Deck 18: Complementary Alternative Treatment of Mental Illnesses

Question 1

In African philosophy, which of the following is NOT regarded to be an assumption about reality?

A) Ecological thinking, including limited or no distinction between nature and culture.
B) Man represents the cosmos in miniature.
C) Human beings ought to live harmoniously with animals and nature.
D) Organic view of the universe.

Answer 1

Man represents the cosmos in miniature.

Question 2

A ____________________ is a Muslim man revered for his religious knowledge and teachings.

Answer 2

maulana

Question 3

Research indicates that poorer people use Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM).

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Provide five points that critique biomedicine.

Question 5

In the sociocentric conception of self: (a) the self is defined by family and community; (b) dominant values include collectivism, interdependence, and cooperation; and (c) the group serves as the locus of agency.

Question 6

Two broad classification systems of mental illness include _________________.

A) biomedicine and holistic healing.
B) biomedicine and sociocentric healing.
C) holistic healing and physiology.
D) semantics and idioms of distress.

Question 7

____________________ acts in multiple feedback loops, where the present is shaped by the past
and the present; and the present is shaped by the future and the present.

Question 8

Which statement is most accurate regarding the range of Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)?

A) CAM covers alternative, complementary, integrative, and biomedical treatments.
B) CAM covers stress management, fitness and habit/addiction management, traditional healing, integrative medicine, and spirituality.
C) CAM covers insulin coma therapy, trepanation, and rotational therapy.
D) CAM covers stress management, fitness and habit/addiction management, exercise, dietary and nutritional counselling, and spirituality.

Question 9

Which ONE of the following options is NOT included in a delineated treatment approach category of Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)?

A) Aromatherapists, reflexologists, naturopaths
B) Sangomas, inyangas, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
C) Medication, chemotherapy, Taebo
D) Spiritual healers, exorcists, ethno-practitioners

Question 10

Describe the egocentric conception of the self.

Question 11

List the five treatment clusters in Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) and provide one example for each cluster.

Question 12

Earlier conceptions of mental illness were attributed to neuronal oddities in the frontal lobe.Individals consequently underwent surgical procedures in which parts of the frontal lobe were cut or scraped away.

Question 13

Which ONE of the following refers to the sum of all energy that manifests in the universe?

A) Agni
B) Doshas
C) Prana
D) Unani-tibb

Question 14

____________________ is a form of therapy that works on changing thought and behaviour patterns by engaging processes in the unconscious mind.

Question 15

Mention four commonalities between African, Eastern, and Indian philosophies, and discuss the notion that underpins these philosophies.