Exam 8: Mental Disorder

Thomas Szasz has referred to mental illness as

The public generally equates mental illness or distress only with serious mental disorder because

According to the __________ perspective,mental disorder is not a sickness but a category imposed on some disturbing behavior.

The staff incompetence and patient dehumanization of many mental hospitals have led to poor care for the mentally ill.

Compared with women,men are less likely to have

The majority of people who suffer from mental disorders appear __________.

________ are more likely to exhibit paranoid disorders such as anger expressed outwardly toward others.

According to many advocates of the labeling perspective,mental illness is a myth.

__________ can hospitalize the mentally ill against their will for an indefinite period.

What is deemed as a mental disorder in one society may not necessarily be deemed as one in another.

________ is more serious than neurosis and personality,or character,disorder.

The British psychiatrist R.D.Laing sees mental illness as

According to the text,while DSM-5 can be reliable for describing symptoms of mental illness,it does not necessarily

Compulsive liars,con-men,and hustlers generally fall into the category of __________ disorders.

Virtually all of us can be said to be mentally ill at one time or another.

One criticism of labeling theory is that it ignores the fact that mentally disturbed behavior is real.

How many veterans with PTSD seek treatment?

According to the text,which group is the LEAST likely to become mentally ill?

PTSD is not classified as a mental illness.

One consequence of the stereotypes the public and others hold of the mentally ill is that people with ordinary emotional problems