During the early twentieth century,
a. more asylums and mental hospitals were established.
b. most of the institutionalized mentally ill received moral therapy.
c. hospital stays tended to be brief.
d. housed very few people.
Question 2Medications for psychological disorders
a. were first used centuries ago.
b. were first used only recently.
c. still currently use some ancient ingredients, such as mummy powder.
d. made the search for the causes of disorders more difficult.
Question 3Which of the following occurred in the late twentieth century?
a. The establishment of large inpatient facilities for the mentally ill
b. A movement of the mentally ill from institutions to the community
c. Dramatic increases in the cost of caring for the mentally ill
d. The inpatient mentally ill population doubled
Question 4The Hill-Burton Act
a. ended the moral hygiene movement.
b. contributed to the practice of warehousing the mentally ill.
c. provided funding for mental health treatment in the community.
d. legislated the creation of 50 more inpatient facilities for the mentally ill.
Question 5Which of the following served to publicize the plight of the mentally ill in the mid 1940s?
a. The publication of A Mind That Found Itself
b. The publication of The Snake Pit
c. The research funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health
d. The passage of the Community Health Services act
Question 6During the first half of the twentieth century, mental hospital care would best be characterized as
a. effective.
b. humane.
c. moral.
d. punitive.
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