Chapter 5: Working with families and carers

1. A planned intervention that looks at a care provision in a holistic way, whilst also providing information, support and coping strategies to carers and their loved ones is called ___.

  1. A formulation
  2. A carers assessment
  3. Psycho-education
  4. A multi-agency referral

Answer: C

2. According to the Office for National Statistics, how many people provide unpaid care for a relative or friend with a mental health illness?

  1. Over 1.5 million
  2. Up to 150,000
  3. Approximately 15 million
  4. Over 15,000

Answer: A

3. Zubin and Spring (1977) introduced the concept of the ___.

  1. Care programme approach
  2. Stress vulnerability model
  3. Carers assessment
  4. High expressed emotion

Answer: B

4. GHQ stands for___.

  1. Global Health Questionnaire
  2. General Holistic Questionnaire
  3. General Health Questionnaire
  4. Global Holistic Health

Answer: C

5. Who is the author who said that confidentiality is a widely established barrier when working with families and carers?

  1. Lowe
  2. Reece
  3. Roper
  4. Rowe 

Answer: D

6. A study by Wilson et al. (2015) found that a number of informal carers have experienced difficulties obtaining information from mental health professions. How many was it?

  1. 43.6%
  2. 56.3%
  3. 13.5%
  4. 65.3%

Answer: B