Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill is only occurring in the United States.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2An arrangement whereby a patient is allowed to leave the hospital, but must live in a halfway house or other supervised setting and report to a mental health agency frequently is called
a) outpatient commitment.
b) conditional placement commitment.
c) justified supervision of behavior commitment.
d) none of the above.
Question 3Anxiety often involves __________ arousal, and fear involves __________ arousal.
a) high; low
b) high; moderate
c) moderate; low
d) moderate; high
Question 4The most recent extension of the Tarasoff ruling (2004) states
a) that therapists no longer have a duty to warn possible victims except in cases where the patient has explicitly described the means he/she would use to commit the violence.
b) that therapists have a duty to warn a possible victim if the threat is reported by a family member of the patient.
c) the duty to warn only extends to licensed clinical psychologists and not to social workers or other types of mental health workers.
d) that therapists have a duty to warn a possible victim if the threat is reported by a friend or co-worker of the patient.
Question 5The construct validity of intelligence tests is limited by
a) how psychologists define intelligence.
b) the nature of the population tested with the instruments.
c) their generally low reliability.
d) none of the above.
Question 6Polivy and others conducted a series of studies in which participants tasted ice cream. These studies looked at the participants' tendency to
a) refuse food
b) binge
c) purge
d) feel guilty
Question 7Emil Kraepelin is known as the father of the mental hygiene movement.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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