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Chapter 01: Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Page 1 1. 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 peop...

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Chapter 01: Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing




TEST BANK FOR PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 5TH EDITION SHEILA L.
VIDEBECK ISBN-10: 160547861X




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, Chapter 01: Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing




1. 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

5. The “revolving-door” concept in mental health care has evolved primarily due to
A) Disinterest in caring for people with mental illness
B) Lack of funding for adequate community services
C) Outpatient treatment becoming more effective
D) The disintegration of supportive nuclear families in the United States

6. Which of the following statements is true of mental health care in the United States
today?
A) At least 75% of the homeless population has a severe and persistent mental illness.
B) Managed care has effectively reduced the cost of mental health treatment by one
third.
C) Only 25% of people needing mental health services are receiving those services.
D) One fourth of people who are incarcerated have a major mental illness.

7. Before the period of the Enlightenment, treatment of the mentally ill included
A) Creating large institutions to provide custodial care
B) Focusing on religious education to improve their souls
C) Placing the mentally ill on display for the public's amusement
D) Studying the mentally ill in early research projects



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