Question 1

Kendra's Law allows involuntary hospitalization for:

Accepted Answer

A)  homeless, psychiatric children under the age of 18. 
B)  violent people who have been hospitalized for mental illness and who refuse to take their medication. 
C)  violent people awaiting trial who appear mentally unstable and who otherwise could go free on bail and harm someone. 
D)  violent people awaiting trial who have been diagnosed in the past with a mental illness and who pose a "clear and present" danger to their families or others. 
E)  violent people awaiting trial who have been diagnosed in the past with a mental illness and who would benefit from psychiatric medication. 
A)  homeless, psychiatric children under the age of 18. 
B)  violent people who have been hospitalized for mental illness and who refuse to take their medication. 
C)  violent people awaiting trial who appear mentally unstable and who otherwise could go free on bail and harm someone. 
D)  violent people awaiting trial who have been diagnosed in the past with a mental illness and who pose a "clear and present" danger to their families or others. 
E)  violent people awaiting trial who have been diagnosed in the past with a mental illness and who would benefit from psychiatric medication. B

Question 2

The Rosenhan study is famous for showing:

Accepted Answer

A)  the best way to predict dangerousness in the emergency room is simply to ask patients if they have previously acted dangerously. 
B)  that psychiatry can't do much for most mentally ill patients. 
C)  that mental illness has biological causes. 
D)  that problems in living are wrongly called mental illnesses. 
E)  the power of being labeled schizophrenic inside mental institutions. 
A)  the best way to predict dangerousness in the emergency room is simply to ask patients if they have previously acted dangerously. 
B)  that psychiatry can't do much for most mentally ill patients. 
C)  that mental illness has biological causes. 
D)  that problems in living are wrongly called mental illnesses. 
E)  the power of being labeled schizophrenic inside mental institutions. E

Question 3

Thomas Szasz holds that, to be real, mental illness must be rooted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  failure to adjust to social life. 
B)  proper values. 
C)  functioning well in a family. 
D)  biology. 
E)  diagnosis by a psychiatrist. 
A)  failure to adjust to social life. 
B)  proper values. 
C)  functioning well in a family. 
D)  biology. 
E)  diagnosis by a psychiatrist. D

Question 4

Mayor Koch supposedly wanted to commit Joyce Brown for one reason, but lawyers of the Americans Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed that she was being committed because she was:

Accepted Answer

A)  insane 
B)  dangerous to herself 
C)  dangerous to others 
D)  homeless 
E)  an intravenous drug-user and prostitute 
A)  insane 
B)  dangerous to herself 
C)  dangerous to others 
D)  homeless 
E)  an intravenous drug-user and prostitute

Question 5

According to the O'Connor vs. Donaldson decision, which of the following conditions in state laws would NOT be Constitutional?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legislating that a person must suffer a mental illness to be committed. 
B)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true, and she is also dangerous to others. 
C)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true, and she is also dangerous to herself. 
D)  Legislating that a person can be committed if she has no mental illness but neglects herself so much that her health is weakened. 
E)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true and if she is dangerous to herself, and specifying that "dangerous to herself" includes an overt threat to others. 
A)  Legislating that a person must suffer a mental illness to be committed. 
B)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true, and she is also dangerous to others. 
C)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true, and she is also dangerous to herself. 
D)  Legislating that a person can be committed if she has no mental illness but neglects herself so much that her health is weakened. 
E)  Legislating that a person can be committed if (
A)  is true and if she is dangerous to herself, and specifying that "dangerous to herself" includes an overt threat to others.

Question 6

Joyce Brown's ultimate medical problem was:

Accepted Answer

A)  schizophrenia 
B)  addiction to cocaine 
C)  homelessness 
D)  being a minority citizen 
E)  having her sisters persecute her 
A)  schizophrenia 
B)  addiction to cocaine 
C)  homelessness 
D)  being a minority citizen 
E)  having her sisters persecute her

Question 7

In the Alabama legal decision of Wyatt vs. Stickney, Judge Frank Johnson held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  a person must be dangerous to self or others to be committed. 
B)  if a person is a minor, different standards must be obtained for commitment. 
C)  a state institution must release inmates or provide some minimal treatment for them. 
D)  a person has the right to refuse medication even if she has been legally committed. 
E)  a person can be committed on the testimony of two psychiatrists. 
A)  a person must be dangerous to self or others to be committed. 
B)  if a person is a minor, different standards must be obtained for commitment. 
C)  a state institution must release inmates or provide some minimal treatment for them. 
D)  a person has the right to refuse medication even if she has been legally committed. 
E)  a person can be committed on the testimony of two psychiatrists.

