Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
What is it called when a person chooses to attend therapy to obtain relief from symptoms?
Voluntary treatment
What is a relapse?
It means they return to abusing drugs and/or alcohol after a period of improvement
What refers to therapy that is not the individual’s choice?
Involuntary treatment
What is the goal of substance-related treatment?
It is to help a person with an addiction stop compulsive drug-seeking behaviors
What were the first institutions created for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders?
Asylums
What are comorbid disorders?
It means the individual has two or more diagnoses.
How much percent of adults have experienced mental illness in 2017?
18.9% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2017.
How much percent of 18 years -25 years old use illicit drugs?
22%
What caused the start of the process of deinstitutionalization?
the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act,
How much percent of 12 year-17 year old's use marijuana?
7%