This Association, with Almost 10,000 Members, Is Committed to the Specialty

question 32

Multiple Choice

This association, with almost 10,000 members, is committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric mental health and its purpose is to focus on the "prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders."

• A) American Psychiatric Association
• B) American Psychological Association
• C) National Association of Social Workers
• D) American Psychiatric Nurses Association

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Definitions:

Distributed Practice

A learning strategy that involves spreading out study sessions over time rather than massing them together.

Mnemonic Device

a learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval by making associations with memorable constructs.

Implicit Memory

A form of enduring memory that allows individuals to carry out activities without being consciously aware of past encounters.

Long-term Memory

The phase of the memory process that is capable of storing information for extended periods of time, ranging from minutes to a lifetime.