Foundations of Mental Health Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Foundations of Mental Health offers an introduction to the key concepts, theories, and practices underlying mental health and well-being. The course explores historical and contemporary understandings of mental health, factors that influence mental wellness, and the social, cultural, and biological determinants impacting individuals and communities. Students will examine the stigma associated with mental health, basic approaches to prevention, intervention strategies, and the role of mental health professionals. The course emphasizes the importance of self-care, ethics, and empathy in supporting mental health across diverse populations.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 5th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
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Q1) What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
A) the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
B) the criteria used to define psychological disorders
C) the psychological therapies used to treat psychological disorders
D) the scientific study of psychological disorders
Answer: D
Q2) Alonso believes that Hedwig's behaviour disturbance is due to an excess of black bile.Whose ideas about psychiatry does Alonso's belief best align with?
A) Blueler
B) Aristotle
C) Newton
D) Hippocrates
Answer: D
Q3) Discuss the evolution of biological treatments for psychological disorders across the 20th century.Explain the development and use of insulin shock therapy and electroconvulsive therapy in the first part of the century,and describe the major drug therapies developed in the latter half.
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) According to a lifespan psychologist,to understand a patient's disorder,what must one also understand?
A) how the individual has resolved interpersonal conflict throughout life
B) how experiences during different periods of development may influence the individual's vulnerability to some psychological disorders
C) how the individual mastered key developmental tasks throughout various life stages
D) how the individual developed during psychosexual stages
Answer: B
Q2) What part of the brain stem regulates vital activities such as heartbeat,breathing,and digestion?
A) the forebrain
B) the thalamus
C) the reticular activating system
D) the hindbrain
Answer: D
Q3) Name three important neurotransmitters and describe what impact each one is thought to have on human experience.
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) When an individual describes what he or she sees in the ambiguous stimuli of the Rorschach test,what is assumed to be revealed?
A) the person's preconscious thoughts
B) the person's unconscious thoughts
C) the person's conscious thoughts
D) the person's subconscious thoughts
Answer: B
Q2) How does the fMRI procedure differ from the traditional MRI?
A) The fMRI procedure uses X-rays to show the brain from different angles.
B) The fMRI procedure measures brain metabolism.
C) The fMRI procedure measures brain wave activity.
D) The fMRI procedure can take pictures of the brain at work, recording changes from one second to the next.
Answer: D
Q3) When thinking about nosology,classical is to dimensional as:
A) symptoms is to prototypes
B) prototypes is to profiles
C) presence is to severity
D) individuals is to symptoms
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) When a control group is used in experimental research,how will the members of the control group be treated?
A) the same as the control group in any other psychology study
B) the same as the treatment group except that they will be given psychological therapy
C) the same as the treatment group except that they will not be exposed to the independent variable
D) the same as the treatment group except that they will be exposed to the independent variable
Q2) In cross-cultural research,what is the usual independent variable?
A) the method used to treat the disorder
B) the disorder
C) the environment
D) the culture
Q3) Describe the differences between the cross-sectional and longitudinal research methods.What are the uses and limitations of each of these methods? Provide an illustrative example of a research question that would be better addressed by a longitudinal study than by a cross-sectional study and explain why.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Q1) For months,Greg has been plagued by worries as he drives to work.He thinks he forgot to lock the door,close the windows,or turn off the stove.Often,he returns home and double-checks the house before he can rid himself of these worries.Which of the following describes Greg's worries?
A) obsessive
B) impulsive
C) compulsive
D) magical
Q2) Jason has just recently been diagnosed as having panic disorder.Which of the following describes what we will know about Jason?
A) Jason is rare because only a small percentage of individuals with this disorder are male.
B) Jason is in his late 50s.
C) Jason will cope with the panic associated with agoraphobia by drinking alcohol because men choose this as a means of coping more so than women.
D) Jason will be much more fearful of anxiety symptoms, compared to a woman.
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) A 30-year-old woman "recovers" memories of childhood sexual abuse,the existence of which she was previously unaware.Explain what is currently known about the accuracy of recovered memories.Can we determine whether these memories are accurate?
Q2) Which of the following individuals possesses the most characteristics associated with somatic symptom disorder?
