Deck 9: Mental Health Issues

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

Answers will vary.

Question 2

Consider Atkinson, Morten, and Sue's research on models of racial identity formation. 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.

Answer 2

mental health services providers.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Decreased prejudice and racial hatred toward the community

Question 4

Discuss the trends seen in youth of color related to drug and alcohol use. What are the underlying reasons for these trends?

Question 5

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

Question 6

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 7

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 8

Myer defines stress as

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

Question 9

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 10

Racial microaggressions have the capacity to cause

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

Which symptom group associated with trauma involves the internal biology of self-preservation, which goes on permanent alert?

A)Disconnection
B)Hyperarousal
C)Intrusion
D)Constriction and numbing

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

During which stage of ethnic identity does an individual compartmentalize her ethnic identity?

A)Positive identification
B)Negative identification
C)Ambivalent identification
D)Precarious identification

Question 17

Which of the following statements accurately describes multidimensional acculturation?

A)The multicultural individual picks and chooses aspects of each culture to internalize.
B)The multicultural individual is referred to as a "marginal" person.
C)It is extremely difficult to function effectively in two or more cultures.
D)Multiculturalism is seen as a virtue in all ethnic communities.

Question 18

Why is therapeutic work with trauma survivors particularly challenging?

Question 19

Which of the following terms is defined as taking on the cultural ways of the dominant culture?

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

Question 20

In the internalization 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.