Test Bank
For
Abnormal Psychology
Ninth Edition
Thomas F. Oltmanns, Washington University in St. Louis
Robert E. Emery, University of Virginia
Prepared by
Cynthia Jacox, Northwest Vista College
,______________________________________________________________________________
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the United States of America. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior 1
Chapter 2 Causes of Abnormal Behavior 30
Chapter 3 Treatment of Psychological Disorders 59
Chapter 4 Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior 87
Chapter 5 Mood Disorders and Suicide 115
Chapter 6 Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 144
Chapter 7 Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative 173
Disorders, and Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 8 Stress and Physical Health 201
Chapter 9 Personality Disorders 229
Chapter 10 Feeding and Eating Disorders 258
Chapter 11 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 286
Chapter 12 Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender 314
Dysphoria
Chapter 13 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 342
Chapter 14 Neurocognitive Disorders 370
Chapter 15 Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorders 397
Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders of Childhood 424
Chapter 17 Adjustment Disorders and Life-Cycle Transitions 453
Chapter 18 Mental Health and the Law 481
, Chapter 18
Mental Health and the Law
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Topic Question Understand Apply What Analyze It Evaluate It
Type the Concepts You Know
Multiple 1
Choice
Introduction True/False
Essay
Multiple 2,3,4,5,6
Choice
Conflicts True/False 51,52,53
Essay 81 82
Multiple 7,9,12,14,15, 8,10,11,13
Mental Illness Choice 16
and Criminal True/False 54,55,56,57,
Responsibility 58,59,60,61,62
Essay 83,84
Multiple 17,18,19,20, 25,26
Choice 21,22,23,24,
Civil 27,28
Commitment True/False 63,64,65,66,67
Essay 85 86
Multiple 29,30,31,32,
Committed Choice 33,34
Patients’ Rights True/False 68,69,70,71,
72,73,74
Essay 87
Multiple 35,36,37,38, 40
Mental Health Choice 39,41,42,43
and Family True/False 75,76,77,78
Law Essay 88,89
Multiple 44,45,49,50 46,47,48
Professional Choice
Responsibilities True/False 79,80
and the Law
Essay 90
481
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,Chapter 18: Mental Health and the Law
Multiple Choice
18.1.1. Your textbook presents the case of John Hinckley, who, in 1981, tried to kill Ronald Reagan, the
president of the United States. Hinckley had a history of odd behavior and was subsequently found not
guilty by reason of insanity. As a result,
a. Hinckley was released.
b. federal laws regarding the burden of proof and the definition of insanity were changed.
c. Hinckley was released but required to have a secret service agent with him at all times.
d. Hinckley was confined to a mental hospital with no chance of release.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.1
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.2. The legal definition of insanity is
a. not the same as the psychological definition of mental illness.
b. essentially the same as the psychological definition of mental illness.
c. a requirement that must be met prior to voluntary commitment.
d. that a person who is insane is legally responsible for his or her actions.
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.2
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.3. The legal concept of ________ reflects the idea that people act out of free will and are
accountable for their actions when they violate the law.
a. mens rea
b. innocent until proven guilty
c. criminal responsibility
d. individual responsibility
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.3
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
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,18.1.4. One limitation placed on expert witnesses is that
a. testimony can only be given by psychiatrists or medical doctors.
b. only neutral witnesses can be used, and they must be appointed by the judge in a trial.
c. expert testimony is limited to opinion based on established science.
d. expert witnesses must not be paid.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.4
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.5. In U.S. law, ________ is an exception to the concept of criminal responsibility.
a. insanity
b. mental illness
c. determinism
d. free will
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.5
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.6. American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has taken the somewhat radical position that
a. even people who commit serious crimes should not be imprisoned if they are suffering from a
mental disorder.
b. that everyone who commits a crime is mentally ill to some degree.
c. even people who are seriously mentally ill should still be held responsible for their behavior.
d. that all criminals should be allowed access to psychiatric treatment.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.6
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
483
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,18.1.7. The mental disorder defense was codified in 1843, after _______was found not guilty by reason
of insanity.
a. Freud
b. Hinckley
c. M’Naghten
d. Conan-Doyle
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.7
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.8. Harry Jenkins has pled “not guilty by reason of insanity.” The state where Harry is being tried
uses the M’Naghten test of insanity. What question will the judge use when instructing the jury on the
basis of their decision in this case?
a. Did the defendant know right from wrong?
b. Did the defendant experience an irresistible impulse?
c. Does the defendant have the burden of proving insanity?
d. Did the defendant show behavior that was the product of mental illness?
