NURSING, 9TH EDITION BY SHEILA L. VIDEBECK
100% APPROVED VERSION 2025/2026
Factors contributing to mental health - ✔✔-Biologic
makeup, autonomy, independence, self-esteem,
growth, vitality, meaning in life, emotional
resilience, sense of belonging, reality orientation,
coping abilities
Positive impact on mental health - ✔✔-Ability to
effectively manage stress
Negative impact on mental health - ✔✔-Family
history of mental illness
,Interpersonal factors for mental health - ✔✔-
Intimacy, balance of separateness and
connectedness
Definition of mental illness - ✔✔-Significant distress,
impaired functioning, or both
Interpersonal factors related to mental illness - ✔✔-
Excessive dependency on or withdrawal from
relationships
Effects of mental illness - ✔✔-Inability to cope
effectively with daily life, dissatisfaction with
relationships and self
Mental health definition - ✔✔-State of emotional,
psychological, and social wellness evidenced by
, satisfying relationships, effective behavior and
coping, positive self-concept, emotional stability
Fantasies and mental illness - ✔✔-Engaging in
fantasies may be mentally healthy, but inability to
distinguish reality from fantasy may contribute to
mental illness
Result of federal legislation - ✔✔-Making it more
difficult to commit people for mental health
treatment against their will
Purpose of Community Mental Health Centers Act
of 1963 - ✔✔-Release individuals from long-term
stays in state institutions, decrease admissions to
hospitals, develop community-based services