NUR 190 EXAM 1|118 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025/2026
individual (personal),
Interpersonal (relationship),
Social/cultural (environmental) - CORRECT ANSWER mental health is influenced
by:
mood, behavior and thinking - CORRECT ANSWER mental disorders affect:
the American Psychiatric Association - CORRECT ANSWER who published the DSM-
5
standardizes nomenclature and language, presents defining characteristics or
symptoms, and assists in identifying the underlying causes of disorders - CORRECT
ANSWER what does the DSM-5 do
major psychiatric disorders, medical conditions, and psychosocial and
environmental problems - CORRECT ANSWER what does the DSM help
practitioners to identify
False - CORRECT ANSWER T/F- The definition of mental health is standardized and
universally accepted.
,imbalance of the 4 humors (blood, water, yellow and black bile); balance
restoration via bloodletting, starving, and purging - CORRECT ANSWER Aristotle's
historical perspective
-1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER period of enlightenment
went to Europe and learned about asylums and then brought the concept back to
U.S. and opened up several asylums - CORRECT ANSWER Dorothea Dix
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER first person to support scientific study of mental illness
(1950s): development of psychotropic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER
Psychopharmacology
Deinstitutionalization-1963 - CORRECT ANSWER shifted financial support to move
care out of mental hospitals into society
1970s (now you couldn't commit someone just because you felt like it) - CORRECT
ANSWER when did we see changes in commitment laws
all types of cancer - CORRECT ANSWER the economic burden of mental illness
exceeds what?
, 15-44 - CORRECT ANSWER mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the
US for what age group
1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children - CORRECT ANSWER ratio of adults and children
being treated for mental illness
33% - CORRECT ANSWER what percentage of homeless population is estimated to
have serious mental illness associated with substance abuts
revolving door effect - CORRECT ANSWER deinstitutionalization has led to what
effect
(early 1970s) HMOs/people would receive care based on their needs - CORRECT
ANSWER managed care movement
case management - CORRECT ANSWER what is the development of utilization
review firms/managed care organizations?
separation of mental health care from physical care for insurance coverage -
CORRECT ANSWER mental health parody
Medicare and Medicaid - CORRECT ANSWER HCFA
true - CORRECT ANSWER T/F Community-based programs are preferable for
treating many people with mental illness.
ANSWERS 2025/2026
individual (personal),
Interpersonal (relationship),
Social/cultural (environmental) - CORRECT ANSWER mental health is influenced
by:
mood, behavior and thinking - CORRECT ANSWER mental disorders affect:
the American Psychiatric Association - CORRECT ANSWER who published the DSM-
5
standardizes nomenclature and language, presents defining characteristics or
symptoms, and assists in identifying the underlying causes of disorders - CORRECT
ANSWER what does the DSM-5 do
major psychiatric disorders, medical conditions, and psychosocial and
environmental problems - CORRECT ANSWER what does the DSM help
practitioners to identify
False - CORRECT ANSWER T/F- The definition of mental health is standardized and
universally accepted.
,imbalance of the 4 humors (blood, water, yellow and black bile); balance
restoration via bloodletting, starving, and purging - CORRECT ANSWER Aristotle's
historical perspective
-1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER period of enlightenment
went to Europe and learned about asylums and then brought the concept back to
U.S. and opened up several asylums - CORRECT ANSWER Dorothea Dix
Freud - CORRECT ANSWER first person to support scientific study of mental illness
(1950s): development of psychotropic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER
Psychopharmacology
Deinstitutionalization-1963 - CORRECT ANSWER shifted financial support to move
care out of mental hospitals into society
1970s (now you couldn't commit someone just because you felt like it) - CORRECT
ANSWER when did we see changes in commitment laws
all types of cancer - CORRECT ANSWER the economic burden of mental illness
exceeds what?
, 15-44 - CORRECT ANSWER mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the
US for what age group
1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children - CORRECT ANSWER ratio of adults and children
being treated for mental illness
33% - CORRECT ANSWER what percentage of homeless population is estimated to
have serious mental illness associated with substance abuts
revolving door effect - CORRECT ANSWER deinstitutionalization has led to what
effect
(early 1970s) HMOs/people would receive care based on their needs - CORRECT
ANSWER managed care movement
case management - CORRECT ANSWER what is the development of utilization
review firms/managed care organizations?
separation of mental health care from physical care for insurance coverage -
CORRECT ANSWER mental health parody
Medicare and Medicaid - CORRECT ANSWER HCFA
true - CORRECT ANSWER T/F Community-based programs are preferable for
treating many people with mental illness.
