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ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED TEST 2024
ATI Mental Health Proctored Test 2024 – Real Exam Questions and Detailed
Answers – VERIFIED & UPDATED 2025
primary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - interventions to prevent the onset of the disorder
What is an example of primary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - education before the condition develops
secondary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - early detection - screening the community
tertiary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - interventions that stop/decrease the disorder's effects
rehab and prevention of further problems - support groups
partial hospitalization- CORRECT ANSWER - an approach in which patients receive treatment at a hospital
during the day but return home at night. includes detox programs
assertive community treatment- CORRECT ANSWER - aimed at helping severely mentally ill wherever they
are in the community, each assigned a team member available any time of the day, visited twice a week by that
member. interprofessional team to reduce rehospitializations and relapses community mental health centers.
education groups medication dispensing prgrams individual and ftrly counseling
psychosocial rehabilitation programs- CORRECT ANSWER - Residential services, day programs for older
adults
classical psychoanalysis- CORRECT ANSWER - therapeutic process of assessing unconscious thoughts and
feelings and resolving conflict by talking to a psychoanalyst - focuse on eawrly life
psychodynamic psychotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - therapy aimed at uncovering the unconscious motives
that underlie psychological problems - emphasis on current state
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interpersonal psychotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on helping clients improve current relationships
and specific problems
CBT- CORRECT ANSWER - focusing on individual thoughts and behaviors
cognitive reframing- CORRECT ANSWER - replacing negative thoughts
priority restructuring- CORRECT ANSWER - ID what requires priority, such as pleasurable activities
journaling- CORRECT ANSWER - ID stressors
assertive training- CORRECT ANSWER - helps clients express feelings in a socially acceptable manner
behavioral therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - decreasing anxiety and avoidant behavior
DBT- CORRECT ANSWER - dialectical behavior therapy for personality disorders
systematic desensitization- CORRECT ANSWER - overcomes fear through gradual exposure while using
relaxation techniques
examples of CBT- CORRECT ANSWER - DBT
systematic desensitization
aversion therapy
meditation
guided imagery
diaphragmatic breathing
muscle relaxation
biofeedback
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biofeedback- CORRECT ANSWER - increasing awareness and gaining control of reactiosn to a trigger
response prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - preventing a client from performing a compulsive behavior with
the intent that anxiety will diminish
thought stopping- CORRECT ANSWER - use of aversive stimuli to interrupt or prevent upsetting thoughts
-OCD
prolonged exposure therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - combines relaxation techniques with exposure to the
traumatic situation through repeated discussion or in real world situations - results in decreased anxiety
EDMR- CORRECT ANSWER - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing - a therapy using rapid eye
movement during desensitization techniques for PTSD
contraindications of EDMR- CORRECT ANSWER - active SI
psychosis
severe dissociative disorders
detached retina
glaucoma
severe substance abuse disorder
crisis intervention- CORRECT ANSWER - emergency counseling for crime victims
somatic therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - used for dissociative disorders - increasing awareness of the present,
decreases dissociative episodes
hypnotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - used for dissociative disorders
risk with TMS- CORRECT ANSWER - seizures
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transcranial magnetic stimulation- CORRECT ANSWER - a treatment that involves placing a powerful pulsed
magnet over a person's scalp, which alters neuronal activity in the brain
risk for ECT- CORRECT ANSWER - confusion
retrograde amnesia
short term memory loss
SADPERSONS- CORRECT ANSWER - sex
age
depression
past attempts
excessive drug use
rational thinking loss
social supports lacking
organized plan
no spouse
sickness
bleuler's As for psychosis- CORRECT ANSWER - affect disturbance
autism
associative looseness
ambivalence
SIGECAPS- CORRECT ANSWER - - for depression
sleep - lack of quality of sleep
interests - apathy and loss
guilt - hopelessness
energy - anergia
ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED TEST 2024
ATI Mental Health Proctored Test 2024 – Real Exam Questions and Detailed
Answers – VERIFIED & UPDATED 2025
primary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - interventions to prevent the onset of the disorder
What is an example of primary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - education before the condition develops
secondary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - early detection - screening the community
tertiary prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - interventions that stop/decrease the disorder's effects
rehab and prevention of further problems - support groups
partial hospitalization- CORRECT ANSWER - an approach in which patients receive treatment at a hospital
during the day but return home at night. includes detox programs
assertive community treatment- CORRECT ANSWER - aimed at helping severely mentally ill wherever they
are in the community, each assigned a team member available any time of the day, visited twice a week by that
member. interprofessional team to reduce rehospitializations and relapses community mental health centers.
