Question 1

Which of the following is (are)  specified in involuntary mental health laws?

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A)  when a person can be legally declared to have a mental illness
B)  when a person can be placed in a mental hospital for treatment
C)  both of these
D)  neither of theseE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Mental health professionals are relatively consistent at judging

Accepted Answer

A)  fitness to stand trial.
B)  future risk of violence.
C)  trial outcomes.
D)  the duty to warn.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

The popular opinion that the mentally ill are more dangerous than those who are not mentally ill is probably the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  data from medical records.
B)  public knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
C)  media reports.
D)  statistics on murder and other violent crimes.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

In Riggins v.Nevada (1992) , the Supreme Court ruled that a person cannot be forced to take antipsychotic medication because

Accepted Answer

A)  it would be unconstitutional.
B)  it would not be in the patient's best interests.
C)  there is the potential for negative side effects.
D)  it would interfere with the patient's competency to stand trial.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

According to the Supreme Court, people are assessed as fit to stand trial if they can

Accepted Answer

A)  assist in their own defence.
B)  understand the charges against them.
C)  both of these
D)  neither of theseE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Beginning in the mid-1970s, authorities were unable to confine non-dangerous mentally ill patients, a policy that emphasised

Accepted Answer

A)  individual freedom.
B)  society's rights.
C)  both of these
D)  neither of theseE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

According to the ruling in the 1970s Tarasoff case, a therapist is required to

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A)  advise a patient of his or her rights.
B)  have each patient sign a consent form.
C)  warn a patient's potential victim(s) .
D)  file a police report if threatened by a patient.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Research data suggest that mental health professionals appear to have expertise in all of the following areas EXCEPT

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A)  identifying malingering.
B)  assessing fitness to stand trial.
C)  predicting long-term risk of violence.
D)  making reliable diagnoses according to DSM-5 criteria.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Explain what involuntary mental health care means, and discuss how the 'liberal' and 'neoconservative' eras differed on this concept.

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Question 10

In the late nineteenth century, the enactment of involuntary mental health care laws in the USA resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  only a few cases of involuntary commitment to mental hospitals.
B)  people being committed who were not mentally ill.
C)  wives committing their husbands to mental hospitals.
D)  a decrease in the number of large public mental hospitals.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

When parens patriae is used to take a mentally ill individual into custody, it means that the state is acting as a

Accepted Answer

A)  mental health counsellor.
B)  surrogate parent.
C)  legal advisor.
D)  social worker.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Although the clinical efficacy axis is concerned with research settings, the clinical utility axis is concerned with

Accepted Answer

A)  effectiveness of the intervention in clinical practice.
B)  feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
C)  both of these
D)  neither of theseE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 13

The clinical efficacy axis of the clinical practice guidelines established by the American Psychological Association in 1995 was designed to answer the question:

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A)  'What kind of research should be done to determine the type of clinician best suited for particular patients in terms of their diagnosis and chronicity?'
B)  'Is the treatment effective compared to an alternative treatment or to no treatment in a controlled clinical research setting?'
C)  'How long should a treatment be continued if there is no improvement in the patient's condition or if the patient has serious side effects?'
D)  'What is the most efficient way of admitting patients to clinics or hospitals?'E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

In contrast to public perceptions, the length of time a person spends confined to a hospital after being judged NGRMIID is ___________ the time he/she would have spent in jail.

Accepted Answer

A)  shorter than
B)  longer than
C)  negligible compared to
D)  comparable toE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

One way to predict whether someone is malingering is their tendency to _______ symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A)  exaggerate
B)  under-report
C)  ignore
D)  simplifyE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

The decision to include the presence of ''a mental disease or defect'' in determining an accused person's responsibility for a crime was part of a Supreme Court ruling known as ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  O'Connor v.Donaldson
B)  Addington v.Texas
C)  Durham v.United States
D)  M'Naghten v.ToryE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

In South Africa, people convicted of criminal behaviour

Accepted Answer

A)  always receive a prison sentence.
B)  are always considered responsible for their behaviour.
C)  are not always considered responsible for their behaviour.
D)  have sometimes been found incompetent to stand trial.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is an accurate statement with regard to public perception of the mental illness defence?

Accepted Answer

A)  The public underestimates how often the mental illness defence is used in criminal cases.
B)  The public overestimates how often the mental illness defence is successfully used.
C)  The public overestimates the length of hospitalisation of those who are found not guilty by reason of not guilty by reason of mental illness or intellectual disability (NGRMII
D)  .
D)  The public underestimates how often people judged NGRMIID are set free.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

What is a critical determinant of the involuntary health care process?

Accepted Answer

A)  substance abuse
B)  dangerousness
C)  alcoholism
D)  subjective distressE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

The systematic collection of data on patient outcomes is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  outcome observation.
B)  clinical replication series.
C)  clinical consensus of leading experts.
D)  expert-based hypothesis.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 16: Mental Health Services

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