Mental Health Quiz #1 SET 1: Mental Health Intro and Theories |
Questions and Answers
Your patient is about to hang themselves, what is your highest priority?
a. Patient safety
b. Your own feelings of what is about to happen ** Answ** B
T/F: Mental health is black and white. It is not a continuum. ** Answ** False; it is a
continuum
Name the type of mental health - occasional stress to mild distress and no impairment
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** B: well being
Name the type of mental health - mild to moderate distress and mild or temporary
impairment
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Emotional problems or concerns
Name the type of mental health. A student experiences mild to moderate stress near the
time of exams, which is gone after exams are over.
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Emotional problems or concerns
Name the type of mental health. A patient states he/she experiences chronic stress and
hears voices 10 hours in a day
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Mental illness
Name the type of mental health - characterized by marked distress and moderate to
disabling chronic impairment.
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Mental illness
Resilience is closely associated with the process of adapting to _________ and
____________ ** Answ** change and trauma
, _______________ is the ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they
need to support their well-being ** Answ** resilience
Mental health is ________ defined and based on interpretations of effective functioning
according to _________. ** Answ** cultural, societal norms
The _________ behave in a way that is socially unacceptable ** Answ** mentally ill
For centuries, people believed that symptoms of mental illness were attributed to
_________ ** Answ** demonic forces
Psychological theories emerged to explain the origin of mental illness as faulty
psychological processes that could be corrected by increasing these 2 things: **
Answ** personal insight, understanding
_________ is the #1 organization that helps support mental illness patients ** Answ**
NAMI
The ___________ is the U.S. initiative that stimulated a worldwide growth of scientific
research. ** Answ** Decade of the brain
The _______ provides criteria for psychiatric disorders and a basis for the development
of comprehensive and appropriate interventions. ** Answ** DSM-5
The ________ is the "bible to diagnose people" ** Answ** DSM-5
T/F: You can have multiple mental illnesses ** Answ** True
Which clinical setting is the most acute setting.
a. community populations
b. clinics
c. private practice
d. outpatient
e. inpatient ** Answ** E - inpatient such as St. Francis
Through direct care and indirect action, nurses ______ for the psychiatric patient. **
Answ** advocate
Name the 6 theories of mental illness and behavior. ** Answ** 1. Biological
2. Cognitive
3. Psychoanalytic
4. Behavior
5. Humanistic
6. Interpersonal
Questions and Answers
Your patient is about to hang themselves, what is your highest priority?
a. Patient safety
b. Your own feelings of what is about to happen ** Answ** B
T/F: Mental health is black and white. It is not a continuum. ** Answ** False; it is a
continuum
Name the type of mental health - occasional stress to mild distress and no impairment
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** B: well being
Name the type of mental health - mild to moderate distress and mild or temporary
impairment
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Emotional problems or concerns
Name the type of mental health. A student experiences mild to moderate stress near the
time of exams, which is gone after exams are over.
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Emotional problems or concerns
Name the type of mental health. A patient states he/she experiences chronic stress and
hears voices 10 hours in a day
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Mental illness
Name the type of mental health - characterized by marked distress and moderate to
disabling chronic impairment.
a. mental illness
b. well being
c. emotional problems or concerns ** Answ** Mental illness
Resilience is closely associated with the process of adapting to _________ and
____________ ** Answ** change and trauma
, _______________ is the ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they
need to support their well-being ** Answ** resilience
Mental health is ________ defined and based on interpretations of effective functioning
according to _________. ** Answ** cultural, societal norms
The _________ behave in a way that is socially unacceptable ** Answ** mentally ill
For centuries, people believed that symptoms of mental illness were attributed to
_________ ** Answ** demonic forces
Psychological theories emerged to explain the origin of mental illness as faulty
psychological processes that could be corrected by increasing these 2 things: **
Answ** personal insight, understanding
_________ is the #1 organization that helps support mental illness patients ** Answ**
NAMI
The ___________ is the U.S. initiative that stimulated a worldwide growth of scientific
research. ** Answ** Decade of the brain
The _______ provides criteria for psychiatric disorders and a basis for the development
of comprehensive and appropriate interventions. ** Answ** DSM-5
The ________ is the "bible to diagnose people" ** Answ** DSM-5
T/F: You can have multiple mental illnesses ** Answ** True
Which clinical setting is the most acute setting.
a. community populations
b. clinics
c. private practice
d. outpatient
e. inpatient ** Answ** E - inpatient such as St. Francis
Through direct care and indirect action, nurses ______ for the psychiatric patient. **
Answ** advocate
Name the 6 theories of mental illness and behavior. ** Answ** 1. Biological
2. Cognitive
3. Psychoanalytic
4. Behavior
5. Humanistic
6. Interpersonal
