MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
what is the alternate name for a MhTC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅psychiatric aide
what does MhTC participate in - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅planning and implementing of individual patient
treatment plans
what are some of the career responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅care for mentally impaired or
emotionally disturbed people, hygiene of patients, patients pulse, temperature, an respiration, issue
medications from dispensary and maintain records, lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions
as part of therapeutic procedures, assist patients with daily living activities
asylum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally
ill.
case management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅coordination of a variety of community services, monitoring
the services, and advocating for individuals suffering from ongoing mental health issues
deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process of transferring patients with mental
disorders or developmental disabilities from long-term institutions, which isolate the patient, to more
integrated community-based mental health services
mental disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clinically significant behavior or psychological syndrome or
pattern that occurs in an individual and is associated with present distress, disability or with significantly
increases risk of suffering, death, pain, disability or an important loss of freedom
DSM-IV codes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅used by professionals to describe features of mental disorders
and indicate how disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems
Mental health in the 1790's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅period of enlightenment concerning persons with
mental illness
who formulated the concept of asylum as a safe refuge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Phillippe Pinel and
William Turkes
,what percentage of countries have no clear federal policy that addresses mental health issues -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅50%
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅began a crusade to reform the treatment of mental illness after
visiting Tuke's institution in England. She advocated adequate shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing
Benjamin Rush - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅took the philsophy of Pinel and Tuke and realized that more
progressive treatments were needed
Eugene Bleuler, Sigmund Freud, Emil Kraepelin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study of psychiatry, the
diagnosis and treatment of mental illness started
Adolf Meyer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promoted establishment of psychiatric research center
Patients Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅protect mentally ill
akathisia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness
and inability to stay still.
anticholinergic side effects - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dry mouth and related dental problems, blurred
vision, tendency toward overheating (hyperpyrexia), and in some cases, dementia-like symptoms.
anticholinergic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Opposing the actions of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine
black box warning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅strictest warning put in the labeling of prescription drugs or
drug products by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when there is reasonable evidence of an
association of a serious hazard with the drug.
dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a compound present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a
precursor of other substances including epinephrine.
,extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅caused by anti psychotic medications, include
acute dyskinesias and dystonic reactions, tardive dyskinesia, Parkinsonism, akinesia, akathisia, and
neuroleptic malignant syndrome.mood
MRI - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅magnetic resonance imaging, produced detailed images of organs,
noninvasive
efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
CT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅computed tomography, detailed images of internal organs, bones, soft
tissues, blood vessels
dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abnormal muscle tone, muscular spasm, usually due to neurological
disease
limbic system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving
several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic
emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a life-threatening idiosyncratic reaction to
antipsychotic drugs characterized by fever, altered mental status, muscle rigidity, and autonomic
dysfunction.
dependency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reliance on something for well being, or perceived well being
characteristics of a chemically dependent person - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may not be able to make it
through a specific period of time without the satisfaction of achieving a certain euphoria caused by the
drug, interfere with daily life, job, social life, finances and personal relationships
affect - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emotions
, what can long term alcohol use cause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dementia and severe liver damage
Duties of mental health worker during patient withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-take vital signs,
-observe patient for signs of detoxification,
-question patient about unseeable symptoms
-obtain urine for drug screen
-operate breath alcohol analyzer
-observe for suicidal ideation
-offer support
-document using DAR charting
DAR charting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Data- info about patient you can see and hear
Action- treatment administered
Response- to treatment and MTH worker conclusions
is patient admission to drug use in a facility voluntary? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅yes
who issues a standing order to administer a drug UDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the doctor
how do you appropriately label specimen (urine, etc) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅patient name, ID number,
time collected and facility completed at
what do you do with a patient that you highly suspect of drug use but do not have a standing order for
the drug testing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ask to be provided with a specimen (voluntarily) and hold it in
a refrigerator until a order is issued
witnessed UDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅worker observes the UDA collection, same gender between
patient and worker
Amphetamines common name - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅speed
what is the alternate name for a MhTC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅psychiatric aide
what does MhTC participate in - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅planning and implementing of individual patient
treatment plans
what are some of the career responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅care for mentally impaired or
emotionally disturbed people, hygiene of patients, patients pulse, temperature, an respiration, issue
medications from dispensary and maintain records, lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions
as part of therapeutic procedures, assist patients with daily living activities
asylum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally
ill.
