Chapter 2- Mental Health and Mental
Disorders
A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a
group of nursing students. Which of the following
would the instructor include as the primary purpose of
1. this classification?
Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category
A) for clinical practice.
Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric
B) disorders and mental illnesses.
Identify various etiologies for mental disorders
C) based on family histories.
Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for
D) individuals with mental illnesses.
A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental
disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse
understands that although the first three axes appear to
contain all the diagnostic information about a patient, a
truly accurate picture of the client is incomplete without
considering other factors such as an estimate of current
2. functioning and:
A) Life stressors
B) Cultural background
C) Marital status
D) Genetic history
A patient’s global assessment functioning reveals that
he has minimal symptoms with good functioning in all
areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these
3. findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
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, D) 63
A female patient was admitted to the hospital with
pneumonia, and in the course of her treatment, it was
determined that she was experiencing alcohol
dependence because she began experiencing alcohol
withdrawal while she was in the hospital. When the
psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant
documented the patient’s mental disorder, he identified
4. her alcohol dependence on which axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
A 25-year-old woman who recently had abdominal
surgery was admitted to the psychiatric unit, where it
was determined that she had a borderline personality
disorder. During the first week on the unit, it was
determined that she also has diabetes. Her diabetes
mellitus would be listed in which axis of her DSM-IV-
5. TR diagnosis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged
in a small group discussion about the epidemiology of
mental illness. Which statement best explains the
importance of epidemiology in understanding the
6. impact of mental disorders?
Epidemiology helps promote understanding of the
patterns of occurrence associated with mental
A) disorders.
Epidemiology helps explain research findings about
B) the neurophysiology that causes mental disorders.
Epidemiology provides a thorough theoretical
C) explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
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Disorders
A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a
group of nursing students. Which of the following
would the instructor include as the primary purpose of
1. this classification?
Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category
A) for clinical practice.
Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric
B) disorders and mental illnesses.
Identify various etiologies for mental disorders
C) based on family histories.
Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for
D) individuals with mental illnesses.
A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental
disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse
understands that although the first three axes appear to
contain all the diagnostic information about a patient, a
truly accurate picture of the client is incomplete without
considering other factors such as an estimate of current
2. functioning and:
A) Life stressors
B) Cultural background
C) Marital status
D) Genetic history
A patient’s global assessment functioning reveals that
he has minimal symptoms with good functioning in all
areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these
3. findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
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, D) 63
A female patient was admitted to the hospital with
pneumonia, and in the course of her treatment, it was
determined that she was experiencing alcohol
dependence because she began experiencing alcohol
withdrawal while she was in the hospital. When the
psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant
documented the patient’s mental disorder, he identified
4. her alcohol dependence on which axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
A 25-year-old woman who recently had abdominal
surgery was admitted to the psychiatric unit, where it
was determined that she had a borderline personality
disorder. During the first week on the unit, it was
determined that she also has diabetes. Her diabetes
mellitus would be listed in which axis of her DSM-IV-
5. TR diagnosis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged
in a small group discussion about the epidemiology of
mental illness. Which statement best explains the
importance of epidemiology in understanding the
6. impact of mental disorders?
Epidemiology helps promote understanding of the
patterns of occurrence associated with mental
A) disorders.
Epidemiology helps explain research findings about
B) the neurophysiology that causes mental disorders.
Epidemiology provides a thorough theoretical
C) explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
This study source was downloaded by 100000849435247 from CourseHero.com on 11-08-2022 23:52:53 GMT -06:00
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