Test Bank for Social Problems: A Down-to-Earth
Approach
cearean section - Answersa form of surgery in which a baby is deliver through an incision
conversion therapy - Answerspsychiatric thearapy to make gays straight
defensive medicine - AnswersOrdering more tests and procedures than are necessary in order
to protect oneself from a lawsuit.
deinstitutionalization - Answers1960s and 1970s governmental policy that focused on releasing
hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals
depersonalization - Answerspeople being treated as inanimate objects; often found in medical
settings
domiciliary care - Answershealth care provided in the patients home
drug therapy - Answersthe use of drugs such as tranquilizers and antidepressants to treat
emotional problems
electroconvulsive therapy - Answersa biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in
which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
group therapy - AnswersA form of psychotherapy that involves one or more therapists working
simultaneously with a small group of clients.
health maintenance organization (HMO) - AnswersOrganization contracted by individuals or
insurance companies to provide health care for a yearly fee. Such network health plans limit the
,choice of doctors and treaments. About 60 percent of Americans are enrolled in them or similar
programs.
Home health care - AnswersType of care in which part-time nursing or home health aide
services, speech therapy, physical or occupational therapy services are given in the home of the
insured.
Iatrogenesis - AnswersAccidentally causing an illness or other health problem as a result of
medical care; illnesses acquired in a hospital are iatrogenic.
individual psychotherapy - Answerspsychological treatment in which a therapist sees a troubled
person one-on-one
infant mortality rate - AnswersA figure that describes the number of babies that die within the
first year of their lives in a given population.
lay referral network - Answersan informal network of family and friends who help an individual
interpret and treat a disorder before the individual seeks formal medical treatment
pharmaceutical straijackets - Answersdrugs given in mental hospitals that make patients drowsy
prepaid care - Answersmedical insurance
primary prevention - AnswersAny intervention that prevents a disease or condition from
occurring.
professional referral network - Answersthe health care professionals that physicians and nurses
use to evaluate their medical activities.
, psychoanalysis - AnswersA lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at
uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques, including free
association, dream analysis, and transference.
secondary prevention - Answersearly detection and precautions that keep disease from getting
worse
short-term directive therapy - AnswersA treatment for emotional problems in which a therapist
actively tries to solve the client's problem.
talk therapy - Answerstechnique in which a person describes his or her problems and concerns
to a skilled listener in order to better understand the emotions and issues that are creating the
problem
tertiary prevention - Answersmedical care of an existing disease aimed at preventing further
damage
two-tier system of medical care - Answersa medical delivery system in which the poor receive
one type of medical care and the affluent another
breadwinner - Answersthe person who makes the money in the family
cohabitation - Answersliving together in a sexual relationship but not married
defective discipline - Answersexcessive leniency or excessive control in rearing children
extended families - Answersa family in which relatives, such as the "older generation" or
unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children
Approach
cearean section - Answersa form of surgery in which a baby is deliver through an incision
conversion therapy - Answerspsychiatric thearapy to make gays straight
defensive medicine - AnswersOrdering more tests and procedures than are necessary in order
to protect oneself from a lawsuit.
deinstitutionalization - Answers1960s and 1970s governmental policy that focused on releasing
hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals
depersonalization - Answerspeople being treated as inanimate objects; often found in medical
settings
domiciliary care - Answershealth care provided in the patients home
drug therapy - Answersthe use of drugs such as tranquilizers and antidepressants to treat
emotional problems
electroconvulsive therapy - Answersa biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in
which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
group therapy - AnswersA form of psychotherapy that involves one or more therapists working
simultaneously with a small group of clients.
health maintenance organization (HMO) - AnswersOrganization contracted by individuals or
insurance companies to provide health care for a yearly fee. Such network health plans limit the
,choice of doctors and treaments. About 60 percent of Americans are enrolled in them or similar
programs.
Home health care - AnswersType of care in which part-time nursing or home health aide
services, speech therapy, physical or occupational therapy services are given in the home of the
insured.
Iatrogenesis - AnswersAccidentally causing an illness or other health problem as a result of
medical care; illnesses acquired in a hospital are iatrogenic.
individual psychotherapy - Answerspsychological treatment in which a therapist sees a troubled
person one-on-one
infant mortality rate - AnswersA figure that describes the number of babies that die within the
first year of their lives in a given population.
lay referral network - Answersan informal network of family and friends who help an individual
interpret and treat a disorder before the individual seeks formal medical treatment
pharmaceutical straijackets - Answersdrugs given in mental hospitals that make patients drowsy
prepaid care - Answersmedical insurance
primary prevention - AnswersAny intervention that prevents a disease or condition from
occurring.
professional referral network - Answersthe health care professionals that physicians and nurses
use to evaluate their medical activities.
, psychoanalysis - AnswersA lengthy insight therapy that was developed by Freud and aims at
uncovering conflicts and unconscious impulses through special techniques, including free
association, dream analysis, and transference.
secondary prevention - Answersearly detection and precautions that keep disease from getting
worse
short-term directive therapy - AnswersA treatment for emotional problems in which a therapist
actively tries to solve the client's problem.
talk therapy - Answerstechnique in which a person describes his or her problems and concerns
to a skilled listener in order to better understand the emotions and issues that are creating the
problem
tertiary prevention - Answersmedical care of an existing disease aimed at preventing further
damage
two-tier system of medical care - Answersa medical delivery system in which the poor receive
one type of medical care and the affluent another
breadwinner - Answersthe person who makes the money in the family
cohabitation - Answersliving together in a sexual relationship but not married
defective discipline - Answersexcessive leniency or excessive control in rearing children
extended families - Answersa family in which relatives, such as the "older generation" or
unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children
