Chapter 20 mental health and mental
disorders Final Exam And Actual
Answers.
Define mental health - Answer the normal functioning of emotional and intellectual abilities
List seven characteristics of a person who is mentally healthy - Answer 1- gets along with others
2- adapts to change well
3- cares for herself and others
4- gives and accepts love
5- deals with situations that causes anxiety, disappointment and frustration well
6- takes responsibility for decisions , feelings and actions
7- controls and fulfills desires & impulses appropriately
T/F: signs and symptoms of mental health disorders include confusion, disorientation agitation and
anxiety. - Answer True
T/F: a situation response may be triggered by severe changes in the environment - Answer True
T/F: a person who is mentally healthy cannot experience a situation response - Answer False
T/F: mental health disorders can be caused by substance abuse or a chemical imbalance - Answer True
T/F: the building blocks of mental health are self respect and self worth - Answer True
T/F: traumatic experiences early in life do not cause mental health disorders - Answer False
T/F: mental health disorders cannot be inherited - Answer False
, T/F: extreme stress may result in a mental health disorder - Answer True
T/F: physical factors relating to the brain may make a mental health disorder more likely to develoup -
Answer True
T/F: a fallacy is a false belief - Answer True
T/F: people who have mental health disorders have the power to control their disorder through sheer
force of will. - Answer False
T/F: people who have mental health disorders usually do not want to get well - Answer False
T/F: A mental health disorder is a illness - Answer True
T/F: people who have mental health disorders may be unable to control their emotions or responses -
Answer True
why is mental health is important to physical health - Answer Reducing stress can help prevent some
physical illnesses. Mental health can help some people cope if illness or disability occurs. It can help
protect and improve physical health
When communicating with a resident who has a mental health disorder, why is it important for the
nursing assistant to treat each resident as an individual and to tailor to the NA's approach to the
situation - Answer Different types of mental health disorders affect how well residents communicate
When communicating with an adult resident who has a mental health disorder why is it important for
the nursing assistant not to talk to him as if he were a child - Answer Talking to him as if he were a child
is degrading
When Aaron's mother yells at him for breaking a vase he goes into his room and yells at his stuffed bear.
- Answer Displacement
disorders Final Exam And Actual
Answers.
Define mental health - Answer the normal functioning of emotional and intellectual abilities
List seven characteristics of a person who is mentally healthy - Answer 1- gets along with others
2- adapts to change well
3- cares for herself and others
4- gives and accepts love
5- deals with situations that causes anxiety, disappointment and frustration well
6- takes responsibility for decisions , feelings and actions
7- controls and fulfills desires & impulses appropriately
T/F: signs and symptoms of mental health disorders include confusion, disorientation agitation and
anxiety. - Answer True
T/F: a situation response may be triggered by severe changes in the environment - Answer True
T/F: a person who is mentally healthy cannot experience a situation response - Answer False
T/F: mental health disorders can be caused by substance abuse or a chemical imbalance - Answer True
T/F: the building blocks of mental health are self respect and self worth - Answer True
T/F: traumatic experiences early in life do not cause mental health disorders - Answer False
T/F: mental health disorders cannot be inherited - Answer False
, T/F: extreme stress may result in a mental health disorder - Answer True
T/F: physical factors relating to the brain may make a mental health disorder more likely to develoup -
Answer True
T/F: a fallacy is a false belief - Answer True
T/F: people who have mental health disorders have the power to control their disorder through sheer
force of will. - Answer False
T/F: people who have mental health disorders usually do not want to get well - Answer False
T/F: A mental health disorder is a illness - Answer True
T/F: people who have mental health disorders may be unable to control their emotions or responses -
Answer True
why is mental health is important to physical health - Answer Reducing stress can help prevent some
physical illnesses. Mental health can help some people cope if illness or disability occurs. It can help
protect and improve physical health
When communicating with a resident who has a mental health disorder, why is it important for the
nursing assistant to treat each resident as an individual and to tailor to the NA's approach to the
situation - Answer Different types of mental health disorders affect how well residents communicate
When communicating with an adult resident who has a mental health disorder why is it important for
the nursing assistant not to talk to him as if he were a child - Answer Talking to him as if he were a child
is degrading
When Aaron's mother yells at him for breaking a vase he goes into his room and yells at his stuffed bear.
- Answer Displacement
