The role of provincial psychiatric hospitals today is
a) to provide tertiary inpatient care for complex cases.
b) to provide care mostly for non-psychotic conditions.
c) to provide centres of excellence for all mental conditions.
d) to provide portable community-based primary care services.
Question 2Cox et al. (1991 ) compared the symptoms of panic in panic disorder patients to students with panic attacks and found that:
a) There was discontinuity between nonclinical and clinical panic, suggesting that panic disorder is a qualitatively discrete disorder
b) There was continuity between nonclinical and clinical panic, suggesting that that panic attacks and panic disorder differ in degree but not in kind
c) There was substantial evidence of both continuity and discontinuity
d) None of the above; no clear pattern emerged so conclusions were not possible
Question 3Results from the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study indicate that the strongest risk factor for having 2 or more mental health disorders is:
a) Low income
b) Failure to graduate from high school
c) A history of early substance abuse
d) Parental mental disorder
Question 4Justin and Jerome are both in grade 9 and are tied for being at the top of their class. At the end of the year, the teachers decide they need to declare one boy the best, so they decide to use the boys' IQ scores as the tie-breaker.
While their school grades are identical, Justin's IQ score is 15 points higher than Jerome's. What is the most logical explanation?
a) Justin probably cheated on the test
b) Jerome was sick on the day of the test
c) Jerome is Black and Justin is White
d) Justin is Black and Jerome is White
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