Deck 9: Mental Health Issues

Question 1

Stress experiences so extreme that they shut down an individual's basic psychic adaptation system are referred to as

A) disconnection.
B) hyperarousal.
C) social trauma.
D) trauma.

Answer 1

trauma.

Question 2

Discuss the trends seen in Youth of Color related to Drug and Alcohol Use. What are the underlying reasons for these trends?

Answer 2

Not answered

Question 3

Which of the following describes the level of acculturation related to gaining or losing behaviors central to a person's social world?

A) The social level
B) The behavioral level
C) The significant level
D) The intermediate level

Answer 3

The intermediate level

Question 4

Ethnic identity is best defined as

A) the existence of a stable inner sense of self.
B) strong understanding of one's ethnic history and group characteristics.
C) the part of personal identity that defines one's self image as an ethnic group member.
D) the successful integration of cultural experiences into one's personal identity.

Question 5

The primary difference between unidimensional and multidimensional view of acculturation relates to

A) the type of material lost and gained through acculturation.
B) the ability to function effectively in two cultures.
C) the issues of children acculturating faster than parents.
D) all of these.

Question 6

Stress is defined by Myer as

A) the mechanism through which social factors are translated into physical and emotional issues.
B) a defining factor in increased disease amongst Communities of Color.
C) the factor that impacts individual coping mechanisms.
D) the internal characteristic that triggers physical and emotional issues.

Question 7

Racial microaggressions and implicit racial aggressions have the capacity to cause

A) social trauma.
B) insidious trauma.
C) Hyperarousal.
D) lived memories.

Question 8

The most common consequence of acculturation for immigrant families is

A) an increase in mental health diagnoses
B) the breakdown of traditional family roles and norms
C) the loss of traditional language
D) isolation from the ethnic community

Question 9

Which of the following is not a consequence of members leaving ethnic communities in order to assimilate into dominant culture?

A) Weakening of communal support systems
B) Increased risk of prejudice and racial hatred toward the individual
C) Decreased prejudice and racial hatred toward the community
D) A diminished sense of connection with the community

Question 10

Which of the following form of assimilation is best described as integration?

A) Acculturation
B) Structural assimilation
C) Identificational assimilation
D) Marital assimilation

Question 11

Atkinson, Morten, and Sue identified four dimensions in which attitude change occurs as an individual moves through the five stages of racial development. Select one of these dimensions and discuss how attitude shifts would manifest themselves in each of the five stages.

Question 12

In which stage of Cross' model of racial identity development, is an individual most likely to seek out counselors knowledgeable about his or her own ethnic group?

A) Stage 1: Pre-encounter
B) Stage 2: Encounter
C) Stage 3: Immersion-emersion
D) Stage 4: Internalization

Question 13

Brave Heart's concept of Historic Trauma is unique in its discussion of

A) substance abuse trends in specific ethnic groups.
B) the ability to pass trauma and trauma symptoms intergenerationally.
C) the traumatic experience of holocaust survivors and their children.
D) the experience of lived memory, or experience the trauma over and over in one's memory.

Question 14

In treating substance abuse issues with Clients of Color, which of the following is not a stated priority?

A) Addressing addictive qualities
B) Efforts to heal inner effects of racism
C) Identifying the inner pains which the client is attempting to medicate
D) Participation in group work with other Clients of Color

Question 15

As individuals move through the stages of racial identity development, they experience changes in attitudes toward all of the following except

A) the self.
B) mental health services providers.
C) members of their own ethnic group.
D) members of the dominant group.

Question 16

In the encounter stage of Cross' model of racial identity development, individuals experience

A) an event that provides clarity on one's own racial identity.
B) a shift from negative to positive feelings about one's own identity.
C) increasing levels of security related to his or her sense of racial identity.
D) an event that forces him or her to abandon denial of ethnicity.

Question 17

Integration of personal experiences as an ethnic group member, in addition to which of the following, are responsible for the formation of ethnic identity?

A) External messages about ethnicity
B) Experiences not related to ethnicity
C) Positive images of race and culture
D) Experience of family members and significant others

Question 18

Describe two ways in which acculturation is important in relation to working with diverse populations and what a provider can do to ensure they are appropriately addressed.

Question 19

What are the four major symptom groups associated with trauma?

Question 20

In general, ethnic identity can be categorized into three types of identification. Name these categories and describe how they express themselves in an individual's behavior and sense of self.