MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
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Definition
1) LPHA (Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts; MD, APN,
LCP, LMFT, LCSW, LCPC)
2)QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional; non-clinical; LSW,
RN (+1 yr exp), OT(+1 yr exp), Doctoral and Masters level HS degrees
(+1 yr exp)
3) MHP (Mental Health Professional; Bachelor's degree or 5 yrs exp)
4) RSA (no experience, 21 yrs old, take direction and
engage constructively with clients; support shifts in group
homes)
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What are the numbers related to What are the numbers related to
mental illness in America? SPECIFIC mental illnesses in
America?
What was the focus of the What are the 4 staff
Asylum/Mental Hospital/Moral qualifications in Mental
Treatment Period (1750-1890s)? Health?
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What are the consequences for lack of mental health treatment?
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1) 18% of US adults have a mental health condition (43 million)
2)Nearly half of those 18% have a co-occurring condition or dual-diagnosis
3) 9.6 million experience suicide ideation
4) 16 million US adults experience an episode of depression in a given year
(6.9%, leading cause of disability in America)
5) 33% of individuals with MDD engage in substance abuse
6)Approximately 1 in 25 adults in the US experience a serious mental illness in
a given year (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizo affective)
,1) Legislation and Regulations
a)Takes longer, passed cause larger impact
2) Protections
a)Work to help individuals with MH disorder at
work, in school, and in treatment
b) Prohibit abuse, discrimination, provide
accommodations for them
c) ADA accommodates people with physical
disabilities, but less with MI
3) Role of Funding Services
a) Funding stream to MH services
under medicare, VA, medicaid (half),
CHIP (half)
b) Mental health block grants - support states
development of community mental health
services in the state
4) Research
a) Funding for mental health research
causes, treatment, and recovery
b) National Institute of Mental Health,
Substance and MH Services Administration
1) Serious mental illness costs America nearly $200 billion in lost
earning per year
2)Mood disorders are the 3rd most common cause of hospitalization in the
US for people 18-44
3) Increased risk of having chronic medical conditions with a severe
mental illness
4) Die about 25 years earlier with a severe mental illness
5) 1/3 of students 14-21 served by special education drop out if they have
a severe mental illness
6) Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US, the 3rd for 10-24,
and 2nd for 15-24
7) More than 90% of children who die by suicide have a mental illness
8) 22 veterans die each day by suicide
1) The "insane" and "lunatics" were cared for by family members or
became wards and lived in: homes/subsidized households, almshouses/poor
houses, and
hospitals
2)Beginning of institutionalization
3) Mental illness was a social and economic problem, not a medical problem
, 4) In 1752, first hospital to offer distinct mental health unit opened in Philidelphia
5) In 1773, the first public mental hospital opened in Williamsburg, VA
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What are the Methods for Financing these Provisions?
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- Medicaid, grant, sliding fee
* Very rare to have unrestricted funds
1) Legislation and Regulations
a)Takes longer, passed cause larger impact
2) Protections
a)Work to help individuals with MH disorder at
work, in school, and in treatment
b) Prohibit abuse, discrimination, provide
accommodations for them
c) ADA accommodates people with physical
disabilities, but less with MI
3) Role of Funding Services
a) Funding stream to MH services
under medicare, VA, medicaid (half),
CHIP (half)
b) Mental health block grants - support states
development of community mental health
services in the state
4) Research
a) Funding for mental health research
causes, treatment, and recovery
b) National Institute of Mental Health,
Substance and MH Services Administration
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
1 of 70
Definition
1) LPHA (Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts; MD, APN,
LCP, LMFT, LCSW, LCPC)
2)QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional; non-clinical; LSW,
RN (+1 yr exp), OT(+1 yr exp), Doctoral and Masters level HS degrees
(+1 yr exp)
3) MHP (Mental Health Professional; Bachelor's degree or 5 yrs exp)
4) RSA (no experience, 21 yrs old, take direction and
engage constructively with clients; support shifts in group
homes)
, Give this one a try later!
What are the numbers related to What are the numbers related to
mental illness in America? SPECIFIC mental illnesses in
America?
What was the focus of the What are the 4 staff
Asylum/Mental Hospital/Moral qualifications in Mental
Treatment Period (1750-1890s)? Health?
Don't know?
2 of 70
Term
What are the consequences for lack of mental health treatment?
Give this one a try later!
1) 18% of US adults have a mental health condition (43 million)
2)Nearly half of those 18% have a co-occurring condition or dual-diagnosis
3) 9.6 million experience suicide ideation
4) 16 million US adults experience an episode of depression in a given year
(6.9%, leading cause of disability in America)
5) 33% of individuals with MDD engage in substance abuse
6)Approximately 1 in 25 adults in the US experience a serious mental illness in
a given year (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizo affective)
,1) Legislation and Regulations
a)Takes longer, passed cause larger impact
2) Protections
a)Work to help individuals with MH disorder at
work, in school, and in treatment
b) Prohibit abuse, discrimination, provide
accommodations for them
c) ADA accommodates people with physical
disabilities, but less with MI
3) Role of Funding Services
a) Funding stream to MH services
under medicare, VA, medicaid (half),
CHIP (half)
b) Mental health block grants - support states
development of community mental health
services in the state
4) Research
a) Funding for mental health research
causes, treatment, and recovery
b) National Institute of Mental Health,
Substance and MH Services Administration
1) Serious mental illness costs America nearly $200 billion in lost
earning per year
2)Mood disorders are the 3rd most common cause of hospitalization in the
US for people 18-44
3) Increased risk of having chronic medical conditions with a severe
mental illness
4) Die about 25 years earlier with a severe mental illness
5) 1/3 of students 14-21 served by special education drop out if they have
a severe mental illness
6) Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US, the 3rd for 10-24,
and 2nd for 15-24
7) More than 90% of children who die by suicide have a mental illness
8) 22 veterans die each day by suicide
1) The "insane" and "lunatics" were cared for by family members or
became wards and lived in: homes/subsidized households, almshouses/poor
houses, and
hospitals
2)Beginning of institutionalization
3) Mental illness was a social and economic problem, not a medical problem
, 4) In 1752, first hospital to offer distinct mental health unit opened in Philidelphia
5) In 1773, the first public mental hospital opened in Williamsburg, VA
Don't know?
3 of 70
Term
What are the Methods for Financing these Provisions?
Give this one a try later!
- Medicaid, grant, sliding fee
* Very rare to have unrestricted funds
1) Legislation and Regulations
a)Takes longer, passed cause larger impact
2) Protections
a)Work to help individuals with MH disorder at
work, in school, and in treatment
b) Prohibit abuse, discrimination, provide
accommodations for them
c) ADA accommodates people with physical
disabilities, but less with MI
3) Role of Funding Services
a) Funding stream to MH services
under medicare, VA, medicaid (half),
CHIP (half)
b) Mental health block grants - support states
development of community mental health
services in the state
4) Research
a) Funding for mental health research
causes, treatment, and recovery
b) National Institute of Mental Health,
Substance and MH Services Administration
