Lecture 25 and 26 Flashcards
Which of the following is FALSE?
A. Mental-health care costs have increased substantially over the last 30 years
B. Third-party payers have more control over mental health care decisions than clients and
providers, on average
C. Social workers are more likely than clinical psychologists to provide psychosocial
mental-health services now
D. Psychosocial treatment of mental health issues has become briefer over the last 30
years
E. None of the above
E. None of the above
What is/are downside(s) of primary care physicians serving as the primary contact for mental health assessment and treatment?
A. Sometimes primary care physicians stigmatize mental-health issues
B. Sometimes primary care physicians do not detect patients’ mental health problems
C. Sometimes primary care physicians lack adequate knowledge about mental-health issues
D. Sometimes primary care physicians don’t know where or how to refer patients with mentalhealth issues
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
True or False: Most people with a psychological disorder who seek treatment receive evidence-based treatment.
A. True
B. False
B. False
Which of the following are potential barriers to receiving evidence-based treatment of psychological problems?
A. Potential clients may not disclose problems due to potential stigma
B. Primary care physicians whom potential clients approach with problems may lack
sufficient knowledge and skills to assess and refer them for evidence-based psychosocial
treatment
C. Lack of integration of mental-health care into primary care
D. Few providers of evidence-based treatments may be available
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
What of the following is/are practitioner concerns about empirically supported treatments?
A. Using a manualized approach will damage therapeutic alliance
B. Lack of time and ability to offer empirically supported treatments
C. Believe that RCT findings are not relevant to treatment of individual clients
D. Clients won’t accept manualized treatment approaches
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
The dissemination problem refers to
A. The absence of effective interventions to treat people’s problems
B. The lack of cost-effective treatments for people’s problems
C. An inadequate number of mental health providers
D. Providers’ under-reliance on evidence-based treatment strategies
E. Insufficient numbers of social workers
D. Providers’ under-reliance on evidence-based treatment strategies
Which of the following is/are reasons why people who need mental health care don’t receive it?
A. Individuals do not seek help because of embarrassment about their mental health issues
B. Primary care physicians often lack sufficient training to assess mental health problems
C. Limited training in evidence-based treatments in therapists’ training programs
D. Lack of insurance to cover third-party payment for mental health care
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
Which of the following about the literature on training therapists in empirically supported
treatments is TRUE?
A. Therapist self-study of treatment manuals is sufficient to increase use of empirically
supported treatments
B. Participation in brief workshops about empirically supported treatments is associated
with increased use of the treatments with clients
C. Attending trainings is more effective at increasing therapist use of empirically supported
treatments when the trainings is followed by consultation
D. Multi-component trainings do not demonstrate better outcomes than brief workshops.
E. None of the above.
C. Attending trainings is more effective at increasing therapist use of empirically supported
treatments when the trainings is followed by consultation
Which of the following therapist reservations about evidence based, manualized treatment is/are well-justified on the basis of research?
A. The therapeutic relationship will be compromised by use of a standardized, manualized
procedure
B. The client’s individual needs won’t be met
C. Clients won’t accept the use of a manual in treatment
D. None of the above
E. A, B, and C
D. None of the above
True or False: Re-training current front-line providers in evidence-based approaches is often cost
and time-prohibitive.
A. True
B. False
A. True
True or False: Weissman et al. (2006) found that most training for mental health professionals was not in evidence-based treatments.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following is FALSE?
A. Many with mental-health problems are not receiving services
B. Most of those who receive mental-health services do not receive evidence-based
services
C. When evidence-based approaches are delivered to clients, they typically are low in
quality
D. The science-to-practice lag time for evidence-based treatments of psychological problems is shorter than it is for medical problems
E. None of the above.
D. The science-to-practice lag time for evidence-based treatments of psychological problems is shorter than it is for medical problems
True or False: Weissman et al. (2006) found that on average, social work and PsyD programs
provided the least training in evidence-based treatments.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following statements is TRUE about current mental-health care in the US?
A. Providers and consumers are in charge of decisions about mental-health care
B. Most front-line providers of psychological treatment for mental illness are clinical
psychologists
C. There is an increasing focus on cost-effectiveness and accountability issues.
D. Mental-health care costs have declined over the last two decades
E. None of the above.
C. There is an increasing focus on cost-effectiveness and accountability issues.
What are potential strategies to address the barriers to evidence-based treatment that are related
to primary care physicians (PCPs)?
A. Integrate mental-health care with primary care
B. Train PCPs in mental health issues
C. Develop brief screening tools for mental health issues that PCPs can use
D. A and B
E. A, B, and C
E. A, B, and C
