Volume 1 Flashcards
____ is relating to a religious, racial, national, or cultural group? (1-1)
ethnicity
___ is a local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics. (1-1)
race
___ the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, art, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought typical of a population or community at a given. (1-)
culture
How does stereotyping affect the counseling relationship? (1-2)
It affects the degree to which the counselor and patient are able to engage in open, honest, and mutually respectful dialogue.
What is prejudice? (1-2)
Prejudice essentially means to prejudge something. We tend to make assessments about a situation or people based on past experience, a learned stereotype or what we’ve seen in the media.
What must society change in order to overcome the influence of racism? (1-2)
Attitudes
What are some effects of discrimination? (1-3)
Discrimination deprives someone of something. It may deprive him or her of an opportunity, equal access to services, or certain rights.
In which personal space zone do most therapeutic relationships occur? (1-4)
personal
In which personal space do formal interactions occur? (1-4)
public
Which culture group is less likely to seek health care, but instead will turn to the large extended family for help. (1-6)
Blacks
Old age has been broke down into what four categories? (1-9) 65-75 75-85 85-100 100+
Young old
Old
Old-old
Elite old
True or False. MHP frequently over-diagnose the elderly. (1-9)`
False. MHP frequently under-diagnose the elderly. The elderly are perceived too old to be capable of change.
Which aging theory states that aging is a process by which society and the aging individual gradually withdrawal from each other? (1-10)
Disengagement Theory of Aging
Which aging theory asserts that the older person should continue to engage in the same activities as he or she did during middle age. (1-10)
Activity Theory of Aging
What aging theory states that the behavior and personality of a person during his or her younger years prevails as the person becomes older. (1-10)
Continuity Theory of Aging
According to which theory, older adults, as a group, qualify as a subculture? (1-10)
Subculture Theory of Aging
How is alcoholism detected in older patients? (1-12)
The elderly are not routinely screened for substance abuse in general and are not usually identified until the abuse has affected their health.
Which group is more likely to approach a provider requesting specific procedures or medications? (1-13)
Generation Xers
Traditional models of domestic violence still present males as the perpetrator and the females as the victim. What has been the effect of this stereotypic model? (1-15)
Lack of comprehensive services offered to men who are victims of domestic violence.
What 3 factors are evaluated to distinguish between substance abuse and substance dependence? (2-2)
Tolerance, withdrawal, and compulsive use are all characteristics of substance dependence.
What determines the nature of the withdrawal syndrome? (2-2)
The type of substance used determines the nature of the withdrawal syndrome.
Part of the drug combination in a speed ball (2-3)
Cocaine
Which drugs effects are highly unpredictable? (2-4)
PCP
What is anhedonia? (2-6)
Anhedonia describes the most severe form of the complete loss of interest or pleasure.
What is an endogenous depression? (2-8)
Depressive symptoms seem to appear in the absence of any identifiable stressor.
What is an exogenous depression? (2-8)
A specific event that seems to be causing the depressive symptoms.
How is a situational bound panic attack described? (2-10)
These attack occur in response to a particular situation or trigger.
How is a situational predisposed attack described? (2-10)
Situationally predisposed attacks are very similar to situationally bound attacks. However, the difference is the attacks can occur at any time and in any place.
What are the key features of agoraphobia? (2-10)
There are 2 key features of agoraphobia.
1st, there is intense fear about being in situations where escape might be difficult.
2nd, there is the avoidance of situations where there is risk of being alone or being in a crowded area.
What is the period of time for the development and remission of an adjustment disorder? (2-14)
This disorder generally develops within 3 months of the onset of an identifiable stressor and remits within 6 months. The exception to the time requirement is in the event the stressor itself persisted for longer than 6 months
What are personality traits? (2-15)
Personality traits determine how we perceive the world as a whole and our understanding of our role in our world, and shape our perceptions of our relationship to other people.
How are patients within the Cluster A personality disorders described and what are they? (2-15)
odd or eccentric are in this cluster.
Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personality Disorder
How are patients within the Cluster B personality disorders described? (2-16)
Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders are all cluster B.
These disorders are similar in that people in that people in this cluster generally have a difficult time managing emotions appropriately.