A) Clarissa, a 17-year-old female described as impulsive
B) Nirmala, a 10-year-old female described as impulsive
C) James, a 16-year-old male described as emotionally dependent
D) Marco, a 45-year-old male described as extremely emotionally sensitive
Q3) What is the average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional?
A) less than a month
B) one year
C) seven years
D) 20 years
Q4) Describe the similarities and differences between illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) In 1989,Abramson and his colleagues revised Seligman's theory of learned helplessness,which had focused on specific attributions as the crucial factor in depression.What did Abramson and his colleagues change the focus to?
A) repressed anger
B) lack of control
C) a sense of hopelessness
D) a feeling of failure
Q2) A friend states he is mildly depressed but he's not sure,and he asks if there is any kind of laboratory test that could determine whether or not someone is depressed.What would you tell him?
A) Cortisol levels are decreased in depression; he could have his cortisol levels checked by a blood test.
B) Currently, there is no way of diagnosing depression with a laboratory test.
C) The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) can be used only to diagnose severe cases of depression.
D) The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is a biological test for depression.
Q3) Explain the differences between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder,referring to the nature of episodes associated with each.
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) What does a typical case of insomnia involve?
A) an individual who has difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep
B) an individual who does not sleep at all
C) an individual who sleeps all night but still feels like he or she has been awake for hours
D) an individual who frequently sleepwalks
Q2) If given the choice between cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT),behaviour therapy (BT),and interpersonal therapy (IPT)for the treatment of bulimia for a friend,which would be the best choice based on available research?
A) CBT is the best choice.
B) IPT is the best choice.
C) IPT or BT are both good choices.
D) CBT or IPT are both good choices.
Q3) Dr.Mukherjee conducts research on eating disorders.Which of the following will be typical of participants in Dr.Mukherjee's research?
A) lower intelligence and higher income
B) upper socioeconomic status
C) lower socioeconomic status
D) higher intelligence and higher income
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) What is the focus of psychoneuroimmunology?
A) the study of methods in which damaged or severed neurons can be stimulated to regrow
B) the study of the relationships among stressors, the endocrine system, the nervous system, and the immune system
C) the study of various biochemical approaches to protecting the central nervous system from the ravages of deterioration disorders
D) the study of the psychological side effects of physical illnesses
Q2) Endogenous opioids have been implicated in a variety of psychopathological conditions.Which of the following is one of these conditions?
A) eating disorders
B) personality disorders
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) phobias
Q3) Which type of pain is MORE common in men?
A) migraine headaches
B) arthritic pain
C) wrist and hand pain
D) back pain
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Roderick and his partner are seeking treatment for Roderick's premature ejaculation.The therapist encourages the couple to stimulate Roderick's penis to nearly full erection and then to compress the penis firmly to quickly reduce arousal.After repeating this process,insertion is to be attempted without thrusting,and the penis removed if arousal proceeds too quickly.What is this treatment called?
A) erotic desensitization
B) stimulus removal
C) the squeeze technique
D) retarded ejaculation
Q2) Explain the features of the treatment options (psychosocial and surgical sex reassignment)for gender dysphoria.Why is it so important for the patient to consider treatment options very carefully?
Q3) What is a paraphilia?
A) a sexual attraction to a wide variety of abnormal stimuli
B) an abnormal sexual fantasy
C) an abnormally high level of sexual activity
D) a sexual attraction to inappropriate individuals or objects
Q4) Describe the symptoms of three different forms of paraphilia.What do all paraphilias have in common?
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related,Addictive,and
Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) How is the opponent-process explanation of drug addiction best explained?
A) An increase in negative feelings will be followed by further negative feelings, and this mechanism is both strengthened with use and weakened by disuse.
B) An increase in positive feelings will be followed by an increase in negative feelings, and this mechanism is strengthened with disuse.
C) An increase in positive feelings will be followed by an increase in negative feelings, and this mechanism is strengthened with use.
D) An increase in negative feelings will be followed by an increase in positive feelings, and this mechanism is weakened by use.
Q2) Jan has used crack to the point where she has impaired control over her use of it.While she experiences no withdrawal symptoms when she stops using it,she wants it so badly she cannot stop herself from taking it.What does Jan's reliance on crack illustrate?
A) biological abuse
B) psychological dependence
C) physiological dependence
D) physiological abuse
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) In which of the following examples is a subtle but important difference between the unusual perceptual experiences associated with schizotypal personality disorder versus schizophrenia apparent?
A) People with schizotypal personality disorder may have the feeling that someone else is in the room (when there isn't), whereas people with schizophrenia may strongly believe others are trying to hurt them.
B) People with schizotypal personality disorder may have the feeling that someone else is in the room (when there isn't), whereas people with schizophrenia may strongly believe there is someone else in the room (when there isn't).
C) People with schizotypal personality disorder may think they have telepathic abilities, whereas people with schizophrenia may hear voices telling them that they are sinful.
D) People with schizotypal personality disorder may think they have a "sixth sense," whereas people with schizophrenia may strongly believe they have superhuman powers.
Q2) Describe the basic features of antisocial personality disorder.Why is psychotherapy with this population so likely to fail?
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) If expressed emotion is a cause of schizophrenia,we would expect to see a positive correlation between the rates of schizophrenia and the rates of expressed emotions across cultural groups.What does the research on this subject show?
A) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion do not vary by cultural group but rates of schizophrenia do.
B) There is a positive correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show higher rates of schizophrenia.
C) There is no correlation; levels of expressed emotion vary by cultural group but rates of schizophrenia do not.
D) There is a negative correlation; most cultural groups with higher levels of expressed emotion show lower rates of schizophrenia.
Q2) What is the disorganized symptom of schizophrenia known as "tangentiality"?
A) incomprehensible speech
B) abruptly changing the topic of conversation to unrelated or only peripherally related areas
C) drawing illogical conclusions in one's speech
D) answering a question indirectly (only in a peripheral sense)
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) What is the incidence of children being born with Down syndrome to a mother at age 35?
A) 1 in 100 births
B) 1 in 300 births
C) 1 in 500 births
D) 1 in 800 births
Q2) Explain the developmental pattern of change that can be set into motion by early deficits in one area influencing the acquisition of skills in another,using one illustrative disorder from the following: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder,learning disorders,or autism spectrum disorder.Discuss the basic features of the disorder and how it can prevent the individual from developing in other important ways throughout his or her lifetime.
Q3) One view of the social deficits of people with autism spectrum disorder is that they lack a theory of mind.Other researchers have argued that problems on theory-of-mind tasks may have another cause.What might that cause be?
A) an unwillingness to carry on conversations with others
B) an inability to pretend
C) attention deficits
D) more general difficulties with executive functioning
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) Jim is being treated for delirium in the hospital.The doctor asks Jim's son how the symptoms developed.What will Jim's son say?
A) "The symptoms came on gradually over the past two weeks."
B) "The symptoms came on gradually over the last two months."
C) "The symptoms came on quickly over the last few days."
D) "The symptoms came on very slowly, over the course of several years."
Q2) Compared to younger people,what are those over age 65 more likely to experience difficulty with?
A) speech
B) anxiety
C) psychological difficulties
D) emotional affect
Q3) Dr.Farber published a journal article about the first symptom reported by people who are in the initial stages of neurocognitive disorder.What was the topic of the paper?
A) facial recognition
B) disorientation
C) loss of memory for how to do things
D) loss of memory for recent events
Q4) Describe the typical causes of delirium and how it is treated.
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) Gavin was taken into custody under the principle of parens patriae.What does this mean?
A) The state is acting as a legal advisor.
B) The state is acting as a social worker.
C) The state is acting as a legal guardian.
D) The state is acting as a surrogate parent.
Q2) Fatima is has a mental illness.She has the legal right to treatment.What else does she have a legal right to?
A) hospital treatment for as long as it takes to stabilize
B) the least restrictive treatment option possible
C) to refuse treatment even if she is at risk for harming herself or others
D) to choose the facility where she will receive treatment
Q3) According to the Canadian Criminal Code,which of the following is NOT a requirement for a person assessed as being fit to stand trial?
A) They must understand the nature and object of the proceedings.
B) They must understand the nature and moral quality of the act of which they stand accused.
C) They must understand the possible consequences of the proceedings.
D) They must communicate with counsel.
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