A nursing student asks her instructor, What was the purpose of ...

[dalyningkenk]

A nursing student asks her instructor, What was the purpose of deinstitutionalizin g the mental health clients in the 1960s. The MOST accurate response by the instructor would be which of the following?
 
  a. It was believed that those who were mentally ill would be better cared for in their home communities surrounded by those who were not mentally ill.
  b. The major focus was the need to reduce cost since hospital care was very expensive.
  c. In general the hospitals were always very full and there were not enough nurses to care for the clients.
  d. There was a need to convert the large state mental health facilities into acute care hospitals because the population was aging.

Question 2

In research involving a study of persons who were experiencing the crisis of losing their home and possessions because of fire, victims reacted to the statement, You are lucky no one was hurt, in which of the following ways?
 
  a. appreciation for the insight of the person making the statement
  b. relief after being reminded that their loss was small
  c. confusion and a state of amnesia
  d. feeling misunderstood and their situation trivialized

[sarah_brady415]

Answer to Question 1

A
The belief that those who were mentally ill would be better cared for in their communities as opposed to being isolated in an institution surrounded by other mentally ill people was one of several arguments in favor of deinstitutionalizat ion. Another was that community-based mental health treatment would be more cost-effective than residential-institution-based treatment. Another major argument made by civil libertarians in favor of deinstitutionalizat ion was that those who are mentally ill should not be locked up unless they have committed a crime.

Answer to Question 2

D
Victims felt misunderstood and their situation trivialized. The comment that they were lucky was viewed as uncaring and left the victims feeling neglected. In general, loss of possessions was trivialized leaving the victims without permission to display grief.

[dalyningkenk]

Correct answers!

[sarah_brady415]

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