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An affective disorder characterized by a dysphoric mood, usually depression, or loss of interest or pleasure in almost all usual activities or pastimes is: major depression. mental retardation. bipolar disorder. schizophrenia.

An affective disorder characterized by distinct periods of elevated mood alternating with periods of depression is: mental retardation. schizophrenia. major depression. bipolar disorder.

Diseases that result from chronic exposure to excess levels of stressors, which produce a General Adaptation Syndrome response are: mental disorders. brain diseases. None of these is correct. diseases of adaptation.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been banned from use in the United States.

Mental illness is the second leading cause of disability in the United States.

Only about one-third of those diagnosed with a mental disorder receive treatment.

People with good mental health are able to: curb hate and guilt. adapt to changes around them. function under adversity. All of these are correct.

The fight or flight reaction can be maintained for a significant length of time by the body.

The most influential book in mental health is: Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Healthy People 2020. Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America.

The number of resident patients in state and county mental hospitals has declined significantly since the 1950s.

Treatment of mental disorders through verbal communication is: managed care. psychiatric rehabilitation. psychopharmacology. psychotherapy.

Treatment that involves intensive, individualized services over an indefinite period of time is: psychopharmacology. psychotherapy. psychiatric rehabilitation. managed care.

Mental disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alteration in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and/or impaired functioning.

The concept of primary prevention is not applicable to mental disorders.

U.S. prisons are ill-equipped to treat inmates with mental disorders because they: lack a sufficient number of qualified treatment personnel. All of these are correct. are overcrowded. lack adequate space.

Psychophysiological disorders associated with stress include depression all of the above skin disorders hypertension

The concept of equality in health care coverage for people with mental illness and those with other medical illnesses or injuries is managed care evidence-based practices parity cognitive-behavioral therapy

The main force that expedited deinstitutionalization was antipsychotic drugs tardive dyskinesia lobotomies ECT

About half of all adults who are homeless have substance use disorders.

People with mental disorders as a group present a relatively small risk of violence. Correct!