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WorksheetsHistory of Mental Illness
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The way in which one conducts oneself or acts...
a)
Habit
b)
Behavior
2.
Cultural relativism means...
a)
combination of social and cultural factors
b)
the principle that an individual person's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.
c)
not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation.
3.
The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place is called
a)
Exorcism
b)
Bloodletting
c)
Leaching
4.
For something, or someone, to coexist they must
a)
understand existence
b)
exist at the same time or in the same place
c)
depend on someone else
5.
In the 1600's, institutions offered shelter and support to people who were mentally ill. What were these institutions called?
a)
Asylum
b)
Crazy House
c)
Ward
d)
Emergency Room
6.
The _______________ was invented by Benjamin Rush. The device held the arms, legs, body, and head immobile. Patients would receive various “treatments” while in the chair.
a)
Tranquilizer Chair
b)
Gyrator
c)
Straight Jacket
7.
Etiology means...
a)
someone's educated guess
b)
system of practices
c)
the cause or set of causes of an illness
8.
There are ___________ main etiological theories.
a)
two
b)
three
c)
six
9.
A theory that attributes mental illness to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature is called the
a)
supernatural theory
b)
somatogenic theory
c)
psychogenic theory
10.
The theory that attributes mental illness to something that originates in the mind or in mental or emotional conflict.
a)
supernatural theory
b)
somatogenic theory
c)
psychogenic theory
11.
The theory that attributes mental illness to originating in the cells of the body; physiological causes is called...
a)
supernatural theory
b)
somatogenic theory
c)
psychogenic theory
12.
A surgical operation involving incision into the pre-frontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness.
a)
Electro-shock therapy
b)
Lobotomy
13.
A few years after the first lobotomy was performed, Dr. Freeman created a new method of performing lobotomies. He used an ice pick and hammer, inserting the ice pick into....
a)
the parietal lobe (side of the head)
b)
under the eyelid, right above the eyeball
c)
the foot
d)
the stomach, above the belly button
14.
The treatment E.C.T stands for...
a)
Electrical-Current-Toxicity
b)
Electro-Convulsive-Therapy
c)
Everlasting-Constant-Trauma
15.
In rare cases, ECT is still used to treat major depression and bipolar symptoms.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
School teacher who persuaded state officials to provide funding for improved mental institutions.
a)
Dorthea Dix
b)
Benjamin Rush
c)
Dorothy the Witch
d)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
17.
Trephination was a proven method for curing mental illness back in the stone ages.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Deinstitutionalization means...
a)
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions
b)
A movement in 1908 shaped by a former patient Clifford Beers, who wrote an autobiography on his experiences in institutions for the insane
c)
The process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability
19.
Offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.
a)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
b)
American Psychological Association
20.
Hippocrates believed that mental and physical illness were attributed to disruption of the four bodily fluids--blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
a)
True
b)
False
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