Finals Review

Question 1

A mental disorder is [blank] in thinking, mood, behaviour associated with [blank] distress and impaired functioning

Answer 1

alterations, significant

Question 2

Psychosis is a loss of touch with [blank]

Answer 2

reality

Question 3

a hallucination is

Answer 3

false perceptions of reality. This includes misinformed information from any of the senses

Question 4

a delusion is

Answer 4

false but firmly held beliefs

Question 5

disordered thinking is

Answer 5

not rational or linear thinking

Question 6

What are the three most common mental disorders?

Answer 6

(1) Mood and Anxiety, (2) Substance abuse, (3) Cognitive Impairment + dementia

Question 7

[Blank] is number one for the cause of mental disorders, accounts for 50% of the risk of psychosis and schizophrenia

Answer 7

Genetics

Question 8

What are the top risk factors of social stress that leads to increased risks of psychosis/schizophrenia disorder

Answer 8

Immigration, mothers who experience death of a close relative, stressful & demanding jobs

Question 9

Those who developed depression compare themselves [blank] with others

Answer 9

negatively

Question 10

Those who developed depression were focused on [blank] and [blank] achievements

Answer 10

economic, monetary

Question 11

Those who developed depression had [blank] levels of emotional support

Answer 11

low

Question 12

Those who developed depression had a [blank] locus of control

Answer 12

external

Question 13

Leighton found that mental illness was higher in [blank] communities

Answer 13

disintegrated. These groups experienced a history of disaster, poverty, conflicting cultural groups and rapid social change

Question 14

How is Leighton’s model of individual stress related to Maslow?

Answer 14

Both focus on the need for belonging, security and expression

Question 15

Blood letting is

Answer 15

a form of biological treatment for disorders. It was believed that removing blood from the body allowed for problematic toxins to leave the body. These problematic toxins were the cause of mental illness.

Question 16

Part of the growth of the asylum is due to [blank] of poorhouses/workhouses and overrun [blank]

Answer 16

closing, jails

Question 17

Part of the growth of the asylum is due to the growing [blank] of madness with the family/community

Answer 17

intolerance

Question 18

Growing legitimacy of [blank/blank]

Answer 18

medicine/psychiatry

Question 19

Deinstitutionalization is also known as [blank] from the asylum

Answer 19

exit

Question 20

Deinstitutionalization is the result of civil [blank]

Answer 20

libertarianism

Question 21

Deinstitutionalization is the result of confidence in newly introduced [blank] [blanl]

Answer 21

anti-psychotic medication

Question 22

Deinstitutionalization is the result of [blank-blank] influences

Answer 22

political-economic. Medicare was COSTLY

Question 23

Deinstitutionalization is the result the promise of [blank] mental health services

Answer 23

community

Question 24

T/F Deinstitutionalization was an overall positive step for improving mental health

Answer 24

False. It resulted in higher poverty, increased mental illnesses, and victimization

Question 25

The disease paradigm emphasizes [blank] that distress and impair individuals functioning

Answer 25

symptoms. Objective

Question 26

The discrimination paradigm emphasizes the role that [blank] plays in the daily experiences of people with mental illness

Answer 26

stigmatization. Subjective

Question 27

stigma of uncertainty is based on the belief that people with schizophrenia are [blank] psychotic

Answer 27

always. Truth is that psychosis can occur in episodes.

Question 28

stigma of unpredictability is based on confusion with [blank] disorder

Answer 28

Dissociative Identity (previously multiple personality)

Question 29

stigma of incompetence is based on the belief that people with schizophrenia are [blank]

Answer 29

unintelligent

Question 30

stigma of dangerousness is based on the belief that people with schizophrenia are potentially [blank]

Answer 30

violent. Truth is that those struggling with schizophrenia are a danger to themselves than to others

Question 31

stigma related to responsibilization puts those struggling with mental disorders to…

Answer 31

be responsible for taking treatment. This is problematic because meds have (-) side effects and drawbacks