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EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE Flashcards

1
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A compulsion toward a specific behavior despite negative consequences, and a psychological and/or physical dependence on the behavior or substance being abused is known as which of the following?

a. Drug Misuse
b. Addiction
c. Chemical Dependency
d. Substance Abuse

A

addiction

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  1. Which of the following statements is not true?
    a. With more than 11,000 drug treatment facilities in the US, there is still a shortage.
    b. Alcohol and drug issues commonly occur in combination with other mental health challenges.
    c. The decision of where to place a client for treatment is often determined by the client’s insurance coverage and availability of treatment programs.
    d. It is hard to pay for treatment because substance abuse is not included in the American’s with Disabilities Act.
A

It is hard to pay for treatment because substance abuse is not included in the American’s with Disabilities Act.

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  1. The strengths perspective requires the case management process to be driven by which of the following?
    a. The need for the client to break through denial
    b. The social worker’s clinical orientation
    c. Client-identified goals.
    d. The client’s ability to pay for treatment services
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Client-identified goals.

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An approach which addresses the supply side of the drug problem includes which of the following?

a. Culturally-sensitive drug treatment programs
b. Prevention programs aimed at reducing isolation
c. Law enforcement programs
d. School-based drug prevention programs

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Law enforcement programs

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The stage of drug and alcohol treatment where the client often needs to be forcefully confronted about the addiction and the need for treatment is which of the following?

a. Stabilization
b. Rehabilitation
c. Maintenance
d. Denial

A

Stabilization

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An approach which addresses the supply side of the drug problem includes which of the following?

a. Culturally-sensitive drug treatment programs
b. Prevention programs aimed at reducing isolation
c. Law enforcement programs
d. School-based drug prevention programs

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Law enforcement programs

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Which of the following is an example of of a demand-side approach to substance abuse

a. Aggressively going after drug cartels
b. Longer sentences for convicted drug dealers
c. Increasing the number of treatment programs
d. longer sentences for convicted users
e. Both a and b

A

Increasing the number of treatment programs

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Which statement is NOT true?

a. Pregnant women who are addicts need increased access to prenatal drug treatment centers
b. Intravenous drug users are no longer considered a high-risk category for HIV/AIDS
c. Most evidence suggest that needle-exchange programs saves lives
d. Seventy percent of illicit drug users have full-time jobs

A

Intravenous drug users are no longer considered a high-risk category for HIV/AIDS

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Many people believe that ________ should not be a Schedule I drug because it is not as
addictive as most other Schedule I drugs.
a. Valium
b. heroine
c. marijuana
d. cocaine
e. Doritos

A

marijuana

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________ was the opiate drug of choice in the 1960s.

a. Cocaine
b. Heroine
c. Valium
d. LSD
e. Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream

A

Heroine

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Alcohol and drug addiction can destroy the lives of women. of women are
heavy drinkers, and women are the largest group to abuse benzodiazepines or
tranquilizers.
a. Eight to ten percent
b. Twelve to fifteen percent
c. Fifteen to twenty percent
d. Twenty to Twenty-five percent

A

Twelve to fifteen percent

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Which of the following is most true?
a. Alcohol rates among Native populations and whites are approximately the same.
b. Gay and lesbian alcohol use is the easiest to measure
C. Twenty-five percent of women are heavy drinkers
d. Alcohol abuse rates among African Americans and whites are approximately the same.
e. Latino adolescents are less likely to become involved with drugs than any other group.

A

Alcohol rates among Native populations and whites are approximately the same.

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Which of the following statements most accurately represents the situation of the majority of Americans over age 65?

a. They have major health concerns that limit their daily activity
b. They are economically independent, active, healthy, and live in their own homes
c. They live with their children or other relatives
d. They struggle financially, living below the poverty line
e. They live in long term care facilities

A

They are economically independent, active, healthy, and live in their own homes

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Which of the following is not a common legal challenge faced by people as they age?

a. Age discrimination
b. Guardianship and Conservatorship
c. Living wills
d. Health Care Power of Attorney
e. Low percentage of older people voting

A

Low percentage of older people voting

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During the 21st century, which of the following is not a primary reason for the predicted dramatic increase during the 21st century in the percentage of people who are older?

a. Fewer children being born
b. More children being born
c. Large number of baby boomers getting older
d. People are living longer

A

More children being born

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Which of the following is not a goal of case management with the elderly?

