Exam 8: Mental Health and Illness

Jenna Howard found that those with more social and fiscal capital were able to?

Manuel's job loss really did not bother him because he did not like his boss,however,he really started getting anxious when he stopped getting his paycheck.In this example,the effect of job loss on anxiety is ________ by loss of income.

Actual social support is more helpful in alleviating mental health problems than perceived social support.

How can minority status impact mental health ratings?

How do group processes scholars examine the concept of mental illness?

Horwitz and Wakefield's research focused on trend to increasingly diagnose individuals with clinical depression as the "loss of sadness" in society.

What kind of stressors do college students typically report?

Which social theorist argued that mental illness is a "myth?"

Which of the following would be considered a total institution?

Studies have found that discrimination of any kind increases levels of mental illness?

Given the research and theory on the medicalization of deviance,how will the clinic likely treat Trudy's malady in today's world?

Which of the following coping strategies emphasize patients' attempts to rebel against asylum staff?

A higher socio-economic status is associated with lower prevalence of disorders?

Marital status fits into which component of the stress process?

Which sociologist is most associated with concept of stigma?

Which of the following forces are associated with putting aspects of social life,including mental illness,under the boundaries of medical professionals?

Why was 1656 an important date in the history of mental illness according to Michel Foucault?

The loss of a job is represented in which component of the stress process?

Which of the following is NOT a measurement of someone's depression levels?

The stresses associated with living in urban areas come from ________ while the stresses associated with rural areas tend to be a result of ________.