Review for Hilton Article
1. Hilton mentions several factors associated with the fear and stigmatization of ECT. Which of these is not a mentioned factor?
A) Misuse
B) Fear of electricity
C) Forced incarceration
D) Ineffectiveness
2. Based on Hilton's article, which of these is not listed as a way that epileptic seizures were induced as treatment for mental illness?
A) Flickering light
B) Cardiazol
C) ECT
D) ECT plus muscle relaxants
3. Which of these is not a famous author mentioned by Hilton as having written on ECT?
A) Ken Kesey
B) Sylvia Plath
C) Franz Kafka
D) Janet Frame
4. According to Hilton, what is the source of the scream that Frame writes about in Faces in the Water?
A) Air being expelled from the lungs while the patient is unconscious
B) The panic the follows the initial jolt of electricity
C) The fear the that patient experiences as the staff approaches with the electrodes
D) The distress the patient feels at being completely unable to escape
5. What does Hilton suggest is the diagnosis of McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
A) Personality disorder
B) Schizophrenia
C) Oppositional defiant disorder
D) Dissociative identity disorder
6. According to Hilton, which author describes the "peace" following an ECT treatment?
A) Frame
B) Kesey
C) Plath
D) Cockshott
7. Based on Hilton's article, which of these was not listed as one of the punitive and demeaning aspects of the mental hospital enumerated in Faces in the Water?
A) Dysfunctional therapy groups
B) Toilets without doors
C) Power of staff over patients
D) Removal of personal possessions
8. Which of these is not one of the themes listed by Hilton as a message conveyed in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
A) Crucifixion
B) Sadism
C) Death
D) Irreversible side effects
E) Torture
9. Which is not a reason given by Hilton for the fear of passing electricity through the brain?
A) We are told not to play with electricity from a young age.
B) We believe that the electric fields surrounding power lines cause birth defects.
C) We are told to avoid lightening
D) The electric chair is used to execute people
E) People kill themselves by touching the third rail