HESI NRSG 2231 Mental Health
Module 4 Exam Test Bank | Updated
Q&A with Rationales | Based on
Maternal-Child Nursing, 4th Ed. by
Emily Slone McKinney, Susan R.
James, Sharon Smith Murray,
Kristine Nelson, and Jean Ashwill
,The health and illness continuum
- measures a persons health on a graduated scale
Mental health
- mental and emotional health is interwoven with our physical health
- Clients and care providers may have different belief systems about mental disorders
What factors influence mental health?
- inherited characteristics
- childhood nurturing
- life circumstances
Mental illness (disorder)
disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively
, An individual is mentally ill when behaviors...
- alter reality
- impair judgement
- interfere with daily activities
How was mental health viewed in primitive societies?
- mental illness was believed to be caused by wrath of evil spirits and demonic possession
- treatments were geared towards removal of evil spirits
- mentally ill people were allowed to remain in society as long as their behaviors were not violent;
violent members were banished
The first English institution for the mentally ill founded by the Sheriff of London.
1247
Bethlehem Royal Hospital (or Bedlam) was a lunatic asylum.
1330
Violently ill patients were chained to walls in small cells and often provided "entertainment" for the
public before the renaissance began in Italy when?
1400
Module 4 Exam Test Bank | Updated
Q&A with Rationales | Based on
Maternal-Child Nursing, 4th Ed. by
Emily Slone McKinney, Susan R.
James, Sharon Smith Murray,
Kristine Nelson, and Jean Ashwill
,The health and illness continuum
- measures a persons health on a graduated scale
Mental health
- mental and emotional health is interwoven with our physical health
- Clients and care providers may have different belief systems about mental disorders
What factors influence mental health?
- inherited characteristics
- childhood nurturing
- life circumstances
Mental illness (disorder)
disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively
, An individual is mentally ill when behaviors...
- alter reality
- impair judgement
- interfere with daily activities
How was mental health viewed in primitive societies?
- mental illness was believed to be caused by wrath of evil spirits and demonic possession
- treatments were geared towards removal of evil spirits
- mentally ill people were allowed to remain in society as long as their behaviors were not violent;
violent members were banished
The first English institution for the mentally ill founded by the Sheriff of London.
1247
Bethlehem Royal Hospital (or Bedlam) was a lunatic asylum.
1330
Violently ill patients were chained to walls in small cells and often provided "entertainment" for the
public before the renaissance began in Italy when?
1400
