This exam test is written to expose managers in practice, experts, professionals and students to the reality of applying the concepts of clinical psychology and mental health
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL
HEALTH EXAM 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements is not true according to the World Health
Organization?
A) About half of mental disorders begin before age 14
B) Mental disorders increase the risk for physical disorders
C) Many health conditions decrease the risk for mental disorders
D) Stigma prevents many people from seeking mental health care - C
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding mental disorders in American
adults?
A) A higher percentage of adults have mood disorders than anxiety disorders
B) 1 in 4 American adults suffers from a mental disorder in any given year
C) Mood disorders rarely co-occur with anxiety disorders
D) The age on onset for schizophrenia is 40 for both men and women - B
The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health found that:
A) 1 in 100 children and adolescents has a severe mental disorder
B) Fewer than 1 in 5 children and adolescents who need mental health services actually
receive them
C) Most children receive mental health services through the educational system
D) Mental health services should only be offered to adults since the age of onset for
most mental disorders is 25 - B
In military personnel:
A) Combat exposure increases the risk of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
B) Deployment is the critical factor for developing PTSD
C) A very small minority of military personnel believe they require mental health
services
D) Troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have higher levels of PTSD than Vietnam
veterans - A
Although there are numerous definitions of clinical psychology, what is the common
theme that ties these definitions together across countries?
, A) Clinical psychology only takes into consideration individual factors when assessing
mental disorders
B) Clinical psychology is more focused on symptom reduction than psychological
assessment
C) Clinical psychology is primarily interested in abnormal functioning
D) Clinical psychology is firmly based on scientifically supported psychological theories
and principles - D
Critics of a science-based approach to clinical psychology argue that:
A) There are too many design flaws in studies on psychological treatments
B) Clinicians have a better understanding of clients' problems than do researchers and
consequently have a better sense of treatments that work
C) Each individual's unique experiences make it unlikely that generic psychological
treatments could alleviate their distress
D) Research takes too much time to do and by the time data is available, people have
developed new problems in response to an ever-changing society - C
The evidence-based practice model:
A) Requires the clinician to synthesize information drawn from research and
systematically collected data on the patient in question
B) Requires the clinicians to take the patient's preferences into consideration when
considering health care options
C) Emphasizes the importance of informing patients about viable options for
assessment, prevention, or intervention services
D) All of the above - D
Clinical psychologists:
A) Are consumers of psychological research, but do not actually conduct research
B) Use many of the research methods and approaches to statistical analysis found in
other areas of psychology
C) Are the only types of psychologists that provide applied mental health services to the
public
D) Have their training rooted in vocational counseling - B
Which of the following statements is false?
A) Both counseling psychology and school psychology have roots in education
B) Traditionally, counseling psychologists were employed in community settings
whereas clinical psychologists were employed in general hospitals and psychiatric
facilities
C) Research on clinical disorders is most commonly conducted by counseling
psychologists and research on vocational and educational issues is more often
conducted by clinical psychologists
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