Deck 13: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy

Question 1

How has deinstitutionalization marginalized the mentally ill?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

What court decision contended that patients deserve treatment in the "least restrictive alternative"?

A)Wyatt v.Stickney
B)Donaldson v.O'Connor
C)Halderman v.Pennhurst
D)Buck v.Bell

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Mental health parity refers to

A)An old law dictating service delivery to the mentally ill in state hospitals.
B)Making certain that all clients with mental illness are treated fairly.
C)The law that funding for mental health and substance abuse categories must be equal.
D)A law equalizing insurance coverage for physical and some mental illnesses.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What does tertiary prevention seek to do?

A)Limit the disability associated with mental illness
B)Detect mental illness early and intervene to prevent problems from worsening
C)Eliminate the cause of mental illness
D)Provide services to minority populations

Question 5

Intravenous Drug Users became dangerous to society because of

A)A number of drug-related deaths by famous entertainers.
B)An increase in the incidence of AIDS.
C)An increase in drinking and driving deaths.
D)Intravenous drugs are gateway drugs.

Question 6

Mental health parity is problematic because it

A)Does not cover clients who are not employed.
B)Has been found to be very costly.
C)Reduces the need for individualized treatment plans.
D)Emphasizes prevention over treatment.

Question 7

Adherents to the eugenics movement dealt with the mentally ill by

A)Incarceration.
B)Conditional cash transfers to the mentally ill.
C)Involuntary sterilizations.
D)Providing free drugs to mentally ill patients.

Question 8

How many draftees were rejected for military service during World War II because of perceived mental illness?

A)50 percent
B)None
C)10 percent
D)25 percent

Question 9

A problem with preventive commitment is that

A)It is against the law.
B)It can be problematic when adequate resources are not available.
C)Was popular in the 1960s,before the deinstitutionalization movement.
D)It goes against the civil rights of all citizens.

Question 10

In Chapter 13,the authors refer to a "catchment area." What does this term conceptualize?

A)A geographic definition of where CMHCS are to be located
B)A political definition of where CMHCS are to be located
C)A demographic definition of where CMHCS are to be located
D)Political sides regarding substance abuse policy

Question 11

What does primary prevention seek to do?

A)Limit the disability associated with mental illness
B)Detect mental illness early and intervene to prevent problems from worsening
C)Eliminate the cause of mental illness
D)Provide mental health services through primary care physicians

Question 12

Discuss in detail and evaluate the incidence of mental illness in the correctional system.

Question 13

What does secondary prevention seek to do?

A)Limit the disability associated with mental illness
B)Detect mental illness early and intervene to prevent problems from worsening
C)Eliminate the cause of mental illness
D)None of the above

Question 14

Which presidential administration initially impounded funds appropriated for mental health programs,specifically CMHCs?

A)Kennedy
B)Johnson
C)Nixon
D)Reagan

Question 15

Discuss NIMH's Action for Mental Health.What was proposed? Why? Was this successful? Explain.

Question 16

Programmatically,what were community mental health centers designed to provide?

Question 17

What did passage of the Mental Health Parity Act establish for the mentally ill?
Explain the consequences of the passage of this act for the mentally ill.

Question 18

The illegal drug used most often is

A)Marijuana.
B)Heroin.
C)Alcohol.
D)Cocaine.

Question 19

Since the 1980s,there has been

A)A reduction in the need for mental health services.
B)An increase in state spending for the mentally ill.
C)A new emphasis on the federal government's part to assist the mentally ill.
D)A decrease in both federal and state funding for mental health services.