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.8
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.9. What was the basis for the irresistible impulse test first used in the late nineteenth century?
a. the legal assumption that everyone knows right from wrong
b. the finding that the M'Naghten test was too broad
c. the finding that even though some people intellectually know that their behavior is illegal, they
still can’t control their behavior
d. the observation that some diagnoses are based on evidence of criminal behavior
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.9
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
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,18.1.10. A defense attorney making use of the conditions of the American Law Institute model legislation
on the insanity defense would have to provide evidence that her client
a. was mentally ill at the time of his offense.
b. lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his offense.
c. lacked a knowledge of the law that he is accused of due to his mental illness.
d. demonstrated substantial capacity to control his actions.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.10
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.11. A psychologist is hired by the defense in a case involving the issue of not guilty by reason of
insanity. Based on changes resulting from the Hinckley case and the Insanity Defense Reform Act of
1984, it is likely that the thrust of the psychologist’s testimony would be in support of the defendant’s
a. inability to stand trial due to her mental illness.
b. inability to appreciate the nature and quality or wrongfulness of her behavior due to her mental
illness.
c. right to treatment versus imprisonment due to her mental illness.
d. inability to discuss the nature of her offense with her attorney due to her mental illness.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.11
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.12. ________ is defined this way: “The test must be whether he [the defendant] has sufficient
present ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and a
rational as well as factual understanding of proceedings against him.”
a. Sanity
b. Rationality
c. Competence
d. Innocence
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.12
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
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,18.1.13. Which of the following is most likely to result in an individual being ruled incompetent to stand
trial?
a. The accused is diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.
b. The crime was so abhorrent that a trial is not necessary.
c. The accused does not have enough money for a lawyer.
d. The accused is unable to communicate with counsel because of brain damage.
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.13
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.14. At what stage of criminal proceedings may the issue of competence be raised?
a. while the defendant is being read her/his Miranda Rights
b. prior to the preliminary hearing
c. prior to the sentencing phase of a trial
d. at many stages in the legal process
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.14
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.15. In the landmark case of Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled—consistent with
laws already in effect in many states—that
a. schizophrenia is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
b. schizophrenia is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
c. intellectual disability is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
d. intellectual disability is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.15
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
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,18.1.16. In Kansas v. Hendricks, the Supreme Court ruled the Kansas sexual predator law to be
a. unconstitutional because the continued confinement constituted “double jeopardy.”
b. constitutional because the confinement did not constitute punishment.
c. unconstitutional because the confinement was “cruel and unusual.”
d. constitutional because the law punishes sexual predators.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.16
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.17. The discovery of antipsychotic drugs in the 1950s paired with the _________ lead to mental
patients being released from care.
a. drop in the crime rate across the United States
b. increase in the populations of mental health institutions
c. increase in the number of mental patients now eligible for the death penalty
d. the deinstitutionalization movement
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.17
Topic: Civil Commitment
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.3: Evaluate the process of civil commitment
18.1.18. The U.S. law prohibits confining people for crimes they might commit in the future except in the
case of
a. civil commitment.
b. mental health commitment.
c. mental retardation.
d. psychopaths.
