CMI CHAPTER 3 EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What did the civil rights movement bring about? - ANS a tightening of civil commitment
requirements
What did a tightening in civil commitment result in? - ANS many individual s with severe
mental illness being unable to obtain acute care when they decompensated
Where did the mentally ill end up after the civil rights movement - ANS homeless, self
medicating with illegal substances, and/or entangled in the criminal justice system
What was the phenomenon that occurred after the civil rights movement referred to? -
ANS the criminalization of the mentally ill
Who did the people blame for the mentally ill flooding the streets in the jail - ANS the
mentally ill (the victim)
Where did the term stigma originate - ANS roots in ancient Greece
What did Stigma mean in ancient Greece - ANS referred to physical signs on the body, such
as brands or tattoos, that indicated something negative about the moral character of the bearer
Who was the first to apply the term stigma to those with mental illness - ANS Erving Goffman
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, According to the US Surgeon General and the World Health Organization, what is the greatest
obstacle to treatment of PWMI? - ANS stigma
How does the stigma affect PWMI - ANS -limits patients access to opportunities and
resources
-contributes to economic poverty
-limits lack of interpersonal connection
-can result in less than full participation in society
How many people believe that PWMI are violent - ANS 75% (3/4)
What does the view of PWMI lead to? - ANS Fear which can bring on social avoidance from
the public and mental health workers
True or false? it was reported that the majority of the public seeks to avoid PWMI - ANS true
How many people believe that a PWMI could eventually recover and live a normal life -
ANS 25%
True or false? The majority of people believe that PWMI could be as successful at work as
others without mental illness - ANS False (contrary to research which has found no
differences in productivity)
Wahl, reporting on 17 years of research monitoring television content, found that _____ of all
mentally ill characters in prime-time dramas were depicted as violent, with ______ of these
characters portrayed as murderers. - ANS 72%; 21%
The majority of newspaper articles on mental illness selectively and almost exclusively focus on
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what? - ANS Violence and dangerousness
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What did the civil rights movement bring about? - ANS a tightening of civil commitment
requirements
What did a tightening in civil commitment result in? - ANS many individual s with severe
mental illness being unable to obtain acute care when they decompensated
Where did the mentally ill end up after the civil rights movement - ANS homeless, self
medicating with illegal substances, and/or entangled in the criminal justice system
What was the phenomenon that occurred after the civil rights movement referred to? -
ANS the criminalization of the mentally ill
Who did the people blame for the mentally ill flooding the streets in the jail - ANS the
mentally ill (the victim)
Where did the term stigma originate - ANS roots in ancient Greece
What did Stigma mean in ancient Greece - ANS referred to physical signs on the body, such
as brands or tattoos, that indicated something negative about the moral character of the bearer
Who was the first to apply the term stigma to those with mental illness - ANS Erving Goffman
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, According to the US Surgeon General and the World Health Organization, what is the greatest
obstacle to treatment of PWMI? - ANS stigma
How does the stigma affect PWMI - ANS -limits patients access to opportunities and
resources
-contributes to economic poverty
-limits lack of interpersonal connection
-can result in less than full participation in society
How many people believe that PWMI are violent - ANS 75% (3/4)
What does the view of PWMI lead to? - ANS Fear which can bring on social avoidance from
the public and mental health workers
True or false? it was reported that the majority of the public seeks to avoid PWMI - ANS true
How many people believe that a PWMI could eventually recover and live a normal life -
ANS 25%
True or false? The majority of people believe that PWMI could be as successful at work as
others without mental illness - ANS False (contrary to research which has found no
differences in productivity)
Wahl, reporting on 17 years of research monitoring television content, found that _____ of all
mentally ill characters in prime-time dramas were depicted as violent, with ______ of these
characters portrayed as murderers. - ANS 72%; 21%
The majority of newspaper articles on mental illness selectively and almost exclusively focus on
2
what? - ANS Violence and dangerousness
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