Deck 1: The Problem of Mental Disorder

Question 1

The World Health Organization estimated in 2011 that __________ million people globally suffer from some form of mental disorder.

A) 8
B) 72
C) 355
D) 450

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Approximately __________ of the U.S. population meets the criteria for one or more mental disorders in their lifetime.

A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The onset of most people's mental health problem is during __________.

A) infancy
B) childhood
C) middle adulthood
D) late adulthood

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true regarding the prevalence of mental disorder?

A) The actual number of individuals afflicted with a mental disorder is unknown because not everyone seeks medical attention.
B) The prevalence of mental disorder cannot be calculated because data are based on biased sources.
C) The reported prevalence of mental disorder is likely an over-count of the actual extent due to a lack of proper diagnostic measures.
D) The estimate of mental disorder in the United States is at best an estimate of the number of institutionalized populations.

Question 5

While psychiatrists and clinical psychologists focus on individual cases of mental disorder, sociologists analyze mental disorder by studying __________.

A) historical cases
B) diagnoses
C) social structures
D) victim responses

Question 6

According to sociologists, mental disorder is a __________ behavioral standards set by society.

A) traditional path to
B) miscommunication about
C) consequence of
D) significant deviation from

Question 7

How is mental disordered defined in the DSM-5?

A) Mental disorders are conditions that are either physical or psychological in nature.
B) Mental disorders are disorders that respond to treatment.
C) Mental disorders are deviations from past behavior that result from an abnormal disturbance.
D) Mental disorders are those disorders that can be diagnosed and treated.

Question 8

In many preliterate societies, mental disorders were explained through __________.

A) magic
B) human motivation
C) punishment
D) physical ailment

Question 9

An example of __________ magic could be the use of voodoo dolls.

A) contagious
B) shaman
C) solidarity
D) sympathetic

Question 10

Which of the following is not a similarity between witch doctors and psychiatrists as identified by Torrey?

A) sharing techniques of psychotherapy
B) using psychotropic drugs
C) creating hope in the patient
D) having a personal relationship with the patient

Question 11

According to Hippocrates, mental illness is not the result of supernatural forces, but rather due to _________.

A) natural causes
B) medicine
C) ethics
D) divine intervention

Question 12

Which of the following modern legal tactics is the result of the Roman's redefinition of insanity?

A) the 5^th Amendment
B) the insanity plea
C) the opening statement
D) tenants' rights

Question 13

During the Renaissance, __________ were devoted to the physical functions of the body while __________ focused on the mental processes.

A) psychologists; physicians
B) physicians; theologians
C) theologians; psychologists
D) physicians; psychologists

Question 14

The first mental hospital was founded by Father Gilabert Jofre in __________.

A) France
B) England
C) Spain
D) Germany

Question 15

The Assemblies of God supported the belief in divine healing by __________.

A) accepting the Bible as the literal truth
B) putting faith in the community
C) praying to multiple gods
D) supporting witch craft

Question 16

During the eighteenth century, "hospitals" spread across Europe intended to control persons considered social problems. This marked the age of the __________.

A) Great Confinement
B) Enlightenment
C) Hospital General
D) Chiarugi

Question 17

Who of the following was not involved in the reforms in the 18^th century?

A) Vincenzo Chiarugi
B) Willian Tuke
C) Philippe Pinel
D) Sigmund Frued

Question 18

Moral treatment was most prevalent in New England and among __________.

A) violent persons
B) white individuals
C) criminals
D) middle-class families

Question 19

Which of the following was not a reason for the failure of moral treatment?

A) There was no systematic approach to moral treatment.
B) Mental asylums were overcrowded.
C) There was no consensus in the underlying cause of mental illness.
D) Mental illness was seen as incurable.

Question 20

According to the medical model, abnormal mental behavior was the result of __________.

A) genetics
B) mental disease
C) witchcraft
D) the Devil

Question 21

__________ paid attention to the role of instincts in shaping behavior.

A) Dorothea Dix
B) Michael Foucault
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Johann Weyer

Question 22

Psychoactive drugs __________.

A) cure mental illness
B) are supported by the APA
C) cause more problems than they cure
D) relieve symptoms but do not cure

Question 23

A therapeutic community is a basic idea of __________.

A) a community mental health program
B) psychoanalysis
C) the Great Confinement
D) moral treatment

Question 24

One of the major breakthroughs for mental health practitioners of the 21^st century is __________.

A) community mental health
B) psychotropic drugs
C) moral treatments
D) human genome mapping

Question 25

Community mental health centers have been hindered by __________.

A) a lack of funding
B) too few patients
C) poor community support
D) little professional backing

Question 26

Outline how mental disorder has been defined over time.

Question 27

What was the role of the Catholic Church in mental disorder during the Enlightenment?

Question 28

Describe the "moral treatment" of the insane.

Question 29

Discuss the three revolutions in the twentieth century that influenced treatments of the mentally ill.

Question 30

What is the "medical model" of mental illness?