The fact that funding for community mental health centers was cut in the 1980s while money for the ...

The fact that funding for community mental health centers was cut in the 1980s while money for the war on drugs was increased illustrates the
 
  a. current shift away from attacking personal risk factors and toward attacking social circumstances.
  b. tendency for selective and indicated interventions to use different funding sources.
  c. trend of government to provide fewer selective interventions and more universal ones.
  d. likelihood that political philosophy will influence efforts at social change.

Question 2

Dr. Jones says, These projects have clearly shown a promising path toward reducing the extent of substance abuse in young people. What projects is Dr. Jones talking about?
 
  a. Ones that combine different intervention strategies
  b. Ones that involve the interdiction or reduction in supply of drugs
  c. Ones that contradict the movies and TV commercials that glamorize drugs
  d. Ones that use teachers to tell students why drugs are bad for their health

Question 3

The concepts of universal, selective, and indicated interventions were widely used by
 
  a. psychodynamic therapists to describe ways of reducing neurotic anxiety.
  b. city planners to describe ways of eliminating crime and other social problems.
  c. public health experts to describe ways of preventing disease.
  d. developmental psychologists to describe problems that occur in early, middle, and later childhood.

Question 4

Which of the following is a sociocultural effort toward universal prevention?
 
  a. Public education
  b. Teaching adolescents to not use drugs
  c. Hospitalizing the mentally ill
  d. Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill

Question 5

Which of the following is a sociocultural effort toward universal prevention of mental disorders?
 
  a. Daycare.
  b. Penal systems.
  c. Private schools.
  d. Social security.

Question 6

Which of the following is a requirement for psychosocial health?
 
  a. High socioeconomic status
  b. Having sound moral judgment
  c. Having a realistic view of one's self
  d. Being a member of a religious organization

Question 7

Efforts at reducing racism as a means of preventing mental illness would be a(n) ________ intervention.
 
  a. universal
  b. selective
  c. indicated
  d. tertiary

Question 8

Having skills for effective problem solving, possessing an accurate set of assumptions about oneself, and being prepared for problems one is likely to encounter at various life stages are all requirements for
 
  a. cultural adjustment.
  b. psychosocial health.
  c. biological health.
  d. being a candidate for deinstitutionalization.