Question 22

Behavioral telehealth is perceived as equally effective across all ethnic groups studied.

Question 23

Choose a group of individuals at a particular developmental level (adolescents, late adults, for example) and outline a study that would effectively use telehealth.Specify the hypothesis, the sample, independent and dependent variables.How would this research advance the field?

Question 24

Because they strive for independence and are often rebellious, adolescents are the largest consumers of health care.

Question 25

Division 38 of the American Psychological Association was established before both the Society for Behavioral Medicine and the American Psychosomatic Society.

Question 26

Two new national evidence-based medical treatment guidelines, the Official Disability Guidelines, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine recommend, and sometimes require, that psychological evaluations for patients who need spinal surgery or who have chronic pain.

Question 27

As long as a health psychologist has a Ph.D., that person can prescribe medication.

Question 28

Even though there is a strong need for academic curricula to be culturally diverse, why has there not been enough cultural research? In addition, what are two possible reasons for the recent finding that topics related to health disparities and diversity do not receive enough attention in textbooks?

Question 29

If you were a researcher conducting a study on the use of various coping strategies among adolescents and young adults living on a Native American reservation, what would be some issues that you would need to consider?

Question 30

If a member of a Native American tribe reported the effectiveness of an herbal treatment to a health psychologist, this would be considered Evidence-Based Behavioral Medicine.

Question 31

Currently, the biopsychosocial model has been criticized for not focusing enough on social issues.

Question 32

Anyone who has at least three graduate courses in medicine or related areas legally can be called a "medical psychologist."

Question 33

There are ongoing battles between the APA and the AMA over ______.

A)CPT codes
B)when the use of complementary and Alternative Medicine is most effective
C)the use of APA style when publishing in medical journals
D)the acceptable standard for significance levels in research

Question 34

How do new technical innovations such as behavioral telehealth and Internet sites help someone who needs health care information? How effective are these technical innovations?

Question 35

Health Psychology is a relatively new field and for this reason, less than 20% of U.S.psychology departments offer a health psychology course.

Question 36

Give an example of how an intervention to change a particular health behavior would need to be designed differently for people at two different developmental levels (e.g., adolescents and middle-age adults).Address particular challenges and strengths that you could build on when designing this intervention.

Question 37

All clinical psychologists can legally refer to themselves as "medical psychologists."