Chapter 10

Question 1

T or f? Deinstitutionalization refers to policy of providing community-based services for people who were formerly served in institutions. The Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act and the State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act were two major pieces of law that contributed to deinstitutionalization

Answer 1

-T

Question 2

T or f? Promotion of health and wellness, rather than a narrow focus on treatment of illness, is central to the strengths perspective and critical to reducing health disparities

Answer 2

-T

Question 3

T or f? The United States needs to invest more to anticipate and manage pandemics

Answer 3

-T

Question 4

T or f? Social workers need to be involved in educating people about publicly funded health care programs, ensuring that rules and regulations developed in their states are equitable, helping people get the health benefits for which they are eligible, and ensuring that patients’ rights are protected

Answer 4

-T

Question 5

True or false? Suicide rates are climbing at a time when states have underfunded and even undermined their mental health systems. Suicide claims lives of about 47,000 Americans every year

Answer 5

True