Question 1

1-80.Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?

Accepted Answer

The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms.

Question 2

1-61.The work of Dorothea Dix has been criticized for

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interfering with the provision of moral therapy.

Question 3

1-71.Which of the following served to publicize the plight of the mentally ill in the mid 1940s?

Accepted Answer

The publication of The Snake Pit

Question 4

1-73.Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A movement of the mentally ill from institutions to the community

Question 5

1-63.Imagine that it is 1885.A man complains of "shattered nerves." He is lacking in energy and shows low mood.Physicians specializing in mental conditions (alienists)would likely consider this person

Accepted Answer

as suffering from neurasthenia.

Question 6

1-77.Which of the following was an effect of the deinstitutionalization movement?

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Some of those released would have been better off remaining hospitalized.

Question 7

1-64.During the late nineteenth century,alienists

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incorporated moral management therapy into treatments.

Question 8

1-65.The "neurasthenia" recognized in the 1800s resembles today's diagnosis of

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depression.

Question 9

1-70.During the first half of the twentieth century,mental hospital care would best be characterized as

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punitive.

Question 10

1-67.At the start of the twentieth century in America,public attitudes toward the mentally ill

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were characterized by fear,horror,and ignorance.

Question 11

1-66.By the end of the nineteenth century

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little was known about most mental illnesses.

Question 12

1-78.Which of the following individuals is credited with emphasizing the link between brain pathology and mental illness?

Accepted Answer

Kraepelin.

Question 13

1-76.Which of the following was a reason for the growth of the deinstitutionalization movement?

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it was thought to be more humane.

Question 14

1-79.The insanity associated with general paresis

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results from an infection of the brain.

Question 15

1-72.The Hill-Burton Act

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provided funding for mental health treatment in the community.

Question 16

1-68.What is Clifford Beers known for?

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He publicized the brutal treatment that many mental patients received.

Question 17

1-75.The rationale behind deinstitutionalization was

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a concern that prolonged hospitalization could keep patients from being able to adjust to and function in the outside world.

Question 18

1-69.During the early twentieth century,

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more asylums and mental hospitals were established.

Question 19

1-62.In the early nineteenth century,psychiatrists were referred to as

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alienists.

Question 20

1-74.Medications for psychological disorders

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were first used centuries ago.

Quiz 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior