Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
What complicates the role of mental health care providers in the military compared to civilian counterparts?
a. Lack of ethical guidelines
b. Limited federal budgetary emphasis
c. Complexities of being a military officer
d. Absence of traumatic stress in war
C
When was PTSD formally added to diagnostic nomenclature, and when were symptoms related to combat stress first recorded in history?
a. 1990; World War I
b. 1980; Ancient Greece
c. 2000; American Civil War
d. 1970; Napoleonic wars
B
What term was coined during the 17th century, referring to homesickness and symptoms derived from a soldier’s desire to return home?
a. Shell shock
b. PTSD
c. Nostalgia
d. Battle fatigue
C
During which war were symptoms of PTSD referred to as “shell shock,” and what was the term used in World War II for similar symptoms?
a. World War I; Battle fatigue
b. American Civil War; Combat exhaustion
c. Vietnam War; Post-Vietnam syndrome
d. Napoleonic wars; Soldier’s heart
A
When did documentation of mental health disorders related to war trauma begin?
a. World War I
b. Napoleonic wars
c. American Civil War
d. American Revolutionary War
C
What term was used during the American Civil War to describe symptoms exhibited by emotionally distraught soldiers, particularly paralysis and sudden mood changes?
a. Combat fatigue
b. PTSD
c. Soldier’s heart
d. Nostalgia
C
When did the “official” birth of military psychology occur, and what was the focus of psychologists during WWI?
a. American Revolutionary War; Testing and assessment
b. World War II; Individual psychotherapy
c. World War I; Combat-related stress reactions
d. Vietnam War; Forward deployed mental health care
C
What was the belief about combat-related stress reactions during World War II, and when did psychologists become permanently active duty members?
a. Stress reactions were due to short deployments; 1947
b. Stress reactions could be screened out; 1947
c. Emphasis on mental health intervention; 1950
d. Stress reactions were rare; 1950
A
What was the role of psychologists at the end of World War II, and what benefit did decision-makers recognize in having psychologists in the military?
a. Focus on testing and assessment; Power of influence
b. Emphasis on screening; Short deployments
c. Individual and group psychotherapy; Limited influence
d. Forward deployed mental health care; Decreasing stressors
C
What was a significant challenge faced by mental health providers during the Korean War?
a. Lack of wartime experience
b. Inadequate support units
c. Absence of combat stressors
d. Overemphasis on psychological warfare
B
What focus did the Navy and Air Force develop at the end of the Korean War?
a. Combat stress intervention
b. Organizational principles
c. Psychological warfare
d. Morale and motivation
B
What term was used during the Vietnam War to describe symptoms of what was previously known as combat fatigue?
a. PTSD
b. Battle fatigue
c. Combat exhaustion
d. Soldier’s heart
B
What characterized the war in Vietnam in terms of mental health issues?
a. Reduced traditional combat-related stress
b. Focus on mental health diagnosis
c. Minimal substance abuse problems
d. High unit cohesion
A
When did the treatment of substance use disorders become a reality in response to the issues during the Vietnam War?
a. 1960
b. 1971
c. 1980
d. 1990
B
What was a unique feature of the First Gulf War’s combat stressors?
a. Limited exposure to enemy forces
b. Short duration of the war
c. Lack of chemical and biological weapons
d. Service aboard a Navy aircraft carrier
C
What is Gulf War Illness, and why has it complicated the lives of veterans?
a. A mental health disorder; Lack of treatment options
b. A psychological phenomenon; Baffling researchers
c. A medically inexplicable condition; Unknown etiology
d. A comorbid condition with PTSD; Delayed incidence
C
What operations were part of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)?
a. Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
b. Korean War and Vietnam War
c. Desert Shield and Desert Storm
d. Korean War and First Gulf War
A
What is one of the signature wounds of both OEF and OIF?
a. Battle fatigue
b. Substance use disorders
c. Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
d. Gulf War Illness
C
What continues to be a challenge for clinicians and researchers in treating veterans of OEF and OIF?
a. Lack of mental health care services
b. Delayed incidence of PTSD
c. The unknown etiology of Gulf War Illness
d. Comorbid physical and psychological symptoms
D
What has emerged from the rudimentary mental health principles in forward deployed locations?
a. Gulf War Illness
b. Combat stress intervention
c. Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
d. Substance use disorders
B
What are some activities that military mental health care providers engage in today?
a. Combat stress intervention only
b. Providing direct care to active duty members and their families
c. Focusing on organizational principles
d. Serving on hospital ships
B
What is imperative for mental health care providers considering the changing landscape of warfare?
a. Indulgence and leniency
b. Creativity and adaptability
c. Lack of attention to stressors
d. Ignoring the impact of technological advancements
B
What should mental health care providers focus on to better manage the mental health needs of those serving in the military?
a. Past oversights
b. Organizational concerns
c. Unit cohesion
d. Historical principles
A
What has been the trend in the development of military mental health care services over the years?
a. Decline in services
b. Inadequate support units
c. Increase in services to military members, their families, and retirees
d. Focus on psychological warfare
C
What did William James hope to achieve by treating psychology as a natural science in his seminal work?
a. Philosophical breakthrough
b. Transformation into a formal discipline
c. Application in education
d. Emphasis on psychoanalysis
B
How did World War I impact the size of the United States Army and its need for psychological expertise?
a. Decreased army size
b. Reduced need for mental testing
c. Significant growth in army size
d. Shift to non-military applications
C
Who was commissioned as a Major in the United States Army during World War I to implement mental testing techniques?
a. William James
b. Robert Yerkes
c. Walter Scott
d. Edwin Boring
B
What did the Committee on Classification of Personnel focus on during World War I?
a. Organizational principles
b. Psychological warfare
c. Practical, business-oriented programs
d. Aviation personnel selection
C
What did Edward Boring edit at the end of World War II, shaping the field of military psychology?
a. The Principles of Psychology
b. The Army General Classification Test
c. The Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale
d. A text dividing the psychological business of the Army
D
What is one of the major categories outlined by Edward Boring in shaping military psychology post-World War II?
a. Treatment of POWs
b. Observation and accuracy in perception
c. Clinical interrogations of Nazi leaders
d. Personality assessment emphasis
B
What did psychologists emphasize during the Korean War, leading to an increase in the return to duty rate?
a. Personality assessments
b. Combat stress principles
c. Operational Psychology
d. Forward psychiatry
B
What significant advances occurred in Operational Psychology during the Korean War?
a. Exploration of brain injuries
b. Implementation of propaganda
c. Survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training
d. Analysis of mental health conditions
C
What diagnosis was formally adopted during the Vietnam War, reflecting a better understanding of psychological issues?
a. Combat Operational Stress (COS)
b. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
c. Substance abuse disorder
d. Dissociative identity disorder
B
What crisis events in 1979 contributed to the opening steps of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)?
a. The Vietnam War
b. The embassy hostage crisis in Iran
c. The first Gulf War
d. The Baader-Meinhoff bombing
B
What event on September 11, 2001, marked the full outbreak of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)?
a. The Gulf War
b. The Vietnam War
c. The 9/11 terrorist attacks
d. The Korean War
C