2025 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
What are the Implications to Policy and Services related to Childhood and Adolescent
Disorders? - 1) Cautious (creates reputation with diagnosis; label)
2) Sensitive
3) Permanent record (medical and educational)
4) Impact (how others treat them; access to services or educational opportunities)
What does service look like for Severe/Persistent/Chronic Mental Illness? - 1) Most
disabled
2) Most functional deficits
3) Need/receive the most services
4) Do NOT accept the reality of the severity of their illness (choose to get off meds)
* Can have some level of improvement, but generally very small
What are substance-related disorders? - 1) Same level as mental health issues
2) SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (mental and
physical health together)
How are substance-abuse disorders categorized? - 1)Substance abuse as a disorder
2) DSM recognizes overlap
a) physical
b) social
c) psychological disabilities
What are Co-Occuring Disorders? - 1) Presence of an addiction and a psychiatric
disorder
2) Undiagnosed
3) Not well understood
4) Treatment:
a) Sequentially
b) Seperately
* One or other may be undiagnosed so there is not treatment for it, which can cause
denigration
What is Comorbidity? - - Presence of 2 disorders in a person
What causes mental illness? - 1) Environmental stressors and lack of support (death,
divorce, health crisis, etc.)
2) Biological (chemical imbalance)
3) Genetics (in the family, increases likelihood)
4) Psychological factors: (during childhood)
a) Neglect
b) Trauma
, c) Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse
What is the Community Reaction/Media/Stigma of Mental Illness? - 1) Whole vs. part of
a person
2) Labeling (impacts how clients views themselves)
3) Stereotypes (how people look; how they act)
* Labeling and stereotypes create stigma and impact treatment, so individuals may
choose not to seek it out, or will discontinue services
What are the two different types of services? - 1) Public
2) Private
What are Public Mental Health Services? - 1) Focus on serving individuals with no
ability to pay
2) Often times public institutions will have more comprehensive treatment options
What are Private Mental Health Services? - 1) Services are provided to individuals who
do have insurance or can afford to pay for their own services
2) Sometimes private insurance won't cover the needed services (Ex: only outpatient,
no groups, or partial impatient)
What is Mental Health Policy? - 1) All governmental activities involved in the prevention
and treatment of mental disorders as well as with the living situations of mentally ill
persons
2) Improvements in mental health status of the population are the ultimate objective
What is the Basis of Social Allocation? - - Refers to who and who gets what? (medicaid,
snap, etc)
What are the Types of Social Provisions to be Allocated? - - Case management,
psychosocial therapy, rehabilitation, etc.
What are the Strategies for the Delivery of these Provisions? - 1) Outpatient, impatient,
partial hospitalization (options within services)
2) Adequately qualified staff
What are the Methods for Financing these Provisions? - - Medicaid, grant, sliding fee
* Very rare to have unrestricted funds
What are the 4 Organizations that Influence Policy? - 1) NAMI (National Alliance on
Mental Illness)
2) DBSA (Depressive Bipolar Support Alliance)
3) MHA (Mental Health America)
4) MH consumers
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
What are the Implications to Policy and Services related to Childhood and Adolescent
Disorders? - 1) Cautious (creates reputation with diagnosis; label)
2) Sensitive
3) Permanent record (medical and educational)
4) Impact (how others treat them; access to services or educational opportunities)
What does service look like for Severe/Persistent/Chronic Mental Illness? - 1) Most
disabled
2) Most functional deficits
3) Need/receive the most services
4) Do NOT accept the reality of the severity of their illness (choose to get off meds)
* Can have some level of improvement, but generally very small
What are substance-related disorders? - 1) Same level as mental health issues
2) SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (mental and
physical health together)
How are substance-abuse disorders categorized? - 1)Substance abuse as a disorder
2) DSM recognizes overlap
a) physical
b) social
c) psychological disabilities
What are Co-Occuring Disorders? - 1) Presence of an addiction and a psychiatric
disorder
2) Undiagnosed
3) Not well understood
4) Treatment:
a) Sequentially
b) Seperately
* One or other may be undiagnosed so there is not treatment for it, which can cause
denigration
What is Comorbidity? - - Presence of 2 disorders in a person
What causes mental illness? - 1) Environmental stressors and lack of support (death,
divorce, health crisis, etc.)
2) Biological (chemical imbalance)
3) Genetics (in the family, increases likelihood)
4) Psychological factors: (during childhood)
a) Neglect
b) Trauma
, c) Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse
What is the Community Reaction/Media/Stigma of Mental Illness? - 1) Whole vs. part of
a person
2) Labeling (impacts how clients views themselves)
3) Stereotypes (how people look; how they act)
* Labeling and stereotypes create stigma and impact treatment, so individuals may
choose not to seek it out, or will discontinue services
What are the two different types of services? - 1) Public
2) Private
What are Public Mental Health Services? - 1) Focus on serving individuals with no
ability to pay
2) Often times public institutions will have more comprehensive treatment options
What are Private Mental Health Services? - 1) Services are provided to individuals who
do have insurance or can afford to pay for their own services
2) Sometimes private insurance won't cover the needed services (Ex: only outpatient,
no groups, or partial impatient)
What is Mental Health Policy? - 1) All governmental activities involved in the prevention
and treatment of mental disorders as well as with the living situations of mentally ill
persons
2) Improvements in mental health status of the population are the ultimate objective
What is the Basis of Social Allocation? - - Refers to who and who gets what? (medicaid,
snap, etc)
What are the Types of Social Provisions to be Allocated? - - Case management,
psychosocial therapy, rehabilitation, etc.
What are the Strategies for the Delivery of these Provisions? - 1) Outpatient, impatient,
partial hospitalization (options within services)
2) Adequately qualified staff
What are the Methods for Financing these Provisions? - - Medicaid, grant, sliding fee
* Very rare to have unrestricted funds
What are the 4 Organizations that Influence Policy? - 1) NAMI (National Alliance on
Mental Illness)
2) DBSA (Depressive Bipolar Support Alliance)
3) MHA (Mental Health America)
4) MH consumers
