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What does parity refer to?

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Parity refers to the effort to treat mental health care financing on the same basis as financing for general health care services.

Diseases that result from chronic exposure to excess levels of stressors,which produce a General Adaptation Syndrome response are


A) mental disorders
B) brain diseases
C) diseases of adaptation
D) none of the above

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The main force that expedited deinstitutionalization was


A) antipsychotic drugs
B) ECT
C) lobotomies
D) tardive dyskinesia

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Describe the treatment goals for mental disorders.

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Treatment goals for mental disorders are to reduce symptoms,to improve personal and social functioning,to develop and strengthen coping skills,and to promote behaviors that make a person's life better.

Treatment that involves intensive,individualized services over an indefinite period of time is


A) psychopharmacology
B) psychotherapy
C) psychiatric rehabilitation
D) managed care

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Provide two examples of secondary prevention in community mental health.

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Secondary prevention can reduce mental i...

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Provide two examples of primary prevention in community mental health.

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Primary prevention goals include foresta...

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Explain tertiary prevention in community mental health.

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Tertiary prevention includes treatment a...

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Deinstitutionalization from state mental hospitals began in the


A) 1920s
B) 1950s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The term created by the managed care industry that applies to mental health and substance abuse care is behavioral health care services.

A) True
B) False

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Military service in a combat zone decreases one's risk of experiencing PTSD.

A) True
B) False

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The widespread use of lobotomies because unnecessary because of


A) electroconvulsive therapy
B) antipsychotic and antidepressive drugs
C) self-help groups
D) the moral treatment era

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Chronic nutritional deficiency is a possible cause of mental disorders in some.

A) True
B) False

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Provide examples of at least five things that adults with good mental health are able to do.

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More than half of all prison and jail inmates have mental health problems.

A) True
B) False

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The fight or flight reaction can be maintained for a significant length of time by the body.

A) True
B) False

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)has been banned from use in the United States.

A) True
B) False

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In the United States,over two million adults experience homelessness over the course of a year.

A) True
B) False

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A drug that subdues a mental patient's behavior is referred to as tardive dyskinesia.

A) True
B) False

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Until recently,the federal government's leadership in community mental health has been substantial.

A) True
B) False

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