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.18
Topic: Civil Commitment
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.3: Evaluate the process of civil commitment
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For
Abnormal Psychology
Ninth Edition
Thomas F. Oltmanns, Washington University in St. Louis
Robert E. Emery, University of Virginia
Prepared by
Cynthia Jacox, Northwest Vista College
,______________________________________________________________________________
Copyright © 2019, 2015, 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Printed in
the United States of America. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained
from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For information
regarding permissions, request forms and the appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global
Rights & Permissions Department, please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
ISBN-10: 0-13-457181-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-457181-2
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior 1
Chapter 2 Causes of Abnormal Behavior 30
Chapter 3 Treatment of Psychological Disorders 59
Chapter 4 Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior 87
Chapter 5 Mood Disorders and Suicide 115
Chapter 6 Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 144
Chapter 7 Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative 173
Disorders, and Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 8 Stress and Physical Health 201
Chapter 9 Personality Disorders 229
Chapter 10 Feeding and Eating Disorders 258
Chapter 11 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 286
Chapter 12 Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender 314
Dysphoria
Chapter 13 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 342
Chapter 14 Neurocognitive Disorders 370
Chapter 15 Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorders 397
Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders of Childhood 424
Chapter 17 Adjustment Disorders and Life-Cycle Transitions 453
Chapter 18 Mental Health and the Law 481
, Chapter 18
Mental Health and the Law
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Topic Question Understand Apply What Analyze It Evaluate It
Type the Concepts You Know
Multiple 1
Choice
Introduction True/False
Essay
Multiple 2,3,4,5,6
Choice
Conflicts True/False 51,52,53
Essay 81 82
Multiple 7,9,12,14,15, 8,10,11,13
Mental Illness Choice 16
and Criminal True/False 54,55,56,57,
Responsibility 58,59,60,61,62
Essay 83,84
Multiple 17,18,19,20, 25,26
Choice 21,22,23,24,
Civil 27,28
Commitment True/False 63,64,65,66,67
Essay 85 86
Multiple 29,30,31,32,
Committed Choice 33,34
Patients’ Rights True/False 68,69,70,71,
72,73,74
Essay 87
Multiple 35,36,37,38, 40
Mental Health Choice 39,41,42,43
and Family True/False 75,76,77,78
Law Essay 88,89
Multiple 44,45,49,50 46,47,48
Professional Choice
Responsibilities True/False 79,80
and the Law
Essay 90
481
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,Chapter 18: Mental Health and the Law
Multiple Choice
18.1.1. Your textbook presents the case of John Hinckley, who, in 1981, tried to kill Ronald Reagan, the
president of the United States. Hinckley had a history of odd behavior and was subsequently found not
guilty by reason of insanity. As a result,
a. Hinckley was released.
b. federal laws regarding the burden of proof and the definition of insanity were changed.
c. Hinckley was released but required to have a secret service agent with him at all times.
d. Hinckley was confined to a mental hospital with no chance of release.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.1
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.2. The legal definition of insanity is
a. not the same as the psychological definition of mental illness.
b. essentially the same as the psychological definition of mental illness.
c. a requirement that must be met prior to voluntary commitment.
d. that a person who is insane is legally responsible for his or her actions.
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.2
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.3. The legal concept of ________ reflects the idea that people act out of free will and are
accountable for their actions when they violate the law.
a. mens rea
b. innocent until proven guilty
c. criminal responsibility
d. individual responsibility
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.3
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
482
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,18.1.4. One limitation placed on expert witnesses is that
a. testimony can only be given by psychiatrists or medical doctors.
b. only neutral witnesses can be used, and they must be appointed by the judge in a trial.
c. expert testimony is limited to opinion based on established science.
d. expert witnesses must not be paid.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.4
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.5. In U.S. law, ________ is an exception to the concept of criminal responsibility.
a. insanity
b. mental illness
c. determinism
d. free will
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.5
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
18.1.6. American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has taken the somewhat radical position that
a. even people who commit serious crimes should not be imprisoned if they are suffering from a
mental disorder.
b. that everyone who commits a crime is mentally ill to some degree.
c. even people who are seriously mentally ill should still be held responsible for their behavior.
d. that all criminals should be allowed access to psychiatric treatment.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.6
Topic: Conflicts
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.1: Analyze theoretical conflicts between psychology and law
483
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,18.1.7. The mental disorder defense was codified in 1843, after _______was found not guilty by reason
of insanity.
a. Freud
b. Hinckley
c. M’Naghten
d. Conan-Doyle
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.7
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.8. Harry Jenkins has pled “not guilty by reason of insanity.” The state where Harry is being tried
uses the M’Naghten test of insanity. What question will the judge use when instructing the jury on the
basis of their decision in this case?
a. Did the defendant know right from wrong?
b. Did the defendant experience an irresistible impulse?
c. Does the defendant have the burden of proving insanity?
d. Did the defendant show behavior that was the product of mental illness?