education groups medication dispensing prgrams individual and ftrly counseling
psychosocial rehabilitation programs- CORRECT ANSWER - Residential services, day programs for older
adults
classical psychoanalysis- CORRECT ANSWER - therapeutic process of assessing unconscious thoughts and
feelings and resolving conflict by talking to a psychoanalyst - focuse on eawrly life
psychodynamic psychotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - therapy aimed at uncovering the unconscious motives
that underlie psychological problems - emphasis on current state
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interpersonal psychotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on helping clients improve current relationships
and specific problems
CBT- CORRECT ANSWER - focusing on individual thoughts and behaviors
cognitive reframing- CORRECT ANSWER - replacing negative thoughts
priority restructuring- CORRECT ANSWER - ID what requires priority, such as pleasurable activities
journaling- CORRECT ANSWER - ID stressors
assertive training- CORRECT ANSWER - helps clients express feelings in a socially acceptable manner
behavioral therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - decreasing anxiety and avoidant behavior
DBT- CORRECT ANSWER - dialectical behavior therapy for personality disorders
systematic desensitization- CORRECT ANSWER - overcomes fear through gradual exposure while using
relaxation techniques
examples of CBT- CORRECT ANSWER - DBT
systematic desensitization
aversion therapy
meditation
guided imagery
diaphragmatic breathing
muscle relaxation
biofeedback
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biofeedback- CORRECT ANSWER - increasing awareness and gaining control of reactiosn to a trigger
response prevention- CORRECT ANSWER - preventing a client from performing a compulsive behavior with
the intent that anxiety will diminish
thought stopping- CORRECT ANSWER - use of aversive stimuli to interrupt or prevent upsetting thoughts
-OCD
prolonged exposure therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - combines relaxation techniques with exposure to the
traumatic situation through repeated discussion or in real world situations - results in decreased anxiety
EDMR- CORRECT ANSWER - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing - a therapy using rapid eye
movement during desensitization techniques for PTSD
contraindications of EDMR- CORRECT ANSWER - active SI
psychosis
severe dissociative disorders
detached retina
glaucoma
severe substance abuse disorder
crisis intervention- CORRECT ANSWER - emergency counseling for crime victims
somatic therapy- CORRECT ANSWER - used for dissociative disorders - increasing awareness of the present,
decreases dissociative episodes
hypnotherapy- CORRECT ANSWER - used for dissociative disorders
risk with TMS- CORRECT ANSWER - seizures
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transcranial magnetic stimulation- CORRECT ANSWER - a treatment that involves placing a powerful pulsed
magnet over a person's scalp, which alters neuronal activity in the brain
risk for ECT- CORRECT ANSWER - confusion
retrograde amnesia
short term memory loss
SADPERSONS- CORRECT ANSWER - sex
age
depression
past attempts
excessive drug use
rational thinking loss
social supports lacking
organized plan
no spouse
sickness
bleuler's As for psychosis- CORRECT ANSWER - affect disturbance
autism
associative looseness
ambivalence
SIGECAPS- CORRECT ANSWER - - for depression
sleep - lack of quality of sleep
interests - apathy and loss
guilt - hopelessness
energy - anergia
