Chapter 20 Community Mental Health

Chapter 20  Community Mental Health

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
There are selected primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention that help reduce risk, identify and limit disabilities, and reduce complications of mental health problems. Using your knowledge of levels of prevention, what is an example of a tertiary prevention strategy for mental health problems?
A)
Screen for mental health disorders
B)
Refer high-risk people for diagnostic services
C)
Provide mental health services following stressful community events
D)
Promote support groups for people with mental health disorders

2.
There are selected primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention that help reduce risk, identify and limit disabilities, and reduce complications of mental health problems. Using your knowledge of levels of prevention, what is an example of a primary prevention strategy for mental health problems?
A)
Educate families and community groups about mental health issues, symptoms of stress, and barriers to seeking help
B)
Screen for mental health disorders
C)
Promote support groups for people with mental health disorders
D)
Initiate health promotion activities as a part of rehabilitation services

3.
Mental health and, conversely, mental illness are concepts bound by culture. Understanding of what connotes mental health is shaped by social norms that evolve from generation to generation. Using your knowledge of the cultural context of mental illness, what are risk factors that influence the incidence of mental illness?
1.Age
2.Genetics
3.Biological
4.Environment
A)
1, 2, 3
B)
1, 2, 4
C)
1, 3, 4
D)
2, 3, 4

4.
There is no difference is lifetime prevalence rates of major mental illness between developed and developing countries. Despite the prevalence and disability associated with major mental illness, these disorders are much more likely to be untreated than physical illness at every income level. Using your knowledge about the scope of mental illness, what mental health illness has the highest percentage of individuals who go untreated?
A)
Anxiety
B)
Bipolar disorders
C)
Depression
D)
Alcoholism and addictive disorders

Answer Key

1.
D
2.
A
3.
D
4.
D