Deck 11: Community Mental Health

Question 1

Community mental health centers are not eligible for Medicare reimbursement.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The term created by the managed care industry that applies to mental health and substance abuse care is behavioral health care services.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The most influential book in mental health is

A)the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,4ᵗʰ edition
B)Healthy People 2020
C)Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
D)Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America

Answer 3

the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,4ᵗʰ edition

Question 4

People with good mental health are able to

A)function under adversity
B)adapt to changes around them
C)curb hate and guilt
D)all of the above

Question 5

An affective disorder characterized by a dysphoric mood,usually depression,or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or pastimes is

A)bipolar disorder
B)major depression
C)mental retardation
D)schizophrenia

Question 6

The fight or flight reaction can be maintained for a significant length of time by the body.

Question 7

More than half of all prison and jail inmates have mental health problems.

Question 8

Military service in a combat zone decreases one's risk of experiencing PTSD.

Question 9

About half of all adults who are homeless have substance use disorders.

Question 10

A drug that subdues a mental patient's behavior is referred to as tardive dyskinesia.

Question 11

Mental disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alteration in thinking,mood,or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning.

Question 12

Until recently,the federal government's leadership in community mental health has been substantial.

Question 13

An affective disorder characterized by distinct periods of elevated mood alternating with periods of depression is

A)bipolar disorder
B)major depression
C)mental retardation
D)schizophrenia

Question 14

In the United States,over two million adults experience homelessness over the course of a year.

Question 15

The number of resident patients in state and county mental hospitals has declined significantly since the 1950s.

Question 16

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)has been banned from use in the United States.

Question 17

Chronic nutritional deficiency is a possible cause of mental disorders in some.

Question 18

Mental illness is the second leading cause of disability in the United States.

Question 19

Only about one third of those diagnosed with a mental disorder receive treatment.

Question 20

Diseases that result from chronic exposure to excess levels of stressors,which produce a General Adaptation Syndrome response are

A)mental disorders
B)brain diseases
C)diseases of adaptation
D)none of the above

Question 21

Explain the forces that propelled deinstitutionalization.

Question 22

Deinstitutionalization from state mental hospitals began in the

A)1920s
B)1950s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 23

The concept of equality in health care coverage for people with mental illness and those with other medical illnesses or injuries is

A)managed care
B)parity
C)evidence-based practices
D)cognitive-behavioral therapy

Question 24

Describe the treatment goals for mental disorders.

Question 25

Provide examples of at least five things that adults with good mental health are able to do.

Question 26

The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health was created under

A)President Reagan
B)President Clinton
C)President Bush
D)President Obama

Question 27

The task of providing primary prevention services for mental health falls mainly on

A)government agencies
B)hospitals
C)private voluntary agencies
D)psychotherapists

Question 28

The widespread use of lobotomies because unnecessary because of

A)electroconvulsive therapy
B)antipsychotic and antidepressive drugs
C)self-help groups
D)the moral treatment era

Question 29

Provide two examples of secondary prevention in community mental health.

Question 30

The main group of patients' transinstitutionalized have been

A)older adults
B)children
C)young adults
D)minorities

Question 31

Treatment that involves intensive,individualized services over an indefinite period of time is

A)psychopharmacology
B)psychotherapy
C)psychiatric rehabilitation
D)managed care

Question 32

Treatment of mental disorders through verbal communication is

A)psychopharmacology
B)psychotherapy
C)psychiatric rehabilitation
D)managed care

Question 33

Provide two examples of primary prevention in community mental health.

Question 34

What does parity refer to?

Question 35

Psychophysiological disorders associated with stress include

A)depression
B)hypertension
C)skin disorders
D)all of the above

Question 36

What are self-help groups?

Question 37

Explain tertiary prevention in community mental health.

Question 38

The main force that expedited deinstitutionalization was

A)antipsychotic drugs
B)ECT
C)lobotomies
D)tardive dyskinesia

Question 39

Describe the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).

Question 40

Describe two of the causes of mental disorders.