Deck 11: Mental Health Disabilities

Question 1

Mental health disabilities

A) include all developmental disabilities.
B) can only be diagnosed by a psychiatrist.
C) impact mood, thought, and/ or perception.
D) are often caused by brain injuries.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Mental health disabilities

A) exist independent of mental health service systems.
B) are tied to mental health service systems.
C) require the services of mental health service systems.
D) are typically cured by using psychotropic drugs.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V)

A) is the worldwide standard for diagnosing mental illness.
B) applies the social model of disability.
C) Is a US based manual for diagnosing mental illness.
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Public mental health service systems

A) have been developed to promote the social model of psychiatric disability.
B) reflect the high priority on prevention of mental illness.
C) focus on developing nurturing communities.
D) have been developed to treat people and problems tied to mental illness

Question 5

Bipolar Disorder

A) often responds well to medication.
B) is often called "manic depression."
C) can produce both subtle or dramatic changes.
D) all of the above

Question 6

Major depression

A) generally is a mood shift.
B) can be a lifelong condition.
C) rarely results in insomnia or change in appetite.
D) rarely results in suicide.

Question 7

Schizophrenia

A) is often referred to as split personality.
B) has little impact on cognitive functioning.
C) impacts a person's ability to think clearly, manage emotions, and make decisions.
D) has little to do with environmental factors.

Question 8

Schizophrenia

A) can affect how an individual relates to others.
B) has little impact on decision making.
C) does not result in anhedonia.
D) rarely results in flat affect but does produce a kind of hyperactivity.

Question 9

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder

A) has been greatly reduced through drugs like Haldol.
B) is usually diagnosed in late adolescence.
C) may result in inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
D) all of the above

Question 10

Inattentive ADHD

A) results in anhedonia.
B) can impact attention to detail.
C) rarely results in schoolwork performance.
D) dissipates by early adulthood.

Question 11

Individuals experiencing predominantly hyperactive/impulsive ADHD

A) remain in a state of anhedonia.
B) rarely are distracted from the task at hand.
C) have difficulty remaining still.
D) all of the above

Question 12

Anxiety disorders

A) are not considered mental illnesses by leading psychiatrists.
B) are treated by prescribing diazepam because they are non-addictive.
C) includes panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and social phobia.
D) excludes the specific phobia category.

Question 13

The treatment of anxiety disorder

A) can be treated by cognitive behavioral therapy.
B) can be treated by the use of medications such as antidepressants.
C) can be treated by dietary changes.
D) all of the above

Question 14

Which is most accurate of organizations like the National Alliance on Mental Illness?

A) They provide support and advocacy for people with mental illness.
B) They are devoted to curing mental illness
C) They reject biological explanations of mental illness.
D) They employ the diversity model of mental illness.

Question 15

What is most accurate of MindFreedom and similar organizations?

A) They are a major supporter of the American Psychiatric Association.
B) Their mission includes nonviolent revolution for equality and human rights.
C) Their mission includes eradicating mental health impairments.
D) None of the above

Question 16

The National Council on Disability and the Council on Canadians with Disabilities

A) emphasize physical disability over mental health disability.
B) are divisions of the American and Canadian Medical Associations.
C) are devoted to human rights of people with mental health impairments.
D) emphasize medical and biochemical interventions for mental illness.

Question 17

Treatment for mental health disabilities

A) Has only occurred in the last 100 years.
B) Has remained pretty much the same in the last 100 years.
C) Reflects the social construction of mental health disability of a particular time period.
D) Started with the development of psychoanalysis by Dr. Richard Johnson.

Question 18

Historically, Judeo Christian traditions have

A) had little to do with perceptions of mental health and impairment.
B) ascribed spiritual and moral deficiencies causes to mental illness.
C) contended that reasoning was the best way to finding mental health.
D) glorified people with mental illness.

Question 19

Organizations like Mad Pride and Hearing Voices Network are examples of which UDT principle discussed in the chapter?

A) Diversity and oppression are related.
B) Universal Access.
C) Positive identity and culture.
D) Specialized programming.

Question 20

Prisons and jails

A) provide adequate mental health intervention for their populations.
B) are leading research on mental illness and criminality
C) have become warehouses for people with mental health disabilities.
D) refer inmates with mental health disabilities to psychiatric facilities.

Question 21

Briefly discuss the strengths and uses of manuals such as the DSM 5 and WHO International Statistical Classification of Diseases.

Question 22

Briefly discuss the limitations and potential misuses of manuals such as the DSM 5 and WHO International Statistical Classification of Diseases.

Question 23

Compare and contrast organizations like, a) the American and Canadian Psychiatric Association, b) National Alliance on Mental Illness, and c) MindFreedom and Mad Pride.

Question 24

Discuss the strengths and limitations of the use of medications for mental health impairments and d/Disabilities.

Question 25

Compare and contrast the social contexts and societal reactions to mental health disabilities as contrasted to physical disabilities such as amputation.