PSYCH./ AND./ MENTAL./ HEALTH./ NUR./ 162./ EXAM./ QUESTIONS./ WITH./
COMPLETE./ SOLUTIONS
1. Define./mental./health:./ Successful./adaptation./to./stressors./evidenced./by./thoughts,./
feelings,./ behaviors,./ that./ are./ age./ appropriate./ and./ congruent./ with./ local./ and./ cultural./ norms
2. General./ criteria./ for./ DX:./-Dissatisfaction./ with./ characteristics,./ abilities,./ and./ ac-./
complishments
-Ineffective./ or./ unsatisfying./ relationships
-Dissatisfaction./ with./ one's./ place./ in./ the./ world
-Ineffective./ coping./ with./ life./ events
-Lack./ of./ personal./ growth
3. Three./ purposes./ of./ DSM-V:./ 1../Standardize./ nomenclature,./ language
2. Identify./ defining./ characteristics./ or./ symptoms
3. Assist./ in./ identifying./ underlying./ causes
4. Factors./contributing./ to./ the./ mental./ health./illness./continuum./ -./ Health/Individ-
./ ual./ VS./ Illness./ and./ Individual./ Factors:./ Health/Individual./ Factors
-Positive./ self./worth
-Meaningful./ life
-Sense./ of./ harmony
-Positive./ identity
-Effective./coping
-To./love./without./fear,./guilt,./or./anxiety./ Illness./
and./ Individual./ Factors
,-Worries
-Loss./ of./ meaning./ in./ life
-Sense./ of./ disharmony
-Fears
-Anxiety
5. Factors./ contributing./ to./ the./ mental./ health./ illness./ continuum./ -./ Health./
Inter-./ personal./Factors./VS./Illness./Interpersonal./Factors:./Health/Interpersonal./
Factors
-Effective./communications
-Intimacy
-Helping./ others
-Experience./ empathy./ towards./ others
-Ability./ to./ control./ one's./ own./ behavior
-Capacity./ to./ deal./ with./ conflicting./ emotions./
Illness/Interpersonal./ Factors
-Loss./ of./ emotional./ control
-Loss./ of./ control./ over./ own./ emotions,./ behaviors,./ and./ actions
-Withdrawal./ from./ relationships
,./
-Excessive./ dependence
-Manipulation
6. Factors./contributing./to./ the./mental./ health./illness./continuum./-./Health./Cultural.
Factors./ VS./ Illness./ Cultural./ Factors:./ Health/Cultural./ Factors
-Adequate./ resources
-Intolerance./ of./ violence
-Diversity./ support
-Sense./ of./ community
-Accurate./appraisal./of./reality./ Illness/Cultural./
Factors
-Lack./ of./ resources
-Homelessness
-Ageism
-Sexism
-Poverty
-Violence
-Substance./ abuse
-Racism
-Classism
7. Mental./ Health./ in./ the./ 21st./ century:./ Issues./ and./ Concerns:./ -"Revolving./ door".
-./ effect./ due./ to./ deinstitutionalization./ and./ lack./ of./ community./ resources./ (often./ boarded./ in.
ED./ while./ waiting./ for./ placement)
- Shorter./ hospital./ stays,./ decompensation,./ re-hospitalization,./ dual./ DX
-Homelessness./ (42%./ estimated./ to./ have./ serious./ mental./ illness./ associated./ with./ substance./
abuse)
COMPLETE./ SOLUTIONS
1. Define./mental./health:./ Successful./adaptation./to./stressors./evidenced./by./thoughts,./
feelings,./ behaviors,./ that./ are./ age./ appropriate./ and./ congruent./ with./ local./ and./ cultural./ norms
2. General./ criteria./ for./ DX:./-Dissatisfaction./ with./ characteristics,./ abilities,./ and./ ac-./
complishments
-Ineffective./ or./ unsatisfying./ relationships
-Dissatisfaction./ with./ one's./ place./ in./ the./ world
-Ineffective./ coping./ with./ life./ events
-Lack./ of./ personal./ growth
3. Three./ purposes./ of./ DSM-V:./ 1../Standardize./ nomenclature,./ language
2. Identify./ defining./ characteristics./ or./ symptoms
3. Assist./ in./ identifying./ underlying./ causes
4. Factors./contributing./ to./ the./ mental./ health./illness./continuum./ -./ Health/Individ-
./ ual./ VS./ Illness./ and./ Individual./ Factors:./ Health/Individual./ Factors
-Positive./ self./worth
-Meaningful./ life
-Sense./ of./ harmony
-Positive./ identity
-Effective./coping
-To./love./without./fear,./guilt,./or./anxiety./ Illness./
and./ Individual./ Factors
,-Worries
-Loss./ of./ meaning./ in./ life
-Sense./ of./ disharmony
-Fears
-Anxiety
5. Factors./ contributing./ to./ the./ mental./ health./ illness./ continuum./ -./ Health./
Inter-./ personal./Factors./VS./Illness./Interpersonal./Factors:./Health/Interpersonal./
Factors
-Effective./communications
-Intimacy
-Helping./ others
-Experience./ empathy./ towards./ others
-Ability./ to./ control./ one's./ own./ behavior
-Capacity./ to./ deal./ with./ conflicting./ emotions./
Illness/Interpersonal./ Factors
-Loss./ of./ emotional./ control
-Loss./ of./ control./ over./ own./ emotions,./ behaviors,./ and./ actions
-Withdrawal./ from./ relationships
,./
-Excessive./ dependence
-Manipulation
6. Factors./contributing./to./ the./mental./ health./illness./continuum./-./Health./Cultural.
Factors./ VS./ Illness./ Cultural./ Factors:./ Health/Cultural./ Factors
-Adequate./ resources
-Intolerance./ of./ violence
-Diversity./ support
-Sense./ of./ community
-Accurate./appraisal./of./reality./ Illness/Cultural./
Factors
-Lack./ of./ resources
-Homelessness
-Ageism
-Sexism
-Poverty
-Violence
-Substance./ abuse
-Racism
-Classism
7. Mental./ Health./ in./ the./ 21st./ century:./ Issues./ and./ Concerns:./ -"Revolving./ door".
-./ effect./ due./ to./ deinstitutionalization./ and./ lack./ of./ community./ resources./ (often./ boarded./ in.
ED./ while./ waiting./ for./ placement)
- Shorter./ hospital./ stays,./ decompensation,./ re-hospitalization,./ dual./ DX
-Homelessness./ (42%./ estimated./ to./ have./ serious./ mental./ illness./ associated./ with./ substance./
abuse)
