OTD 317 Exam 1 ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Early practices of MH in Medieval times - CORRECT ANSWER - looking at blood,
phlegm, yellow/black bile as an indication of MH; personal religious beliefs influenced dx/
treatment
MH care before 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER - -used restraint chairs
-"hospital for the insane"
MH care early 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER - -more moral treatment
-provided work/ occupations
-removed restraints
-encouraged participation
mental hygiene movement - CORRECT ANSWER - Mid-19th-century effort to improve
care of the mentally disordered by informing the public of their mistreatment.
Adolf Meyer - CORRECT ANSWER - psychiatrist who presented his paper on mental
hygiene at a conference
Clifford Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - -Described own mental collapse in A Mind That
Found Itself
-Began campaign for reform
-lived with anxiety/ depression which spearheaded the mental hygiene movement
1920 Rehab Act - CORRECT ANSWER - federal program; provides vocational assistance
for people whose disabilities were a result of war (including mental illnesses)
, Americans with Disabilities Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Passed by Congress in 1991,
this act banned discrimination against the disabled in employment and mandated easy access to
all public and commerical buildings.
Olmstead Decision - CORRECT ANSWER - decision passed by supreme court ruling
against forced long term institutionalization
What sparked Olmstead Decision? - CORRECT ANSWER - Two women with mental
illness and developmental disability were voluntarily admitted to a state run psych unit.
Eventually MH professionals recommended they be moved to a community-based program but
the women stayed confined for YEARS, they eventually filed a suit under ADA
Recovery movement - CORRECT ANSWER - -2000s civil rights movement
-began in response to MH care system that supported social inequities and discrimination, that
hindered community inclusion and recovery
-started by consumers, led by society
-all people can and do recover
-person is the expert of themselves
-built on strength and empowerment, sense of belonging, adequate income
Self-directed - CORRECT ANSWER - Directed or guided by oneself, especially as an
independent agent
individualized - CORRECT ANSWER - person-centered
empowerment - CORRECT ANSWER - giving people the power to make decisions
Holistic - CORRECT ANSWER - concerning the whole rather than the parts
Non-linear - CORRECT ANSWER - A relationship which does not create a straight line.
CORRECT Answers
Early practices of MH in Medieval times - CORRECT ANSWER - looking at blood,
phlegm, yellow/black bile as an indication of MH; personal religious beliefs influenced dx/
treatment
MH care before 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER - -used restraint chairs
-"hospital for the insane"
MH care early 1900s - CORRECT ANSWER - -more moral treatment
-provided work/ occupations
-removed restraints
-encouraged participation
mental hygiene movement - CORRECT ANSWER - Mid-19th-century effort to improve
care of the mentally disordered by informing the public of their mistreatment.
Adolf Meyer - CORRECT ANSWER - psychiatrist who presented his paper on mental
hygiene at a conference
Clifford Beers - CORRECT ANSWER - -Described own mental collapse in A Mind That
Found Itself
-Began campaign for reform
-lived with anxiety/ depression which spearheaded the mental hygiene movement
1920 Rehab Act - CORRECT ANSWER - federal program; provides vocational assistance
for people whose disabilities were a result of war (including mental illnesses)
, Americans with Disabilities Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Passed by Congress in 1991,
this act banned discrimination against the disabled in employment and mandated easy access to
all public and commerical buildings.
Olmstead Decision - CORRECT ANSWER - decision passed by supreme court ruling
against forced long term institutionalization
What sparked Olmstead Decision? - CORRECT ANSWER - Two women with mental
illness and developmental disability were voluntarily admitted to a state run psych unit.
Eventually MH professionals recommended they be moved to a community-based program but
the women stayed confined for YEARS, they eventually filed a suit under ADA
Recovery movement - CORRECT ANSWER - -2000s civil rights movement
-began in response to MH care system that supported social inequities and discrimination, that
hindered community inclusion and recovery
-started by consumers, led by society
-all people can and do recover
-person is the expert of themselves
-built on strength and empowerment, sense of belonging, adequate income
Self-directed - CORRECT ANSWER - Directed or guided by oneself, especially as an
independent agent
individualized - CORRECT ANSWER - person-centered
empowerment - CORRECT ANSWER - giving people the power to make decisions
Holistic - CORRECT ANSWER - concerning the whole rather than the parts
Non-linear - CORRECT ANSWER - A relationship which does not create a straight line.
