PSY67800 / PSY 67800 UNIT 3 QUIZ
Purdue University
Question 1: Seeking treatment in a psychiatric hospital on one's own accord is known as:
a) Civil commitment.
b) Criminal commitment.
c) Lawful commitment.
d) Voluntary hospitalization.
Question 2: The general public's perception of people with mental illnesses as being dangerous is:
a) Accurate.
b) Greatly exaggerated and disproportionate.
c) Appropriately scaled by diagnostic consideration.
d) Considerably ambiguous.
Question 3: People can be committed to a psychiatric facility due to odd or erratic behavior.
a) True
b) False
Question 4: A person who is acquitted of a crime but committed to a psychiatric institution is committed
through:
a) Criminal commitment.
b) Civil commitment.
c) Lawful commitment.
d) Voluntary hospitalization.
Question 5: Competence can be and lead to a trial at a later time.
a) Initiated
b) Revived
c) Relaxed
d) Restored
Question 6: One of the most difficult dilemmas a mental health professional faces is:
a) Competency.
b) Evidence-based treatment selection.
c) Clinical efficacy.
d) Duty to warn.
Question 7: One difficulty in predicting dangerousness is the lack of agreement over:
a) Symptoms.
b) Diagnoses.
c) What types of behaviors are dangerous.
d) What types of behaviors are harmless.
Question 8: Media reports of violence by a few people with severe mental disorders adds to:
Purdue University
Question 1: Seeking treatment in a psychiatric hospital on one's own accord is known as:
a) Civil commitment.
b) Criminal commitment.
c) Lawful commitment.
d) Voluntary hospitalization.
Question 2: The general public's perception of people with mental illnesses as being dangerous is:
a) Accurate.
b) Greatly exaggerated and disproportionate.
c) Appropriately scaled by diagnostic consideration.
d) Considerably ambiguous.
Question 3: People can be committed to a psychiatric facility due to odd or erratic behavior.
a) True
b) False
Question 4: A person who is acquitted of a crime but committed to a psychiatric institution is committed
through:
a) Criminal commitment.
b) Civil commitment.
c) Lawful commitment.
d) Voluntary hospitalization.
Question 5: Competence can be and lead to a trial at a later time.
a) Initiated
b) Revived
c) Relaxed
d) Restored
Question 6: One of the most difficult dilemmas a mental health professional faces is:
a) Competency.
b) Evidence-based treatment selection.
c) Clinical efficacy.
d) Duty to warn.
Question 7: One difficulty in predicting dangerousness is the lack of agreement over:
a) Symptoms.
b) Diagnoses.
c) What types of behaviors are dangerous.
d) What types of behaviors are harmless.
Question 8: Media reports of violence by a few people with severe mental disorders adds to:
