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Chapter 1: The History of Mental Health Care Test
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MULTIPLE CHOICE z
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ogical theorist: z
a. Freud
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ANS: A z
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hin and outside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally i
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ll individuals as human beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Fl
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orence Nightingale nurse who cared for the mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush w
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as the author of the book, Diseases of the Mind.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
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TOP: Early Years of Mental Health KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment M
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SC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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for different abnormal behaviors.
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ng this period.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3 OBJ: 3 T
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OP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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hospital director: z
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b. Beers
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 OBJ: 4 T
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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als and is credited with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freu
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 5 OBJ: 4 T
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OP: Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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Chapter 1: The History of Mental Health Care Test
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MULTIPLE CHOICE z
1. The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational soul controll
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ed the irrational soul could be compared with the belief of the more recent psychol
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ogical theorist: z
a. Freud
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c. Fisher
d. Rush
ANS: A z
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hin and outside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally i
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ll individuals as human beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Fl
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orence Nightingale nurse who cared for the mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush w
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as the author of the book, Diseases of the Mind.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
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TOP: Early Years of Mental Health KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment M
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for different abnormal behaviors.
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a. Classifications
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e of more accurate recording of behaviors was begun. Diagnoses, treatment guide
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lines, and any education regarding mental health disorders were not available duri
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3 OBJ: 3 T
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OP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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anch of medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly diminished by the French
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hospital director: z
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By Mr HVQ z z
,2 | Test bank Foundations of Mental Health Care 5 Edition
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b. Beers
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ANS: C z
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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the care of the mentally ill.
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a. Sigmund Freud z
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als and is credited with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freu
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 5 OBJ: 4 T
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OP: Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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plorable care he received for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. Beers’ work
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By Mr HVQ z z
,3 | Test bank Foundations of Mental Health Care 5 Edition
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and book raised the consciousness of people throughout the country regarding pre
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vention and removal of the stigma of having a mental illness. Early detection of sy
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mptoms, education of caregivers, and current treatment options regarding mental
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 5 OBJ: 4 T
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OP: Mental Illness in the Twentieth Century
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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6. During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to
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fall into a coma that could last as long as 50 hours?
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a. Electroconvulsive therapy z
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ANS: B z
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. Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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CT) most often used to treat?
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a. Schizophrenia
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ANS: C z
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ring this period, schizophrenia was treated with insulin therapy, and violent behav
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ior was treated with a lobotomy. In 1949, lithium carbonate was discovered as a tr
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eatment for bipolar disorder. z z z
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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By Mr HVQ z z
, 4 | Test bank Foundations of Mental Health Care 5 Edition
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
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b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain fluid
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c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thal
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ANS: C z
A frontal lobotomy is a surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are
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severed from the thalamus. z z z
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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9. Which class of drugs was introduced in the 1930s for the treatment of depr
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ession?
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c. MAOIs
d. Amphetamines
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SRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, and MAOIs are antidepressant agents, but they we
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re not discovered until much later.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5 T
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OP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Int
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10. In 1937, Congress passed the Hill-
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Burton Act, which was significant for the treatment of mental health because it fun
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ded:
a. Research on drugs for the treatment of mental health disorders
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b. Training of mental health professionals z z z z
c. Construction of psychiatric units in facilities throughout North Americaz z z z z z z z
d. Development of community mental health clinics z z z z z
ANS: C z
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Burton Act provided money for the construction of psychiatric units in the United
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By Mr HVQ z z
