Deck 8: Mental Health and Illness

Question 1

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

A) It is the year that psychotropic drugs became 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 is the year that psychotropic drugs were introduced to the New World.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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____ Ways in which social problems-including mental health-have come under medical boundaries.

Answer 2

P

Question 3

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____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by rebelling against the staff expectations.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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____ Access to friends and family available to help during stressful or difficult times.

Question 5

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____ Part of the stress process referring to any event deemed unwanted or stressful to an individual.

Question 6

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) the seeking out psychotropic drugs by patients
C) the weakening of medical unions
D) the end of public mental institutions

Question 7

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____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by showing that their institution is a desirable place to live.

Question 8

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____ Part of the stress process that includes the personal and social resources that affect the direction or strength of the relationship between a stressor and mental health.

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Which social theorist applied role theory to understanding the sick?

A) Peter Conrad
B) Michel Foucault
C) Talcott Parsons
D) Herbert Blumer

Question 11

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____ A model that outlines the relationships among social statuses, stressful experiences (stressors), the resources people bring to deal with problems, and the outcomes (distress) they experience.

Question 12

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____ The consequence of accepting a label as mentally ill which ultimately produces pathological symptoms.

Question 13

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____ The study of the social arrangements that affect mental illness and its consequences.

Question 14

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____ Day-to-day role strains that may cause mental health problems over time by the accumulation of small amounts of stress.

Question 15

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____ Part of the stress process referring to resources that act as mechanisms through which stressors relate to outcomes.

Question 16

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____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by living up to the expectations of the staff and doctors.

Question 17

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____ Part of the stress process referring to elements of our self-concept that may be beneficial in managing events.

Question 18

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____ Places where individuals are isolated from the rest of society.

Question 19

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____ The study of the distribution of mental health disorders and distress across social groups.

Question 20

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____ A way of managing life in an institution involving the curtailing of interaction with others.

Question 21

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

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) avoid institutionalization

Question 22

How do symbolic interactionists examine the social construction of mental health? Review Foucault's historical analysis of mental illness in Western culture and the medicalization of deviance.

Question 23

What kind of stressors do college students typically report?

A) adjustment problems
B) deaths of loved ones
C) job losses
D) fears of professors

Question 24

Studies have found that discrimination of any kind __________ levels of mental illness.

A) increases
B) decreases
C) fails to impact
D) eliminates

Question 25

Given the research on the epidemiology of mental health, which group is more likely than the others to report problems with drinking? with depression?

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

Question 26

__________ suggests that even if mental illness is only partly socially constructed, the consequence of being labeled as such can produce pathological symptoms

A) Modified labeling theory
B) Stigma theory
C) Status characteristics theory
D) Structural theory

Question 27

Which of the following statements is a measurement of someone's depression level?

A) I drink with friends.
B) I feel depressed.
C) Life is not challenging.
D) I am very self-confidant.

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

Higher socioeconomic status is associated with __________ of mental disorder.

A) a lower incidence
B) a higher incidence
C) neither a lower nor a higher incidence
D) the absence

Question 30

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

A) It is viewed as a 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 31

Which of the following would be considered a total institution?

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

Question 32

Discuss how community conditions can have an impact on individuals' mental health. Be specific about the role of stressors and resources available under different community conditions (e.g., urban versus rural; poor versus middle class).

Question 33

Which of the following is a social support that may help reduce the effects of negative life events?

A) living in a poor neighborhood
B) having a happy marriage
C) effectively repressing emotions
D) living in a very urbanized environment

Question 34

Goffman's research on total institutions showed that many patients in insane asylums generally __________.

A) resist their roles as patients
B) focus on getting better
C) easily conform to their roles
D) always obey those in authority

Question 35

Of the following people, who is more likely to be diagnosed with an aggression disorder by a mental health professional than the others?

A) Walter, a white male showing aggressive behavior
B) Kaysha, a white female showing aggressive behavior
C) Thomas, a black male showing aggressive behavior
D) Anna, a black female showing aggressive behavior

Question 36

Which sociologist is most associated with concept of stigma?

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

Question 37

Marital status fits into which component of the stress process?

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

Question 38

Discuss the relationships between race and socioeconomic status in the context of the epidemiology of mental health. Does income have an impact on mental health? If so, how? Does race have an impact on mental health? If so, how? How do these two social positions intersect, if at all?

Question 39

The stresses associated with living in urban areas come from __________, whereas 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

Question 40

How can minority status impact mental health ratings?

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

Question 41

Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
Trudy was very excited about her first year of college. However, she was very nervous on the first day of class. Although she liked the class, she just could not find herself responding to questions and discussion in class. Initially, she joined a couple of clubs but never showed up to any of the meetings. She had planned to focus her time on studying but started to feel tired all of the time, though her sleep was not very restful. Her grades started slipping and she decided to go to the college health clinic to see what was wrong with her.
Given the research and theory on the medicalization of deviance, how will the clinic likely treat Trudy's malady in today's world?

A) by providing reading materials to cope with freshman life
B) by trying some form of medication to treat depression
C) by giving her some ideas for ways to mediate her problems
D) by giving her some ideas for ways to moderate her problems

Question 42

Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
Trudy was very excited about her first year of college. However, she was very nervous on the first day of class. Although she liked the class, she just could not find herself responding to questions and discussion in class. Initially, she joined a couple of clubs but never showed up to any of the meetings. She had planned to focus her time on studying but started to feel tired all of the time, though her sleep was not very restful. Her grades started slipping and she decided to go to the college health clinic to see what was wrong with her.
Using the stress process paradigm, what is the likely source of Trudy's malady?

A) a life event
B) chronic strains
C) mediators and moderators
D) social and economic characteristics