Deck 18: Mental Health and Illness: a Public Health Perspective

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of indicated prevention of mental illness?
a. Interventions with entire populations of people
b. Interventions among those who have some symptoms but have not yet developed a mental illness
c. Interventions with people with a risk factor for mental illness who have not yet experienced mental illness
d. Interventions focused on a single indicator or problem behavior associated with a mental illness

Answer 1

Interventions among those who have some symptoms but have yet developed a mental illness

Question 2

Programs that incorporate exercise into care for people with mental illness have been found to benefit quality of life, perhaps through improving self-esteem and creating social interactions. This is an example of:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Geriatric prevention

Answer 2

Tertiary prevention

Question 3

The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 had several important consequences for the delivery of mental health services. One important consequence was:
a. Deinstitutionalization of care
b. Medicalization of mental illness
c. Integration of service delivery
d. More community-based psychiatric hospitals

Answer 3

Deinstitutionalization of care

Question 4

An example of an interpersonal level factor that affects mental illness:
a. Gender and age
b. Availability of ethnically diverse mental health care providers
c. Wellness programs in the workplace
d. Social networks and social support

Question 5

According to the social causation theory of the relationship between mental illness and social status, being in difficult circumstances, such as unemployed and divorced, leads to mental health problems.