NURS 307 Midterm Exam
What does humane treatment mean? - answer moral compassionate and pleasant
environment
When were Canadian asylums established? – answer 19th/20th centuries
What did the mental health act take place of? - answer Insanity Act in the 20th century
Significance of Dorothea Dix - answer-responsible for MH care system reform
-investigated the conditions of jails
-promoted building of mental hospitals
Significance of Charles Clarke - answer-brought new models of care
-made introduction of nurse training for asylum personnel
-established the Toronto psychiatric hospital opening in 1925
Significance of Clifford Beers - answer-wrote of his abusive experience in several
mental hospitals
-founded national committee for mental hygiene
-led in the development of child guidance clinics, prison clinics, and industrial MH
approaches
What was the early view of mental illness? - answertwo opposing views--the belief that
mental disorders had biologic origins and the belief that the problems were attributed to
environmental and social stresses
What does deinstitutionalization mean? - answerdecrease in inpatient population
Who introduced the concepts of interpersonal relations and importance of therapeutic
relationship? - answerHildegard Peplau
What is the definition of MH? - answer-is integral to general health and can be
possessed even in the presence of mental illness
What does an individual realize in MH? - answer-self-potential
-copes with life stresses
-is able to work productively and contribute to his/her society
What is the classifications of mental disorder (alterations in)? - answer-mood and affect
-cognition/thinking
-behavior
,Can diagnosis have negative consequences? - answeryes
Can diagnosis be a relief for individual or family? - answerYes
What are the sections of DSM-5? - answer1. Introduction/explanation of its use,
including a caution regarding its forensic use
2. Diagnostic criteria and codes
3. Emerging measures (assessments) and models and alternative model for personality
disorders and conditions for further study
How can stigma/discrimination be affected increased in MH literacy? - answerdecrease
by increasing literacy
What does MH literacy mean? - answer-power to positively influence awareness and
acceptance of mental illness
-knowledge and skills that enable people to access, understand, and apply information
for MH
What entails recovery? - answer-gaining and retaining hope
-understanding one's abilities and disabilities
-engagement in an active life
-personal autonomy
-social identity
-meaning/purpose in life
-positive sense of self
What are the key directions in the MH of Canadians? - answer-promoting MH across
the life span
-fostering recovery
-providing appropriate services
-working with FN, Inuit, and Metis people
-mobilizing collaboration and leadership at all levels
What does the MHCC do? - answer-promotes positive change through knowledge
exchange
What is research-based care? - answer-generate evidence for best care interventions
-use methods of inquiry that allow a better understanding of mental health
-translates new knowledge into better care
what does culture mean? - answerlearned values, beliefs, norms, and ways of life that
influence thinking, decisions, and actions in certain ways
Does culture reflect our perceptions and attitudes toward MH/disorders and symptom
expression, meaning ascribed to disorder/treatment choices? - answerYes
, What does ethnocentrism mean? - answer-gain insight into one's own culturally learned
ideas and values and to guard against an assumption that these are the correct and
proper ones for everyone
What does diversity mean? - answerthe variation between people in terms of range of
factors such as ethnicity, national origin, race, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, ability, age, physical characteristics, religion, values, beliefs, sexual
orientation, socio-economic class or life experiences
Does culture influence experience of mental disorders? - answerYes
What has a negative impact on self-worth? - answersuppression or marginalization of
one's cultural identity
What is the healthy immigrant effect? - answer-Influence the ways both health
professionals and patients view health, disorders, diseases and their causes, treatment
options, how and where they seek help, and their views about dying and death
-Influences beliefs about the choice to engage in health-promoting behaviours, whether
to seek advice about concerns from a traditional healer
What are some barriers to identifying symptoms of mental illness and MH services? -
answer-cultural brokers
-assessment
-immigrants/refugees
-racism
What does religion mean? - answer-an organized set of beliefs providing answers to
questions about life through sacred texts, rituals, and practices usually experienced
within a community
What does spirituality mean? - answer"meaning making" helps individuals to achieve
personal understanding of life and their circumstances
What does the canadian MH strategy recognize? - answerthe vulnerability of
immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups in relation to MH or service utilization
What is an example of strength-based approach in terms of indigenous MH? - answer-
government policies
What does stereotyping mean? - answeroccurs when individuals are expected to act in
a characteristic amount that conforms, most often, to a negative perception of their
cultural group
What does prejudice mean? - answerhostile attitude toward others simply because they
belong to a group that is considered to have objectionable characteristics (biased
