Test Bank for Psychiatric Mental Health Actual Exam 3 (2025) comprehensive questions
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Which of the following characteristics will the nurse assess in the patient
diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
A.Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy.
B.Perfectionism, preoccupation with detail, and verbosity
C.Avoidance of interpersonal contact and preoccupation with being criticized
D.A need for others to assume responsibility for decision making and seeking
nurture
A.Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy.
Playing one staff member against another is an example of which of the
following?
A.Devaluation
B.Staff splitting
C.Impulsiveness
D.Social ineptitude
B.Staff splitting
Splitting is a process in which the patient does which of the following?
A.Unconsciously represses undesirable aspects of self
,B.Places responsibility for his or her behaviour outside the self
C.Sees things as divided into "all good" or "all bad"
D.Evidences lack of personal boundaries
C.Sees things as divided into "all good" or "all bad"
A patient arrested for an assault in which he savagely beat a classmate states,
"The guy deserved everything he got." The behaviours described are most
consistent with the clinical picture of which of the following?
A.Antisocial personality disorder
B.Borderline personality disorder
C.Schizotypal personality disorder
D.Narcissistic personality disorder
A.Antisocial personality disorder
Crises that occur as an individual moves from one developmental level to
another are called which of the following?
A.Reactive crises
B.Recurring crises
C.Situational crises
D.Maturational crises
D.Maturational crises
When a person becomes unemployed, he is likely to experience which of the
following?
A.A reactive crisis
,B.A situational crisis
C.An adventitious crisis
D.A substance abuse crisis
B.A situational crisis
The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human
populations is called which of the following?
A. Mortality
B. Prevalence
C.Epidemiology
D.Clinical epidemiology
C.Epidemiology
Which statement best describes the DSM-5?
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
B.It is a compendium of treatment modalities.
C.It offers a complete list of nursing diagnoses.
D.It suggests common interventions for mental disorders.
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
Current information suggests that the most disabling mental disorders are the
result of which of the following?
A.Biological influences
B.Psychological trauma
C.Learned ways of behaving
D.Faulty patterns of early nurturance
, A.Biological influences
A nurse's identification badge includes the term, Psychiatric Mental Health
Nurse. A patient with a history of paranoia asks,
"What does that title mean?" The nurse responds best by answering with
which of the following?
A."Don't be afraid; it means I'm here to help, not hurt, you."
B."Psychiatric mental health nurses care for people with mental illnesses."
C."We have the specialized skills needed to care for people with mental
illnesses."
D."The nurses who work in mental health facilities have that title."
C."We have the specialized skills needed to care for people with mental illnesses."
Which statement about diagnosis of a mental disorder is true?
A.The symptoms of each disorder are common among all cultures.
B.Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder.
C.All mental disorders listed in the DSM-5 are seen in all cultures.
D.Psychiatric diagnoses are listed separately from other physical disorders in
a five-axes system.
B.Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder.
The prevalence rate over a 12-month period for major depressive disorder is
which of the following?
A.Lower than the prevalence rate for panic disorder
B.Greater than the prevalence rate for social phobia
C.Equal to the prevalence rate for schizophrenia
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Which of the following characteristics will the nurse assess in the patient
diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
A.Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy.
B.Perfectionism, preoccupation with detail, and verbosity
C.Avoidance of interpersonal contact and preoccupation with being criticized
D.A need for others to assume responsibility for decision making and seeking
nurture
A.Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy.
Playing one staff member against another is an example of which of the
following?
A.Devaluation
B.Staff splitting
C.Impulsiveness
D.Social ineptitude
B.Staff splitting
Splitting is a process in which the patient does which of the following?
A.Unconsciously represses undesirable aspects of self
,B.Places responsibility for his or her behaviour outside the self
C.Sees things as divided into "all good" or "all bad"
D.Evidences lack of personal boundaries
C.Sees things as divided into "all good" or "all bad"
A patient arrested for an assault in which he savagely beat a classmate states,
"The guy deserved everything he got." The behaviours described are most
consistent with the clinical picture of which of the following?
A.Antisocial personality disorder
B.Borderline personality disorder
C.Schizotypal personality disorder
D.Narcissistic personality disorder
A.Antisocial personality disorder
Crises that occur as an individual moves from one developmental level to
another are called which of the following?
A.Reactive crises
B.Recurring crises
C.Situational crises
D.Maturational crises
D.Maturational crises
When a person becomes unemployed, he is likely to experience which of the
following?
A.A reactive crisis
,B.A situational crisis
C.An adventitious crisis
D.A substance abuse crisis
B.A situational crisis
The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human
populations is called which of the following?
A. Mortality
B. Prevalence
C.Epidemiology
D.Clinical epidemiology
C.Epidemiology
Which statement best describes the DSM-5?
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
B.It is a compendium of treatment modalities.
C.It offers a complete list of nursing diagnoses.
D.It suggests common interventions for mental disorders.
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
Current information suggests that the most disabling mental disorders are the
result of which of the following?
A.Biological influences
B.Psychological trauma
C.Learned ways of behaving
D.Faulty patterns of early nurturance
, A.Biological influences
A nurse's identification badge includes the term, Psychiatric Mental Health
Nurse. A patient with a history of paranoia asks,
"What does that title mean?" The nurse responds best by answering with
which of the following?
A."Don't be afraid; it means I'm here to help, not hurt, you."
B."Psychiatric mental health nurses care for people with mental illnesses."
C."We have the specialized skills needed to care for people with mental
illnesses."
D."The nurses who work in mental health facilities have that title."
C."We have the specialized skills needed to care for people with mental illnesses."
Which statement about diagnosis of a mental disorder is true?
A.The symptoms of each disorder are common among all cultures.
B.Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder.
C.All mental disorders listed in the DSM-5 are seen in all cultures.
D.Psychiatric diagnoses are listed separately from other physical disorders in
a five-axes system.
B.Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder.
The prevalence rate over a 12-month period for major depressive disorder is
which of the following?
A.Lower than the prevalence rate for panic disorder
B.Greater than the prevalence rate for social phobia
C.Equal to the prevalence rate for schizophrenia