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.8
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.9. What was the basis for the irresistible impulse test first used in the late nineteenth century?
a. the legal assumption that everyone knows right from wrong
b. the finding that the M'Naghten test was too broad
c. the finding that even though some people intellectually know that their behavior is illegal, they
still can’t control their behavior
d. the observation that some diagnoses are based on evidence of criminal behavior
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.9
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
484
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,18.1.10. A defense attorney making use of the conditions of the American Law Institute model legislation
on the insanity defense would have to provide evidence that her client
a. was mentally ill at the time of his offense.
b. lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his offense.
c. lacked a knowledge of the law that he is accused of due to his mental illness.
d. demonstrated substantial capacity to control his actions.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.10
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.11. A psychologist is hired by the defense in a case involving the issue of not guilty by reason of
insanity. Based on changes resulting from the Hinckley case and the Insanity Defense Reform Act of
1984, it is likely that the thrust of the psychologist’s testimony would be in support of the defendant’s
a. inability to stand trial due to her mental illness.
b. inability to appreciate the nature and quality or wrongfulness of her behavior due to her mental
illness.
c. right to treatment versus imprisonment due to her mental illness.
d. inability to discuss the nature of her offense with her attorney due to her mental illness.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.11
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.12. ________ is defined this way: “The test must be whether he [the defendant] has sufficient
present ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and a
rational as well as factual understanding of proceedings against him.”
a. Sanity
b. Rationality
c. Competence
d. Innocence
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.12
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
485
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,18.1.13. Which of the following is most likely to result in an individual being ruled incompetent to stand
trial?
a. The accused is diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.
b. The crime was so abhorrent that a trial is not necessary.
c. The accused does not have enough money for a lawyer.
d. The accused is unable to communicate with counsel because of brain damage.
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.13
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Apply What You Know
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.14. At what stage of criminal proceedings may the issue of competence be raised?
a. while the defendant is being read her/his Miranda Rights
b. prior to the preliminary hearing
c. prior to the sentencing phase of a trial
d. at many stages in the legal process
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.14
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.15. In the landmark case of Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled—consistent with
laws already in effect in many states—that
a. schizophrenia is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
b. schizophrenia is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
c. intellectual disability is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
d. intellectual disability is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
Answer: c.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.15
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
486
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,18.1.16. In Kansas v. Hendricks, the Supreme Court ruled the Kansas sexual predator law to be
a. unconstitutional because the continued confinement constituted “double jeopardy.”
b. constitutional because the confinement did not constitute punishment.
c. unconstitutional because the confinement was “cruel and unusual.”
d. constitutional because the law punishes sexual predators.
Answer: b.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.16
Topic: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.2: Explain how mental disorders impact legal responsibilities
18.1.17. The discovery of antipsychotic drugs in the 1950s paired with the _________ lead to mental
patients being released from care.
a. drop in the crime rate across the United States
b. increase in the populations of mental health institutions
c. increase in the number of mental patients now eligible for the death penalty
d. the deinstitutionalization movement
Answer: d.
Difficulty: Easy
Question ID: 18.1.17
Topic: Civil Commitment
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.3: Evaluate the process of civil commitment
18.1.18. The U.S. law prohibits confining people for crimes they might commit in the future except in the
case of
a. civil commitment.
b. mental health commitment.
c. mental retardation.
d. psychopaths.
Answer: a.
Difficulty: Moderate
Question ID: 18.1.18
Topic: Civil Commitment
Skill: Understand the Concepts
LO 18.3: Evaluate the process of civil commitment
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