case management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅coordination of a variety of community services, monitoring
the services, and advocating for individuals suffering from ongoing mental health issues
deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process of transferring patients with mental
disorders or developmental disabilities from long-term institutions, which isolate the patient, to more
integrated community-based mental health services
mental disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clinically significant behavior or psychological syndrome or
pattern that occurs in an individual and is associated with present distress, disability or with significantly
increases risk of suffering, death, pain, disability or an important loss of freedom
DSM-IV codes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅used by professionals to describe features of mental disorders
and indicate how disorder can be distinguished from other, similar problems
Mental health in the 1790's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅period of enlightenment concerning persons with
mental illness
who formulated the concept of asylum as a safe refuge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Phillippe Pinel and
William Turkes
,what percentage of countries have no clear federal policy that addresses mental health issues -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅50%
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅began a crusade to reform the treatment of mental illness after
visiting Tuke's institution in England. She advocated adequate shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing
Benjamin Rush - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅took the philsophy of Pinel and Tuke and realized that more
progressive treatments were needed
Eugene Bleuler, Sigmund Freud, Emil Kraepelin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study of psychiatry, the
diagnosis and treatment of mental illness started
Adolf Meyer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promoted establishment of psychiatric research center
Patients Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅protect mentally ill
akathisia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness
and inability to stay still.
anticholinergic side effects - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dry mouth and related dental problems, blurred
vision, tendency toward overheating (hyperpyrexia), and in some cases, dementia-like symptoms.
anticholinergic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Opposing the actions of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine
black box warning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅strictest warning put in the labeling of prescription drugs or
drug products by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when there is reasonable evidence of an
association of a serious hazard with the drug.
dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a compound present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a
precursor of other substances including epinephrine.
,extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅caused by anti psychotic medications, include
acute dyskinesias and dystonic reactions, tardive dyskinesia, Parkinsonism, akinesia, akathisia, and
neuroleptic malignant syndrome.mood
MRI - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅magnetic resonance imaging, produced detailed images of organs,
noninvasive
efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
CT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅computed tomography, detailed images of internal organs, bones, soft
tissues, blood vessels
dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abnormal muscle tone, muscular spasm, usually due to neurological
disease
limbic system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving
several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic
emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a life-threatening idiosyncratic reaction to
antipsychotic drugs characterized by fever, altered mental status, muscle rigidity, and autonomic
dysfunction.
dependency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reliance on something for well being, or perceived well being
characteristics of a chemically dependent person - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may not be able to make it
through a specific period of time without the satisfaction of achieving a certain euphoria caused by the
drug, interfere with daily life, job, social life, finances and personal relationships
affect - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emotions
, what can long term alcohol use cause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dementia and severe liver damage
Duties of mental health worker during patient withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-take vital signs,
-observe patient for signs of detoxification,
-question patient about unseeable symptoms
-obtain urine for drug screen
-operate breath alcohol analyzer
-observe for suicidal ideation
-offer support
-document using DAR charting
DAR charting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Data- info about patient you can see and hear
Action- treatment administered
Response- to treatment and MTH worker conclusions
is patient admission to drug use in a facility voluntary? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅yes
who issues a standing order to administer a drug UDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the doctor
how do you appropriately label specimen (urine, etc) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅patient name, ID number,
time collected and facility completed at
what do you do with a patient that you highly suspect of drug use but do not have a standing order for
the drug testing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ask to be provided with a specimen (voluntarily) and hold it in
a refrigerator until a order is issued
witnessed UDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅worker observes the UDA collection, same gender between
patient and worker
Amphetamines common name - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅speed
