Quiz 4

Which of the following is not a public health insurance program?

Blue Cross/ Blue Shield

Changes in treatment of the mentally ill in the early-1900s received major impetus from the work of:

Dorothea Dix

Which of the following statements about health care in the U.S. is true:

Increasing numbers of cancer deaths are related to environmental hazards.

The development of an individualized education plan or IEP is a requirement of which of the following?

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Which of the following is not a true statement regarding developmental disabilities?

Most persons classified as having developmental disabilities have vision or hearing problems

Which of the following statements is not true regarding the relationship between income and health in the U.S.?

The health care needs of the poor are for the most part covered by the Medicaid program

Which statement is not accurate about the relationship between homelessness and mental illness?

The majority of the homeless are mentally ill

All of the following statements regarding alcohol and use are true except:

There is consensus in the field that addiction is a disease

A chronic and severely debilitating condition that results in high medical costs and long-term dependence on the health care system is called a(n):

catastrophic illness

The transition from care for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled in hospitals to community-based settings is commonly referred to as

deinstitutionalization

The concepts of mental health and mental illness are:

difficult to define due to the multiplicity of factors that must be considered

About what time in history was AIDS declared a serious health care problem in the U.S?

early 1980's

Which of the following is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

heart disease

Social workers in health care settings perform all of the following functions except:

making primary decisions about the scope and extent of medical services provided to patients

Which group in the U.S. has the highest suicide rate?

males over the age of 85

Which of the following factors is not directly associated with developmental disabilities?

mental and emotional stress mothers experience while pregnant

Which of the following has the least impact on society?

most teen mothers are unmarried

All of the following are true about reasons for the extraordinary cost of U.S. healthcare except:

overuse of preventive services

Thomas Szasz believes that mental health problems are most often caused by:

problems of living and social stress

In the U.S. publicly-funded health care is provided to

those individuals and families who meet income eligibility guidelines