Final Exam Flashcards
Which age group had the highest suicide rate?
45-64
According to Ellen Smith, the highest rate of maltreatment involves:
Neglect
The release of residents from long-term state mental health hospitals into communities, and the development of community mental health centers to provide treatment on an outpatient basis, is known as:
Deinstitutionalization
Disability is a socially constructed concept.
True
According to Comstock & McDaniel (2001), the Casework Method used by Child Protective Services (CPS) workers requires that when working with families, they are not to use their authority; rather, they are to be a helper for the family.
False
Diagnosis in mental illness leads to understanding the cause and course of the illness.
False
According to guest speaker Josh Lapin, the two medical specialties that lack services for adults with developmental disabilities are dentistry and psychiatry.
True
The definition of developmental disability is consistent across all states in the United States.
False
In the United States, the two most common mental health disorders are:
Anxiety and Depression
What are the four types of mental health stigma?
courtesy, self, public, label avoidance
Physician-Assisted Suicide is legal in the following states:
California, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Washington D.C., Montana
A crime punishable by sentences of up to life in prison or execution is called a(n):
Capital offense
The system that gives offenders a choice of going to prison or taking part in a drug treatment program is called:
Drug court
Labeling Theory proposes that mental disorders evolve out of societal views as to what is “normal” behavior.
True
Physician-Assisted Suicide is defined as a physician providing a mentally competent terminally ill patient with a lethal injection at the request of the patient
False
