Chapter 15: Phylosophical understanding of mental health

1. Philosophical investigation investigates ___.

  1. Firmly held beliefs 
  2. Common sense 
  3. The laws of nature 
  4. Concepts and meanings

Answer: D

2. According to Thomas Szasz, mental illness is ___.

  1. A myth
  2. A luxury we cannot afford 
  3. An excuse 
  4. The result of poverty 

Answer: A

3. In his 2009 book Thomas Szasz called anti-psychiatry ___.

  1. Quackery squared
  2. Wisdom redoubled 
  3. Foolishness quadrupled
  4. The only game in town 

Answer: A

4. If Simon has a mental illness then according to R.E. Kendell he must have ___.

  1. A lesion in the brain 
  2. A statistical abnormality 
  3. A risk of reduced fertility and increased mortality
  4. A biological dysfunction 

Answer: C

5. Boorse thinks that illness and disease ___.

  1. Are myths 
  2. Are the same 
  3. Are both value laden 
  4. Are distinct with illness a subset of disease

Answer: D

6. Fulford argues that Szasz and Kendell ___.

  1. Agree that all illness is value-laden 
  2. Disagree about the status of physical illness 
  3. Agree about the status of mental illness 
  4. Agree about the value-free status of physical illness

Answer: D

7. According to Fulford, mental and physical illness ___.

  1. Are both value-free 
  2. Are both obviously value-laden 
  3. Are both value-laden but mental illness is more obviously so
  4. Are both value-free but physical illness is more obviously so 

Answer: C

8. On Fulford’s analysis, Simon ___.

  1. Has a mental illness because he suffers a cognitive dysfunction 
  2. Does not have a mental illness as no values are in play 
  3. Does not have a mental illness because he suffers no negative values 
  4. Does not have a mental illness because spiritual experience is inconsistent with illness status 

Answer: