ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING CONCEPTS OF CARE IN
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE 9TH EDITION
2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ State hospitals.
Answer: Facilities opened due to advocacy for mental health care,
totaling 32 in number.
⩥ Schizophrenia.
Answer: A term coined by Dorothea Dix to describe a specific mental
disorder.
⩥ Case management in mental health care.
Answer: Management of care on a case-by-case basis, aimed at
providing necessary services while containing costs by coordinating
care.
⩥ Client confidentiality.
Answer: The principle of keeping a client's identity and treatment
private, especially when a student recognizes a client.
, ⩥ Interpersonal factors contributing to mental illness.
Answer: Factors such as ineffective communication and excessive
dependency or withdrawal from relationships that can lead to mental
health issues.
⩥ Nursing education change in 1950.
Answer: The National League for Nursing required schools to include an
experience in psychiatric nursing.
⩥ Managed care organizations.
Answer: Organizations developed to control the expenditure of
insurance funds by requiring providers to seek approval before care
delivery.
⩥ Sigmund Freud's contribution.
Answer: Challenged society to view human beings objectively and
studied the mind, its disorders, and their treatment.
⩥ Moral treatment in asylums.
Answer: An approach advocated by Sigmund Freud for the humane
treatment of individuals with mental disorders.
⩥ Inability to distinguish reality from fantasy.