TEST BANK FOR PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 5TH EDITION SHEILA L. VIDEBECK ISBN-10: X

The goal of the 1963 Community Mental Health Centers Act was to A) Ensure patients' rights for the mentally ill B) Deinstitutionalize state hospitals C) Provide funds to build hospitals with psychiatric units D) Treat people with mental illness in a humane fashion 2. The creation of asylums during the 1800s was meant to A) Improve treatment of mental disorders B) Provide food and shelter for the mentally ill C) Punish people with mental illness who were believed to be possessed D) Remove dangerous people with mentally illness from the community 3. A major problem with large state institutions was that they A) Could not find enough qualified staff for therapy programs B) Had difficulty providing treatment to all who needed it C) Kept clients geographically isolated from family and community D) Used clients as research subjects to develop neuroleptic drugs 4. A significant change in the treatment of people with mental illness occurred in the 1950s when A) Community support services were established B) Legislation dramatically changed civil commitment procedures C) The Patient's Bill of Rights was enacted D) Psychotropic drugs became available for use