Author Question: A researcher is interested in exploring the role of unstable environments in the etiology of mental ... (Read 45 times)

bclement10 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A researcher is interested in exploring the role of unstable environments in the etiology of mental illness and has conducted interviews with clients

who were raised in stable environments as well as clients who were raised in unstable environments. What type of research is being performed?
A) A case-control study
B) Secondary data analysis
C) A double-blind approach
D) A clinical trial

Question 2

The nurse is teaching illness management to a group of clients and families in a community rehabilitation center. Which statement would be appropriate when warning clients and families considering the use of quack treatments?

A) Practitioners often claim to be persecuted by the scientific establishment.
B) Most practitioners rarely believe in what they are doing.
C) Advertising is frequently accurate in its description of the practice.
D) Treatment may involve legitimate therapies or techniques.

vish98 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
A case-control study involves the researcher using specific criteria to identify participants and then interviewing them retrospectively. Case-control studies can provide extensive naturalistic data, but findings are clearly exploratory and not definitive.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Quackery entails the use of methods not scientifically accepted and involves the practice of fraudulent medicine, usually to make money or for ego gratification and power. Practitioners may claim to be victims of the scientific establishment. Sometimes promoters of quackery engage in fraud and deliberate deception. In many cases, however, they sincerely believe in what they are doing and may be unwitting victims who share misinformation and personal anecdotes with others. Quackery and misleading advertising are frequent companions, such as labeling something as either therapeutic or harmful without scientific evidence.