SOWK 287 Final- Hunter-Terms ONLY-(Essays Questions not included) Questions With Complete Solutions

Disability correct answer: a temporary or permanent reduction in function What is problematic about the use of the term abnormal? correct answer: Multiple definitions of abnormality fail to distinguish between desirable and undesirable behavior. Behavioral health can be problematic because it fails to recognize what? correct answer: It could place the onus on the individual to change rather than considering external environmental factors. Which of the following is true about homosexuality and mental illness? correct answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973. Deinstitutionalization of people with mental disorders in the United States correct answer: resulted in the U.S. nursing home population doubling What reformer heightened awareness of the mistreatment of people with mental disorders in 1800s America, pushing for more humane approaches? correct answer: Dorothea Dix Diagnoses of which disorder among children increased 4,000% between 1984 and 2014, causing many to believe that it was perhaps simply becoming a more popular diagnosis among practitioners, rather than actually occurring more frequently? correct answer: Bipolar disorder Alzheimers is correct answer: a neurocognitive disorder In Wyatt v. Stickney (1971) and O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975), the Supreme Court ruled that correct answer: a client could not be hospitalized against his or her will simply for having a mental illness and needing treatment; a more specific set of guidelines had to be met Licensed clinical social workers are directly responsible for correct answer: assessing, diagnosing, and treating all forms of mental disorders Developmental challenge correct answer: a severe chronic condition that manifests before age of 22