Exam Questions – Sociocultural Perspectives In Mental | Ch33

Chapter 33: Sociocultural Perspectives in Mental Health Practice

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following most accurately reflects the importance of appreciating an individual’s cultural lens?

a. Inheritable lenses are fixed and do not allow for appreciation of other cultural lenses.

b. Individuals interpret the world through their inherited cultural lens.

c. Occupational behavior can best be understood if the practitioner looks through his or her own cultural lens.

d. Adopting one cultural lens allows the practitioner to get a more in-depth understanding of the client’s personal identity.

Topic: Overview of Culture

LO: 33.1 & 33.2

2. Identify the most effective strategy that occupational therapy practitioners should adopt when considering mental health literacy.

a. Patient education materials should be presented in written form only.

b. Written patient education materials should be created at or above a sixth-grade reading level.

c. Practitioners should talk to their clients about mental illness clearly, concisely, and using “plain language.”

d. Practitioners should use professional medical terms when talking to their clients to better educate them on their mental illness.

Topic: Health and Mental Health Literacy

LO: 33.3

3. Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding social determinants and mental health?

a. Individuals have the ability to change the majority of these determinants.

b. They are the main driver of overall health status.

c. They have no impact on an individual’s physical and mental health.

d. There is no association between poor socioeconomic status and mental illness.

Topic: Social Determinants of Mental Health

LO: 33.4

4. You want to incorporate a tool into your practice that will help you ensure culturally responsive mental health evaluations and interventions. In particular, you want a tool that will guide you through ensuring you have established your client’s cultural identity, gained understanding of his or her conceptualization of mental health issues, gathered cultural information regarding the client’s psychosocial environment, and considered how culture may impact the relationship between you and your client. Which assessment would you choose?

a. DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview

b. Cultural Competence Assessment Instrument

c. Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Health-Care Professionals

d. Occupational Performance History Interview

Topic: Impact of Culture on Mental Health Diagnosis

LO: 33.6

5. As a practitioner working in a culturally diverse area, you want to approach each client with an open mind and no assumptions. When you’re working with each client, you want to ask questions and gather data to formulate and test hypotheses regarding the best approach to working with each client. Which characteristic of a culturally competent provider does this best represent?

a. Culture-specific expertise

b. Scientifically minded practice

c. Dynamic sizing

d. Cultural explanations

Topic: Culturally Responsive Caring in Mental Health Practice

LO: 33.7

6. The organization where you work has adopted a model of cultural competence that stresses all practitioners should ask questions to develop skills for all cross-cultural interactions. This model contends that culture is learned, localized, and patterned and, although it is persistent, it is adaptable. Which model does this best represent?

a. Culture-emergent model

b. Sunrise model of culturally congruent care

c. Multicultural and social justice counseling competencies

d. Transcultural health care

Topic: Models of Cultural Competency From Other Professions

LO: 33.8

7. As an occupational therapy practitioner, you want to incorporate a model of cultural competence that is derived from your profession. After investigation of different models, you choose a model that requires the practitioner to critically examine his or her position within society and privilege associated with that position, gain understanding of his or her clients’ cultural characteristics, and engage in skill building to interact with clients from various cultural backgrounds in a respectful and empathetic manner. Which model does this best represent?

a. Kawa River Model

b. Model of Human Occupation

c. Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement

d. Cultural Competence Conceptual Framework

Topic: Models of Cultural Competency

LO: 33.9

8. You recently completed your professional development plan for the coming year. One of your goals was to become a more culturally responsive practitioner. One of the more difficult activities you want to engage in is exploring your bias toward certain cultural groups. Which of the five aspects of culturally responsive practice does this best represent?

a. Generating cultural knowledge

b. Building cultural awareness

c. Exploring multiculturalism

d. Applying cultural skills

Topic: Outcomes of Cultural Competency Training for Health-Care Professionals

LO: 33.10