FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE 8TH EDITION
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The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational
soul controlled the irrational soul could be compared with the belief
of the more recent psychological theorist:
Freud
During the mid-1500s, behaviors associated with mental illness were
more accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to for
different abnormal
classifications
During the latter part of the 18th century, psychiatry became a
separate branch of medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly
diminished by the French hospital director:
Pinel
In 1841 surveyed asylums, jails, and almshouses throughout the
United States, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing
about public awareness and reform for the care of the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
As a direct result of Clifford Beers' work and book, A Mind That
Found Itself, the Committee for Mental Hygiene was formed in 1909
with a focus on prevention of mental illness and:
removing the stigma attached to mental illness.
During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused
clients to fall into a coma that could last as long as 50 hours?
insulin therapy
,In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) most often used to treat?
severe depression
In the early 20th century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure
is accurate?
A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from
the thalamus
In 1937, Congress passed the Hill-Burton Act, which was significant
for the treatment of mental health because it funded:
Construction of psychiatric units in facilities throughout North
America
The National Mental Health Act of 1946 provided a means for
funding of programs that promote research on mental health and:
Training of mental health professionals
Which of the following best describes the disorder that was first
recognized in veterans following the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
post traumatic stress disorder
The introduction of in the 1950s led to the deinstitutionalization of
many mentally ill individuals.
Psychotherapeutic drugs
In 1949, an Australian physician discovered which therapy to be an
effective treatment for bipolar (manic-depressive) illness?
Lithium carbonate therapy
In the early 1960s, a committee appointed by President John F.
Kennedy recommended the development of a new approach to the
, way mental health care was administered, with an emphasis on the
introduction of:
community mental health centers
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was one of the most
progressive mental health bills in the history of the United States, but
its enactment was interrupted by the:
Election of a new president
The Omnibus Budget Reform Act (OBRA) of 1987 prevented the
housing of people with chronic mental illness in:
nursing homes
In the late 1980s, government funding for mental health care
dwindled, and most insurance companies coverage for psychiatric
care.
withdrew
In 2006, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) conducted a
comprehensive survey and grading of state mental health care for
adults and learned that the overall grade for care was:
D
In the early 1900s the first theory of mental illness that showed
behavior could be changed is attributed to:
Freud
The humoral theory of disease embraced by Hippocrates required a
balance of which elements? (Select all that apply.)
fire, water, air, earth
Which aspects of adult mental health care systems did the National
Alliance on Mental Illness survey focus on? (Select all that apply.)
MORRISON VALFRE TEST BANK 2025/ 2026
The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational
soul controlled the irrational soul could be compared with the belief
of the more recent psychological theorist:
Freud
During the mid-1500s, behaviors associated with mental illness were
more accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to for
different abnormal
classifications
During the latter part of the 18th century, psychiatry became a
separate branch of medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly
diminished by the French hospital director:
Pinel
In 1841 surveyed asylums, jails, and almshouses throughout the
United States, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing
about public awareness and reform for the care of the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
As a direct result of Clifford Beers' work and book, A Mind That
Found Itself, the Committee for Mental Hygiene was formed in 1909
with a focus on prevention of mental illness and:
removing the stigma attached to mental illness.
During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused
clients to fall into a coma that could last as long as 50 hours?
insulin therapy
,In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) most often used to treat?
severe depression
In the early 20th century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure
is accurate?
A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from
the thalamus
In 1937, Congress passed the Hill-Burton Act, which was significant
for the treatment of mental health because it funded:
Construction of psychiatric units in facilities throughout North
America
The National Mental Health Act of 1946 provided a means for
funding of programs that promote research on mental health and:
Training of mental health professionals
Which of the following best describes the disorder that was first
recognized in veterans following the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
post traumatic stress disorder
The introduction of in the 1950s led to the deinstitutionalization of
many mentally ill individuals.
Psychotherapeutic drugs
In 1949, an Australian physician discovered which therapy to be an
effective treatment for bipolar (manic-depressive) illness?
Lithium carbonate therapy
In the early 1960s, a committee appointed by President John F.
Kennedy recommended the development of a new approach to the
, way mental health care was administered, with an emphasis on the
introduction of:
community mental health centers
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was one of the most
progressive mental health bills in the history of the United States, but
its enactment was interrupted by the:
Election of a new president
The Omnibus Budget Reform Act (OBRA) of 1987 prevented the
housing of people with chronic mental illness in:
nursing homes
In the late 1980s, government funding for mental health care
dwindled, and most insurance companies coverage for psychiatric
care.
withdrew
In 2006, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) conducted a
comprehensive survey and grading of state mental health care for
adults and learned that the overall grade for care was:
D
In the early 1900s the first theory of mental illness that showed
behavior could be changed is attributed to:
Freud
The humoral theory of disease embraced by Hippocrates required a
balance of which elements? (Select all that apply.)
fire, water, air, earth
Which aspects of adult mental health care systems did the National
Alliance on Mental Illness survey focus on? (Select all that apply.)
