Mental Health Questions And Answers
Latest Top Score 2024-2025.
mental health - correct answer. emotional and social well-being, including one's
psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life
mental illness - correct answer. a collective term for all diagnosable mental disorders
mental disorders - correct answer. health conditions characterized by alterations in
thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
major depression - correct answer. an affective disorder characterized y a dysphoric
mood, usually depression, or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or
pastimes
cultural competence - correct answer. service-provider's degree of compatibility with
the specific culture of the population served, for example, proficiency in language other
than English, familiarity with cultural idioms of distress or body language, folk beliefs,
and expectations regarding treatment procedures and likely outcomes
general adaptation syndrome (GAS) - correct answer. the complex physiological
responses resulting from exposure to stressors
fight or flight reaction - correct answer. an alarm reaction that prepares one
physiologically for sudden action
diseases of adaptation - correct answer. diseases resulting from chronic exposure to
excess levels of stressors that produce a general adaptation syndrome response
moral treatment - correct answer. a nineteenth century treatment in which people with
mental illness were removed from the everyday life stressors of their home
environments and given asylum in a rural setting, including rest, exercise, fresh air, and
amusements
, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - correct answer. method of treatment for mental
disorders involving the administration of electric current to induce a coma or convulsions
lobotomy - correct answer. surgical severance of nerve fibers of the brain by incision
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - correct answer. the nation's leading
mental health research agency, housed in the National Institutes of Health
deinstitutionalization - correct answer. the process of discharging, on a large scale,
patients from state mental hospitals to less restrictive community settings
chlorpromazine (thorazine) - correct answer. the first and most famous antipsychotic
drug, introduced in 1954 under the brand name Thorazine
Neuroleptic drugs - correct answer. pharmaceuticals that reduce nervous activity;
another term for antipsychotic drugs
chemical straitjacket - correct answer. a drug that subdues a mental patient's behavior
tardive dyskinesia - correct answer. irreversible, involuntary, and abnormal
movements of the tongue, mouth, arms, and legs, which can result from long-term use
of certain antipsychotic drugs
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act - correct
answer. a law that made the federal government responsible for assisting in the
funding of mental health facilities and services
community mental health center (CMHC) - correct answer. a fully staffed center
originally funded by the federal government that provides comprehensive mental health
services to local populations
transinstitutionalization - correct answer. transferring patients from one type of public
institution to another, usually as a result of policy change
bipolar disorder - correct answer. an affective disorder characterized by distinct
periods of elevated mood alternating with period of depression
legal leverage - correct answer. a court-ordered mandate to force a patient to accept
treatment, which may involve service providers taking control of the patient's disability
income and/or suspending the patient's eligibility for subsidized housing
mental health courts - correct answer. use judges who have special training and can
use non adversarial procedures to mandate treatment and rehabilitation if the individual
is found guilty rather than incarceration
Latest Top Score 2024-2025.
mental health - correct answer. emotional and social well-being, including one's
psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life
mental illness - correct answer. a collective term for all diagnosable mental disorders
mental disorders - correct answer. health conditions characterized by alterations in
thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
major depression - correct answer. an affective disorder characterized y a dysphoric
mood, usually depression, or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or
pastimes
cultural competence - correct answer. service-provider's degree of compatibility with
the specific culture of the population served, for example, proficiency in language other
than English, familiarity with cultural idioms of distress or body language, folk beliefs,
and expectations regarding treatment procedures and likely outcomes
general adaptation syndrome (GAS) - correct answer. the complex physiological
responses resulting from exposure to stressors
fight or flight reaction - correct answer. an alarm reaction that prepares one
physiologically for sudden action
diseases of adaptation - correct answer. diseases resulting from chronic exposure to
excess levels of stressors that produce a general adaptation syndrome response
moral treatment - correct answer. a nineteenth century treatment in which people with
mental illness were removed from the everyday life stressors of their home
environments and given asylum in a rural setting, including rest, exercise, fresh air, and
amusements
, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - correct answer. method of treatment for mental
disorders involving the administration of electric current to induce a coma or convulsions
lobotomy - correct answer. surgical severance of nerve fibers of the brain by incision
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - correct answer. the nation's leading
mental health research agency, housed in the National Institutes of Health
deinstitutionalization - correct answer. the process of discharging, on a large scale,
patients from state mental hospitals to less restrictive community settings
chlorpromazine (thorazine) - correct answer. the first and most famous antipsychotic
drug, introduced in 1954 under the brand name Thorazine
Neuroleptic drugs - correct answer. pharmaceuticals that reduce nervous activity;
another term for antipsychotic drugs
chemical straitjacket - correct answer. a drug that subdues a mental patient's behavior
tardive dyskinesia - correct answer. irreversible, involuntary, and abnormal
movements of the tongue, mouth, arms, and legs, which can result from long-term use
of certain antipsychotic drugs
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act - correct
answer. a law that made the federal government responsible for assisting in the
funding of mental health facilities and services
community mental health center (CMHC) - correct answer. a fully staffed center
originally funded by the federal government that provides comprehensive mental health
services to local populations
transinstitutionalization - correct answer. transferring patients from one type of public
institution to another, usually as a result of policy change
bipolar disorder - correct answer. an affective disorder characterized by distinct
periods of elevated mood alternating with period of depression
legal leverage - correct answer. a court-ordered mandate to force a patient to accept
treatment, which may involve service providers taking control of the patient's disability
income and/or suspending the patient's eligibility for subsidized housing
mental health courts - correct answer. use judges who have special training and can
use non adversarial procedures to mandate treatment and rehabilitation if the individual
is found guilty rather than incarceration
