What was the name of the forerunner of today's community mental health programs, a shrine in Belgium where people with mental disorders were welcomed into residents' homes starting in the fifteenth century?

Correct answer: Gheel

Explanation

This question tests knowledge of Gheel, an important historical example of humane, community-based care that stands in contrast to the institutional model of the asylum.

Other questions

Question 1

Which set of features, often called 'the four Ds', is used in most definitions of psychological abnormality?

Question 2

According to Thomas Szasz, the deviations that society calls 'abnormal' are more accurately described as what?

Question 3

What are the three essential features of all forms of therapy, according to clinical theorist Jerome Frank?

Question 4

In the United States, what percentage of adults and children/adolescents, respectively, display serious psychological disturbances and are in need of clinical treatment in any given year?

Question 5

What ancient surgical procedure, which involved cutting a hole in the skull, was thought to be a treatment for severe abnormal behavior by releasing evil spirits?

Question 6

Who was the Greek and Roman physician, often called the father of modern medicine, who taught that illnesses had natural causes and resulted from an imbalance of four fluids or humors?

Question 7

During the Middle Ages, what were tarantism and lycanthropy examples of?

Question 8

Who was the German physician, considered the founder of the modern study of psychopathology, who believed the mind was as susceptible to sickness as the body?

Question 9

The establishment of asylums, such as London's Bethlehem Hospital, initially intended to provide good care but eventually became known for what?

Question 10

What was the new approach to treatment called that was championed by Philippe Pinel and William Tuke, which emphasized humane and respectful techniques?

Question 11

Who was the Boston schoolteacher who campaigned for reform from 1841 to 1881, leading to new laws and greater government funding for state hospitals in the United States?

Question 12

By the end of the nineteenth century, the moral treatment movement had declined due to several factors. Which of the following was NOT a factor mentioned in the text?

Question 13

What are the two opposing perspectives that emerged in the late 1800s, where one attributed abnormal functioning to physical causes and the other to psychological causes?

Question 14

The rebirth of the somatogenic perspective in the late nineteenth century was influenced by the work of Emil Kraepelin and the discovery that which disease led to general paresis?

Question 15

The rise of the psychogenic perspective was heavily influenced by the work on hypnotism, a procedure used by figures like Friedrich Anton Mesmer. What were Mesmer's patients typically suffering from?

Question 16

Who was the Viennese physician who developed the theory and technique of psychoanalysis, holding that unconscious processes are at the root of abnormal functioning?

Question 17

What was the name for the policy, beginning in the 1950s, of releasing hundreds of thousands of patients from public mental hospitals, which was made possible by the discovery of new medications?

Question 18

The policy of deinstitutionalization saw the number of patients in public mental hospitals drop from close to 600,000 in 1955 to what number today?

Question 19

What is the primary mode of treatment today for people with severe psychological disturbances as well as for those with more moderate problems?

Question 20

The clinical field's growing emphasis on preventing disorders before they develop and promoting psychological wellness is an approach known as what?

Question 21

The area of study that seeks to understand how culture, race, ethnicity, and gender affect behavior and thought is called what?

Question 22

What is the dominant form of insurance coverage for mental health patients today, where the insurance company determines the choice of therapists, cost, and number of sessions?

Question 23

At least what percentage of all privately insured persons in the United States are currently enrolled in managed care programs?

Question 24

Before the 1950s, psychotherapy was offered almost exclusively by which group of professionals?

Question 25

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the 'four Ds' used to define psychological abnormality?

Question 26

The chapter highlights that judgments of abnormality are dependent on cultural norms. For example, a woman seeking to run a major corporation in Western society a hundred years ago would have been considered inappropriate or even what?

Question 27

According to the PsychWatch box 'Marching to a Different Drummer: Eccentrics', what did researcher David Weeks find regarding the emotional health of the 1,000 eccentrics he studied?

Question 28

In the Greek and Roman view, an excess of which humor was believed to be the source of melancholia, a condition marked by unshakable sadness?

Question 30

Who is considered the father of American psychiatry and was responsible for the early spread of moral treatment in the United States at Pennsylvania Hospital?

Question 31

According to Table 1-1, 'Eugenics and Mental Disorders', in what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that eugenic sterilization was constitutional?

Question 32

The development of the psychogenic perspective was advanced when Hippolyte-Marie Bernheim and Ambroise-Auguste LiƩbault showed that hysterical disorders could be what?

Question 33

In the 1950s, the discovery of what type of drugs led to the policy of deinstitutionalization by reducing many symptoms of mental dysfunctioning?

Question 34

Despite the promise of the community mental health approach, what percentage of persons with severe psychological disturbances currently receive no treatment of any kind?

Question 35

What is positive psychology?

Question 36

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States currently make up 35 percent of the population. This percentage is expected to grow to what level in the coming decades?

Question 37

Which professional group is identified in Table 1-2 as the largest group of mental health professionals in the United States, with over 430,000 members?

Question 38

What is the primary difference between a 'patient' and a 'client' in clinical terminology?

Question 39

What term refers to a society's stated and unstated rules for proper conduct?

Question 40

According to the 'Verbal Debuts' PsychWatch box, in which century did the word 'psychological' make its debut in print?

Question 41

The text discusses 'cyber fear' as a modern pressure. What is an example of an e-crime that contributes to this fear?

Question 42

What did physician Josef Breuer's patient 'Anna O.' refer to as her 'talking cure'?

Question 43

What type of treatment format, developed by Freud and his followers, involves patients visiting therapists in their offices for sessions and then going about their daily activities?

Question 44

As a result of deinstitutionalization, at least how many individuals with severe psychological disturbances are homeless on any given day in the United States?

Question 45

What is the term for an arrangement in which an individual directly pays a psychotherapist for counseling services, which was the primary form of outpatient care before the 1950s?

Question 46

According to research on happiness discussed in the 'Positive Psychology' PsychWatch box, what is the approximate ratio of people who report being 'not too happy'?

Question 47

In 2011, a federal parity law went into effect in the United States. What does this law direct insurance companies to do?

Question 48

According to the 'Gender Shift' box, what percentage of psychologists today are female?

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT one of the 15 characteristics of eccentrics identified by researcher David Weeks?

Question 50

One of the final key developments discussed in the chapter is the growing appreciation since World War II for what?