Question 8

The 1976 Tarasoff decision concerns:

Accepted Answer

A)  involuntary commitment. 
B)  definitions of legal insanity. 
C)  therapist's duty to take reasonable steps to warn patients of lethal threats. 
D)  definitions of psychiatric competence and incompetence. 
E)  minimally decent living conditions in psychiatric hospitals. 
A)  involuntary commitment. 
B)  definitions of legal insanity. 
C)  therapist's duty to take reasonable steps to warn patients of lethal threats. 
D)  definitions of psychiatric competence and incompetence. 
E)  minimally decent living conditions in psychiatric hospitals.

Question 9

Deinstitutionalization failed to work because of:

Accepted Answer

A)  NIMBY 
B)  Fragmentation of services for mentally ill homeless people 
C)  Most of the people released were not mentally ill 
D)  A and B 
E)  A and C 
A)  NIMBY 
B)  Fragmentation of services for mentally ill homeless people 
C)  Most of the people released were not mentally ill 
D)  A and B 
E)  A and C

Question 10

The chapter on Joyce Brown suggests that, in relation to Project Help:

Accepted Answer

A)  Joyce was a good person to pick up first. 
B)  picking up Joyce was Mayor Koch's idea. 
C)  although Joyce may have been a good person to pick up first, her story shows the dangers of involuntary commitment. 
D)  minorities get picked on for involuntary mental commitment. 
E)  childless people get targeted for involuntary mental commitment. 
A)  Joyce was a good person to pick up first. 
B)  picking up Joyce was Mayor Koch's idea. 
C)  although Joyce may have been a good person to pick up first, her story shows the dangers of involuntary commitment. 
D)  minorities get picked on for involuntary mental commitment. 
E)  childless people get targeted for involuntary mental commitment.

Kendra's Law allows involuntary hospitalization for:

The Rosenhan study is famous for showing:

Thomas Szasz holds that, to be real, mental illness must be rooted in:

Mayor Koch supposedly wanted to commit Joyce Brown for one reason, but lawyers of the Americans Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed that she was being committed because she was:

According to the O'Connor vs. Donaldson decision, which of the following conditions in state laws would NOT be Constitutional?

Joyce Brown's ultimate medical problem was:

In the Alabama legal decision of Wyatt vs. Stickney, Judge Frank Johnson held that:

The 1976 Tarasoff decision concerns:

Deinstitutionalization failed to work because of:

The chapter on Joyce Brown suggests that, in relation to Project Help:

Ethical Reasoning, Moral Theories, Principles, and Bioethics

Requests to Die: Non-Terminal Patients

Requests to Die: Terminal Patients

Comas: Karen Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Terri Schiavo

Abortion: the Trial of Kenneth Edelin

Assisted Reproduction, Multiple Births and Elderly Parents

Embryos, Stem Cells, and Cloning

The Ethics of Treating Impaired Babies

Medical Research on Animals

Medical Research on Vulnerable Human Subjects

Surgeons Desire for Fame and Ethics of First Transplants

Just Distribution of Organs: God Committee and Personal Responsibility

Using One Baby for Another: Babies Fae, Gabriel, Theresa, and Conjoined

Ethical Issues of Intersex and Transgender Persons

Ethical Issues in Testing for Genetic Disease

Ethical Issues in Stopping the Global Spread of Aids

Ethical Issues in Medical Enhancement

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Exam 15: Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment the Case of Joyce Brown

Kendra's Law allows involuntary hospitalization for:

The Rosenhan study is famous for showing:

Thomas Szasz holds that, to be real, mental illness must be rooted in:

Mayor Koch supposedly wanted to commit Joyce Brown for one reason, but lawyers of the Americans Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed that she was being committed because she was:

According to the O'Connor vs. Donaldson decision, which of the following conditions in state laws would NOT be Constitutional?

Joyce Brown's ultimate medical problem was:

In the Alabama legal decision of Wyatt vs. Stickney, Judge Frank Johnson held that:

The 1976 Tarasoff decision concerns:

Deinstitutionalization failed to work because of:

The chapter on Joyce Brown suggests that, in relation to Project Help:

Ethical Reasoning, Moral Theories, Principles, and Bioethics

Requests to Die: Non-Terminal Patients

Requests to Die: Terminal Patients

Comas: Karen Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Terri Schiavo

Abortion: the Trial of Kenneth Edelin

Assisted Reproduction, Multiple Births and Elderly Parents

Embryos, Stem Cells, and Cloning

The Ethics of Treating Impaired Babies

Medical Research on Animals

Medical Research on Vulnerable Human Subjects

Surgeons Desire for Fame and Ethics of First Transplants

Just Distribution of Organs: God Committee and Personal Responsibility

Using One Baby for Another: Babies Fae, Gabriel, Theresa, and Conjoined

Ethical Issues of Intersex and Transgender Persons

Ethical Issues in Testing for Genetic Disease

Ethical Issues in Stopping the Global Spread of Aids

Ethical Issues in Medical Enhancement

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