Questions

Question 1

What does the term lunacy mean?

1. Possession by devils
2. Abnormal behaviours brought on by moon phases
3. An imbalance of bodily fluid
4. An act of witchcraft that sent someone mad

Question 2

In what Century was insanity defined as a ‘disease of the mind’?

1. 18th Century
2. Before 18th Century
3. 19th Century
4. 20th Century

Question 3

Historically, what were institutions to house the insane called?

1. Lunarsoriums
2. Jails
3. Leprosariums
4. Asylums

Question 4

Where was the first Australian asylum opened?

1. Surrey Hills
2. Castle Hill
3. Kew
4. Castlemaine

Question 5

Drug therapy treatment for major mental illnesses began to be developed in which decade?

1. 1950s
2. 1930s
3. 1970s
4. 1960s

Question 6

The treatment and support of people with a mental illness in their own communities is called?

1. Institutionalisation
2. Safe-housing
3. Deinstitutionalisation
4. Anti-psychiatry relocation

Question 7

Decide which of these statements complete this sentence. Mental health lobby groups work towards...

1. reintroducing asylums
2. overcoming the stigma of being diagnosed with a mental illness
3. organising psychosurgery
4. closing large psychiatric hospitals

Question 8

Decide which of these statements complete this sentence. Nowadays health policy focuses on...

1. advancing drug treatments
2. banning isolation treatment
3. banning harsh psychiatric treatments
4. improving the rights of people with a mental illness

Answers

Question 1

Lunacy means abnormal behaviours brought on by moon phases.

Question 2

In the 18th Century insanity was defined as a 'disease of the mind'.

Question 3

Historically, institutions to house the insane were called Asylums.

Question 4

The first Australian asylum opened at Castle Hill.

Question 5

Drug therapy treatment for major mental illnesses began to be developed in the 1950s.

Question 6

The treatment and support of people with a mental illness in their own communities is called Deinstitutionalisation.

Question 7

Mental health lobby groups work towards overcoming the stigma of being diagnosed with a mental illness.

Question 8

Nowadays health policy focuses on improving the rights of people with a mental illness.