Exam 13: Social Work and Services in Mental Health

Positive reinforcement is a procedure or consequence that increases the frequency of the behavior immediately preceding it.

_____ provide psychotherapy in mental health settings.

_____ is a severe mental disturbance characterized by delusions and hallucinations with an inability to participate in goal-directed activities.

In Eastern psychology, there is no clear connection between emotions and language.

Only masters in social work(MSWs)are employed in mental health settings.

What are your opinions about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)? Would you ever consider ECT for yourself or for someone close to you?

_____ focus on social workers' mental health and on adjustment problems that interfere with their work performance.

Explain the difference between psychiatrists and psychologists.

In managed care, capitation refers to the fact that certain medical and mental health services must be authorized ahead of time; otherwise the managed care organization won't pay for them.

_____ is any of a number of serious mental disorders characterized by disturbed, inappropriate behavior and loss of contact with reality.

List any five personality disorders, and describe the persistent patterns characterizing each.

The process of providing services and care for people within their own communities rather than in institutional settings is called deinstitutionalization.

Gatekeeping is a procedure used in electroconvulsive therapy.

Describe any three categories of psychotropic drugs.

Samantha is a child care worker in a residential treatment center. She observes Adolf, a nine-year-old resident, do his routine chores and says, "Hey, Adolf, you are doing a really good job. Keep it up!" In this scenario, Samantha has used _____ to motivate Adolf to continue doing his chores on time.

Bipolar disorder was formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder.

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are examples of eating disorders.

Which of the following statements is true of culturally competent mental health organizations?

_____ disorders involve a disruption of the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, and behavior.

Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve how clients think about their world and their important beliefs and assumptions about people, events, and the environment.