NUR 322: Chapter 1: Foundations of
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
EXAM 1 well answered
their behavior - correct answer ✔✔ What is the last priority or thing to change for someone
who has a brain disorder?
Yes, there is no single universal definition - correct answer ✔✔ Is mental health difficult to
define?
dynamic, ever changing state - correct answer ✔✔ General definition of "mental health":
1) Individual: the biological makeup or genetic base to mental health, BUT is not 100% the cause
of someone's mental problems
2) Interpersonal: relationships with others & communication with others
3) Social/Cultural: values or beliefs of own culture & access to resources such as healthcare -
correct answer ✔✔ 3 major factors that influences someone's mental health are:
health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior or a combination of all
three
-also association with: present distress or disability or increased risk of death, pain, disability or
important loss of freedom - correct answer ✔✔ Mental illness disorders are:
will help to eliminate the negative stigma associated with mental illnesses - correct answer ✔✔
Why are we going away from saying someone has a "mental illness," to saying someone with a
"brain disease"?
, the positive aspect of life - correct answer ✔✔ Wellness:
1) Mentally well
2) Physically well
3) Emotionally well
4) Spiritually well
-These are the four components we use for health promotion - correct answer ✔✔ 4
components of Wellness:
1) Dissatisfaction with characteristics, abilities, & accomplishments
2) Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships
3) Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world
4) Ineffective coping with life events
5) Lack of personal growth - correct answer ✔✔ 5 general criterias for someone to get a
diagnosis of having brain disease are:
True - correct answer ✔✔ True or False, ineffective coping with life events is VERY common for
those with a mental condition:
1) Cultural norms
2) Society's expectations & values
3) Professional biases
4) Individual differences
5) Political climate/view - correct answer ✔✔ We reflect change for mental health & illness out
of these 5 factors:
True - correct answer ✔✔ True or False, stigmas about mental health have detrimental
(harmful) effects to those suffering a mental illness:
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
EXAM 1 well answered
their behavior - correct answer ✔✔ What is the last priority or thing to change for someone
who has a brain disorder?
Yes, there is no single universal definition - correct answer ✔✔ Is mental health difficult to
define?
dynamic, ever changing state - correct answer ✔✔ General definition of "mental health":
1) Individual: the biological makeup or genetic base to mental health, BUT is not 100% the cause
of someone's mental problems
2) Interpersonal: relationships with others & communication with others
3) Social/Cultural: values or beliefs of own culture & access to resources such as healthcare -
correct answer ✔✔ 3 major factors that influences someone's mental health are:
health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior or a combination of all
three
-also association with: present distress or disability or increased risk of death, pain, disability or
important loss of freedom - correct answer ✔✔ Mental illness disorders are:
will help to eliminate the negative stigma associated with mental illnesses - correct answer ✔✔
Why are we going away from saying someone has a "mental illness," to saying someone with a
"brain disease"?
, the positive aspect of life - correct answer ✔✔ Wellness:
1) Mentally well
2) Physically well
3) Emotionally well
4) Spiritually well
-These are the four components we use for health promotion - correct answer ✔✔ 4
components of Wellness:
1) Dissatisfaction with characteristics, abilities, & accomplishments
2) Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships
3) Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world
4) Ineffective coping with life events
5) Lack of personal growth - correct answer ✔✔ 5 general criterias for someone to get a
diagnosis of having brain disease are:
True - correct answer ✔✔ True or False, ineffective coping with life events is VERY common for
those with a mental condition:
1) Cultural norms
2) Society's expectations & values
3) Professional biases
4) Individual differences
5) Political climate/view - correct answer ✔✔ We reflect change for mental health & illness out
of these 5 factors:
True - correct answer ✔✔ True or False, stigmas about mental health have detrimental
(harmful) effects to those suffering a mental illness:
