Name one positive and one negative aspect of the medicalization of mental illnesses.
What will be an ideal response?
It takes control of a mental illness away from the person who has it, giving control to a medical professional. It may, however, reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. It can also afford new opportunities for access to medical treatment for these conditions.
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According to this text, what percentage of school-age youth, under 18 years old, self-report as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community?
a. 2% b. 4% c. 6% d. 3%
Suppose you measured the concept of sex-role stereotype about management by asking a group of people to select 8 items that best described the good manager from a list of 16 items. One half of these 16 items had been found to represent the male stereotype and one half had been found to represent the female stereotype. You measured the variable of sex-role stereotype by summing the male-stereotyped items selected by the respondent. At what level have you measured the variable of sex-role stereotype?
A. nominal B. ordinal C. interval D. qualitative
Autonomy refers to: a. the promotion of self-determination and the freedom of clients to be self-governing within their social andcultural framework
b. avoiding doing harm to clients. c. the act of increasing client dependency. d. the process used to lead a client to a specific decision.
Insomnia, mood swings, and feelings of stress can occur for up to two years after abstinence. This is an example of ____________.
a. withdrawal b. delayed onset withdrawal c. post-acute withdrawal d. protracted withdrawal e. early recovery