2025 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FINAL EXAM EVALUATION
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
What was the focus of the Mental Hygiene Movement (1900-1930s)? - 1)
Better/effective treatment for mental disorders
2) Development of psychology and psychodynamic psychiatry
3) New generation of psychotropic medication (allowed people to live independently or
in group homes)
Who were some of the notable people from the Mental Hygiene Movement (1900-
1930s)? - 1) Clifford Beers (former patient who shares his own experience that there
needs to be better mental health care; "consumer movement"; founded National
Committee for Mental Hygiene)
2) Adolf Meyer (supported Beers in founding the NCMH; hospital in Decatur closed in
1994)
3) William James (supported Beers in founding the NCMH)
What is the National Committee for Mental Hygiene? - 1) Founded by Clifford Beers,
Adolf Meyer, and William James
2) Advocated for necessary treatment standards to meet client needs
3) Now Mental Health America ("Ranking of the Nation")
4) Run by professionals as well as NAMI (consumers that have lived experience)
What is the National Mental Health Act of 1964? - 1) President Truman
2) First time programs were designed to work on prevention and treatment
3) The National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) was formed, and a mandate to
provide funds to research, training, and grants for pilot programs)
What is the Mental Health Study Act of 1955? - 1) Co-sponsored by Senator J.F.K.
2) Created action for mental health report which lead to... (severe mental illness was not
being treated properly)
3) Joint commission on mental illness and health in 1961
What is the Deinstitutionalization and The Community Mental Health Movement? - 1)
Focus of care was within the community and was supported by several forces:
a) Research into causes, prevention &
treatment
b) New Medications (thorazine)
c) Psychosocial interventions
2) Moving towards independence with medication in the community instead of
institutionalization
What 3 things did the Deinstitutionalization policy accomplish? - 1) Prevent unnecessary
admission to and retention in institutions
2) Find and develop community alternatives for the mentally ill
, 3) Improve institutionalized care for those who DO need to be institutionalized
What is the Community Mental Health Act (CMHA) of 1963? - 1) Purpose: Provide
community-based care as an alternative to institutionalization
2) Provided: Federal funding for community mental health centers under NIH (National
Institutes of Health)
3) Impact: Significant deinstitutionalization
4) Still took time to move people out of institutions and back into the community
What did the CMHA of 1963 mandate? - - Community Mental Health Centers needed to
provide 5 essential services:
1) Inpatient adult care
2) Outpatient care
3) Partial hospitalization
4) Emergency/crisis care
5) Consultation and Education
How has outpatient care become the core approach? - - Clinics were built along bus
lines in cities so it's more accessible to clients
What is partial hospitalization? - - Intense services from 9am-2pm each day, but you are
permitted to live at home
Was the CMHA of 1963 successful? - 1) Mixed success
a) many clients were returned to the
community
b) Not all communities had facilities or
expertise to work with the released
clients/patients
2) CMHA was revised 10 years later
a) Expanded funding
b) mandated services by congress
What were the revised mandates for the CMHA? - 1) Mental health services for children
and the elderly
2) Follow-up services for discharged patients
3) Providing treatment for substance abuse and mental illness in designated
geographical areas
What is health? - - A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely absence of disease or infirmity
What are the five dimensions of health? - 1) Physical health
2) Mental health
3) Social functioning
4) Role functioning
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
What was the focus of the Mental Hygiene Movement (1900-1930s)? - 1)
Better/effective treatment for mental disorders
2) Development of psychology and psychodynamic psychiatry
3) New generation of psychotropic medication (allowed people to live independently or
in group homes)
Who were some of the notable people from the Mental Hygiene Movement (1900-
1930s)? - 1) Clifford Beers (former patient who shares his own experience that there
needs to be better mental health care; "consumer movement"; founded National
Committee for Mental Hygiene)
2) Adolf Meyer (supported Beers in founding the NCMH; hospital in Decatur closed in
1994)
3) William James (supported Beers in founding the NCMH)
What is the National Committee for Mental Hygiene? - 1) Founded by Clifford Beers,
Adolf Meyer, and William James
2) Advocated for necessary treatment standards to meet client needs
3) Now Mental Health America ("Ranking of the Nation")
4) Run by professionals as well as NAMI (consumers that have lived experience)
What is the National Mental Health Act of 1964? - 1) President Truman
2) First time programs were designed to work on prevention and treatment
3) The National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) was formed, and a mandate to
provide funds to research, training, and grants for pilot programs)
What is the Mental Health Study Act of 1955? - 1) Co-sponsored by Senator J.F.K.
2) Created action for mental health report which lead to... (severe mental illness was not
being treated properly)
3) Joint commission on mental illness and health in 1961
What is the Deinstitutionalization and The Community Mental Health Movement? - 1)
Focus of care was within the community and was supported by several forces:
a) Research into causes, prevention &
treatment
b) New Medications (thorazine)
c) Psychosocial interventions
2) Moving towards independence with medication in the community instead of
institutionalization
What 3 things did the Deinstitutionalization policy accomplish? - 1) Prevent unnecessary
admission to and retention in institutions
2) Find and develop community alternatives for the mentally ill
, 3) Improve institutionalized care for those who DO need to be institutionalized
What is the Community Mental Health Act (CMHA) of 1963? - 1) Purpose: Provide
community-based care as an alternative to institutionalization
2) Provided: Federal funding for community mental health centers under NIH (National
Institutes of Health)
3) Impact: Significant deinstitutionalization
4) Still took time to move people out of institutions and back into the community
What did the CMHA of 1963 mandate? - - Community Mental Health Centers needed to
provide 5 essential services:
1) Inpatient adult care
2) Outpatient care
3) Partial hospitalization
4) Emergency/crisis care
5) Consultation and Education
How has outpatient care become the core approach? - - Clinics were built along bus
lines in cities so it's more accessible to clients
What is partial hospitalization? - - Intense services from 9am-2pm each day, but you are
permitted to live at home
Was the CMHA of 1963 successful? - 1) Mixed success
a) many clients were returned to the
community
b) Not all communities had facilities or
expertise to work with the released
clients/patients
2) CMHA was revised 10 years later
a) Expanded funding
b) mandated services by congress
What were the revised mandates for the CMHA? - 1) Mental health services for children
and the elderly
2) Follow-up services for discharged patients
3) Providing treatment for substance abuse and mental illness in designated
geographical areas
What is health? - - A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely absence of disease or infirmity
What are the five dimensions of health? - 1) Physical health
2) Mental health
3) Social functioning
4) Role functioning