a. Assuring that services are appropriate to the needs of a particular client
b. Improving client access to the continuum of long term care services
c. Conducting support, therapy, or recreational groups
d. Supporting the client’s caregivers with counseling and information
e. Serving as a bridge between institutional and community-based care services

A

Conducting support, therapy, or recreational groups

17
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Universal, federally funded compulsory health insurance program for older people, added to the Social Security Act in 1965

a. Family Medical Leave Act
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

A

medicare

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Gerontology is

a. The study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging
b. The study of social security
c. The study of medical needs of people who are older
d. None of the above

A

The study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging

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of Americans have not put ANY money aside for retirement

a. 52%
b. 35%
c. 30%
d. 42%
e. None of above

A

30%

20
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Of those with optional retirement savings through employer available, ____ do not participate

a. 25%
b. 35%
c. 20%
d. 10%
e. None of the above

A

25%

21
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One in every Americans or 13.3 percent of the population is considered “old.”

a. 8
b. 7.3
c. 7.5
d. 9
e. 8.3

A

7.5

22
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Which are the only two states with “Death and Dignity Acts.”

a. Washington and Wyoming
b. Oregon and Washington
c. Oregon and Nevada
d. Nevada and Washington
e. None of the above

A

Oregon and Washington

23
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federal- and state-funded needs-based health insurance program for people whose incomes and assets fall beneath a set amount, added to the Social Security Act in 1965

a. Family Medical Leave Act
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

A

Medicaid

24
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Condition of loss of intellectual and social abilities that is severe enough to interfere with daily functioning

a. dementia
b. Alzheimer
c. depression
d. watching ‘chick flicks’

A

a. dementia

25
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  1. Formal statement written and signed while a person is mentally competent that specifies how the person wishes to have his or her own death handled in the event that the person cannot participate in the decision making
    a. Family and Medical Leave Act
    b. Advance directive
    c. Long-term care act
    d. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
    e. Living will
A

Living will

26
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Which of the following was not a major movement in mental health?

a. The Moral Treatment Movement
b. The Mental Hygiene Movement
c. The Reciprocal Care Movement
d. The Legal Advocacy Movement
e. The Consumer Movement.

A

The Reciprocal Care Movement

27
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Which of the following statements about mental health care in the US is the most accurate?

a. Costs for mental health care have remained constant while the costs of physical health care have risen dramatically
b. Almost all insurance plans offer the same benefits for mental health treatment as they do for the treatment of physical health problems
c. Rather than being a single system, the delivery of mental health services is actually a loose network of various services
d. Psychiatrists provide the vast majority of mental health services in the US

A

Rather than being a single system, the delivery of mental health services is actually a loose network of various services

28
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The Recovery Movement refers to:

a. Efforts in New Orleans to help people with mental illness to recover after Hurricane Katrina.
b. A move away from the medical, disease-based focus of mental health treatment, to a wellness and recovery-based model.
c. A system of half-way houses designed to help people recovering from substance abuse.
d. A 1960s mental health movement by consumers that proved ineffective.

A

A move away from the medical, disease-based focus of mental health treatment, to a wellness and recovery-based model.

29
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The Mental Health Parity Act does which of the following?

a. Forces people with a mental illness to accept treatment
b. Requires insurance companies to provide mental health coverage regardless of preexisting condition
c. Prohibits insurers from imposing lifetime- and annual-benefit limits on mental health services that are not imposed on physical health care
d. Requires insurance companies to provide the same mental health coverage to children that it provides to adults

A

Prohibits insurers from imposing lifetime- and annual-benefit limits on mental health services that are not imposed on physical health care

30
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual provides detailed descriptions of all diagnostic categories. Which of the following is NOT found in the DSM?

a. Anxiety Disorder
b. Bipolar Disorder
c. Schizophrenia
d. False-memory syndrome
e. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A

False-memory syndrome

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________ was prompted by the need to reduce the costs of psychiatric care by attention to the rights of people who were involuntarily hospitalized.

a. The community mental health push
b. Both deinstitutionalization and community mental health push
c. Deinstitutionalization
d. Neither deinstitutionalization nor the community mental health push

A

Deinstitutionalization

32
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Managed care refers to:
a. the need to manage a fragmented and complex mental health delivery system
b. a health care delivery system designed to eliminate unnecessary and
inappropriate care in order to reduce costs
c. the deinstitutionalization of people with mental disorders
d. specific aftercare treatments for people who have been hospitalized with a mental
health problem

A

a health care delivery system designed to eliminate unnecessary and
inappropriate care in order to reduce costs

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