thinking)
What does humane treatment mean? - answer moral compassionate and pleasant
environment
When were Canadian asylums established? – answer 19th/20th centuries
What did the mental health act take place of? - answer Insanity Act in the 20th century
Significance of Dorothea Dix - answer-responsible for MH care system reform
-investigated the conditions of jails
-promoted building of mental hospitals
Significance of Charles Clarke - answer-brought new models of care
-made introduction of nurse training for asylum personnel
-established the Toronto psychiatric hospital opening in 1925
Significance of Clifford Beers - answer-wrote of his abusive experience in several
mental hospitals
-founded national committee for mental hygiene
-led in the development of child guidance clinics, prison clinics, and industrial MH
approaches
What was the early view of mental illness? - answertwo opposing views--the belief that
mental disorders had biologic origins and the belief that the problems were attributed to
environmental and social stresses
What does deinstitutionalization mean? - answerdecrease in inpatient population
Who introduced the concepts of interpersonal relations and importance of therapeutic
relationship? - answerHildegard Peplau
What is the definition of MH? - answer-is integral to general health and can be
possessed even in the presence of mental illness
What does an individual realize in MH? - answer-self-potential
-copes with life stresses
-is able to work productively and contribute to his/her society
What is the classifications of mental disorder (alterations in)? - answer-mood and affect
-cognition/thinking
-behavior
,Can diagnosis have negative consequences? - answeryes
Can diagnosis be a relief for individual or family? - answerYes
What are the sections of DSM-5? - answer1. Introduction/explanation of its use,
including a caution regarding its forensic use
2. Diagnostic criteria and codes
3. Emerging measures (assessments) and models and alternative model for personality
disorders and conditions for further study
How can stigma/discrimination be affected increased in MH literacy? - answerdecrease
by increasing literacy
What does MH literacy mean? - answer-power to positively influence awareness and
acceptance of mental illness
-knowledge and skills that enable people to access, understand, and apply information
for MH
What entails recovery? - answer-gaining and retaining hope
-understanding one's abilities and disabilities
-engagement in an active life
-personal autonomy
-social identity
-meaning/purpose in life
-positive sense of self
What are the key directions in the MH of Canadians? - answer-promoting MH across
the life span
-fostering recovery
-providing appropriate services
-working with FN, Inuit, and Metis people
-mobilizing collaboration and leadership at all levels
What does the MHCC do? - answer-promotes positive change through knowledge
exchange
What is research-based care? - answer-generate evidence for best care interventions
-use methods of inquiry that allow a better understanding of mental health
-translates new knowledge into better care
what does culture mean? - answerlearned values, beliefs, norms, and ways of life that
influence thinking, decisions, and actions in certain ways
Does culture reflect our perceptions and attitudes toward MH/disorders and symptom
expression, meaning ascribed to disorder/treatment choices? - answerYes
, What does ethnocentrism mean? - answer-gain insight into one's own culturally learned
ideas and values and to guard against an assumption that these are the correct and
proper ones for everyone
What does diversity mean? - answerthe variation between people in terms of range of
factors such as ethnicity, national origin, race, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, ability, age, physical characteristics, religion, values, beliefs, sexual
orientation, socio-economic class or life experiences
Does culture influence experience of mental disorders? - answerYes
What has a negative impact on self-worth? - answersuppression or marginalization of
one's cultural identity
What is the healthy immigrant effect? - answer-Influence the ways both health
professionals and patients view health, disorders, diseases and their causes, treatment
options, how and where they seek help, and their views about dying and death
-Influences beliefs about the choice to engage in health-promoting behaviours, whether
to seek advice about concerns from a traditional healer
What are some barriers to identifying symptoms of mental illness and MH services? -
answer-cultural brokers
-assessment
-immigrants/refugees
-racism
What does religion mean? - answer-an organized set of beliefs providing answers to
questions about life through sacred texts, rituals, and practices usually experienced
within a community
What does spirituality mean? - answer"meaning making" helps individuals to achieve
personal understanding of life and their circumstances
What does the canadian MH strategy recognize? - answerthe vulnerability of
immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups in relation to MH or service utilization
What is an example of strength-based approach in terms of indigenous MH? - answer-
government policies
What does stereotyping mean? - answeroccurs when individuals are expected to act in
a characteristic amount that conforms, most often, to a negative perception of their
cultural group
What does prejudice mean? - answerhostile attitude toward others simply because they
belong to a group that is considered to have objectionable characteristics (biased
thinking)
