Mental Health Practice Exam Question And Verified 100% Answers.
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Course
MENTAL HEALTH.
Institution
MENTAL HEALTH.
mental health - correct answer emotional and social well-being, including one's psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life
mental illness - correct answer a collective term for all diagnosable mental disorders
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mental health - correct answer emotional and social well-being, including one's
psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life
mental illness - correct answer a collective term for all diagnosable mental disorders
mental disorders - correct answer health conditions characterized by alterations in
thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
major depression - correct answer an affective disorder characterized y a dysphoric mood,
usually depression, or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or pastimes
cultural competence - correct answer service-provider's degree of compatibility with the
specific culture of the population served, for example, proficiency in language other than English,
familiarity with cultural idioms of distress or body language, folk beliefs, and expectations regarding
treatment procedures and likely outcomes
general adaptation syndrome (GAS) - correct answer the complex physiological responses
resulting from exposure to stressors
fight or flight reaction - correct answer an alarm reaction that prepares one physiologically
for sudden action
diseases of adaptation - correct answer diseases resulting from chronic exposure to excess
levels of stressors that produce a general adaptation syndrome response
moral treatment - correct answer a nineteenth century treatment in which people with
mental illness were removed from the everyday life stressors of their home environments and given
asylum in a rural setting, including rest, exercise, fresh air, and amusements
, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - correct answer method of treatment for mental
disorders involving the administration of electric current to induce a coma or convulsions
lobotomy - correct answer surgical severance of nerve fibers of the brain by incision
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - correct answer the nation's leading mental
health research agency, housed in the National Institutes of Health
deinstitutionalization - correct answer the process of discharging, on a large scale, patients
from state mental hospitals to less restrictive community settings
chlorpromazine (thorazine) - correct answer the first and most famous antipsychotic drug,
introduced in 1954 under the brand name Thorazine
Neuroleptic drugs - correct answer pharmaceuticals that reduce nervous activity; another
term for antipsychotic drugs
chemical straitjacket - correct answer a drug that subdues a mental patient's behavior
tardive dyskinesia - correct answer irreversible, involuntary, and abnormal movements of
the tongue, mouth, arms, and legs, which can result from long-term use of certain antipsychotic drugs
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act - correct answer
a law that made the federal government responsible for assisting in the funding of mental health
facilities and services
community mental health center (CMHC) - correct answer a fully staffed center originally
funded by the federal government that provides comprehensive mental health services to local
populations
transinstitutionalization - correct answer transferring patients from one type of public
institution to another, usually as a result of policy change
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