Chapter 9 Flashcards
The concepts of mental health and mental illness are:
difficult to define due to the multiplicity of factors that must be considered
Thomas Szasz believes that mental health problems are most often caused by
problems of living and social stress
Changes in treatment of the mentally ill in the early-1900s received major impetus from the work of
Dorothea Dix
The fourth revolution in mental health can be characterized as:
client/patient rights and consumer advocacy
The transition from care for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled in hospitals to community-based settings is commonly referred to as:
deinstitutionalization
True statements about alcohol misuse in the United States
Misuse of alcohol is involved in over 67% of child abuse cases, 80% of spouse abuse cases, and 83% of homicides; misuse of alcohol costs billions of dollars in lost productivity and absenteeism in the workplace; alcohol misuse is a growing problem among adolescents
Which group in the U.S. has the highest suicide rate?
males over the age of 85
What are factors directly associated with developmental disabilities
fetal development, chemical addiction, and premature birth
Which group is over-represented among the homeless?
the mentally ill
Accurate statements about the relationship between homelessness and mental illness
Many individuals who are mentally ill and homeless became homeless after being released from mental hospitals without sufficient community resources; many individuals who are mentally ill and homeless became mentally ill after becoming homeless because of the stress of survival and stigma of being homeless; and there is an interactive relationship between homelessness, mental illness, and substance misuse
True statements about the ecological/systems framework applied to mental illness
An individual with a mental illness may be biologically predisposed to mental illness; an individual with a mental illness may have suffered from child abuse; and an individual with a mental illness may have had a parent with a mental health problem
True statements regarding alcohol and use
One reason people use alcohol or drugs is to self-medicate; research suggests that there are genetic factors involved in substance misuse; and substance use may be behavior learned from family
True statements regarding developmental disabilities
The Association for Retarded Citizens, now called the Arc, has been instrumental in advocating for the rights of persons who are developmentally disabled; developmental disability refers to developmental problems such as intellectual disability or cerebral palsy that developed before adulthood; and even after a child is born he or she is at risk of acquiring a developmental disability
Which type of prevention program works with adult children of alcoholics to prevent them from becoming an alcoholic?
secondary
The development of an individualized education plan or IEP is a requirement of what?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
