Racial Trauma: The African American Experience _ _______________________________________________
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RACIAL TRAUMA: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
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41. Racial slurs, exclusion, and degradation are examples of individual and cultural racism.
47. African American or Black patients are
A) comfortable in health and mental health systems. B) less likely to obtain mental health treatment in emergency and hospital settings. C) misdiagnosed or diagnosed at disproportionately higher rates with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. D) more likely to be provided antidepressant therapy, even after controlling for insurance and financial conditions. 48. All of the following are steps mental health providers should take to help alleviate racial and cultural prejudices, EXCEPT: A) Avoid addressing personal biases in treatment. B) Seek out and learn about the experiences of the local African American community. C) Accurately screen and follow through with quality assessments that employ a biopsychosocial model. D) Re-evaluate professional practices to determine whether these practices relate to the fundamental values of African American culture.
A) True B) False
42. All of the following are historical examples of institutional racism, EXCEPT: A) slavery. B) disenfranchisement. C) low-quality customer service. D) unethical and damaging research practices.
43. Resilience
A) is not variable. B) is expressed identically to identical stressors over time. C) is a process that evolves throughout a person’s lifetime. D) does not require exposure to adversity, only positive adaptation.
44. The modern civil rights movement was spurred largely by
49. Implicit bias and racism are essentially the same concept.
A) Jim Crow laws in the South. B) legal challenges to segregation. C) reactions to institutional racism. D) All of the above
A) True B) False
45. Perhaps the most prominent display of racism today is housing discrimination.
50. Historical trauma is defined as
A) trauma that has been fully processed. B) adversity experienced only by ancestors.
A) True B) False
C) trauma experienced upon learning of historical events. D) collective trauma experienced over time and across generations.
46. Which of the following statements regarding racism and the judicial system is TRUE? A) African Americans are less likely to be denied bail. B) African Americans are more likely to have their case taken to trial and to be more strictly sentenced. C) Black drivers are significantly less likely than White drivers to be searched and arrested during traffic stops. D) Although drug use rates are roughly the same across race/ethnicities, White persons are more likely to be arrested on drugs charges.
51. Adults who experienced adverse childhood experiences are at increased risk for A) arrest. B) chronic illness. C) substance use disorder. D) All of the above
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