ATI NCLEX-RN: MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

ATI NCLEX-RN: MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

What is mental health?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• A state of well-
being where an individual is able to realize his own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, wo
rk productively and fruitfully, and contribute to the community.



What is mental illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mental illness is a maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment. Thou
ghts, feelings, and behaviors will be incongruent with local and cultural norms.

Manifestiond of mental illness will interfere with the individual's social, and/or occupational, and/or p
hysical functioning



• Refers to all mental disorders with definable diagnoses.

includes developmental, biological, and psychological disturbances in mental functioning.



What is mental health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER -
• mental health nursing is a type of nursing that employs a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide
range of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its science.



What are the stages of development according to Sigmund Freud? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Oral: 0 -
1 year

2. Anal: 1 - 3 years

3. Phallic: 3 - 6 years

4. Latency: 6 - 12 years

5. Genital: 12 years to young adult



At what age does the Anal stage of Sigmund Freud's theory occur?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• 1 - 3 years old

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At what age does the Phallic stage of Sigmund Freud's theory occur?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• 3 - 6 years old



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At what age does the Latency stage of Sigmund Freud's theory occur?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• 6 - 12 years old



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At what age does the Genital stage of Sigmund Freud's theory occur?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• 12 years to young adult



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health



Sigmund Freud focuses on the psychoanalytic. T or F - CORRECT ANSWER -T



What are the 3 aspects of the self according to Freud? - CORRECT ANSWER -• Id

• Ego

• Superego



What are Erickson's stages of growth and development? - CORRECT ANSWER -• Trust vs. Mistrust: 0 -
1 year (Infancy)

• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt: 1 - 3 years (Early Childhood)

, • Initiative vs. Guilt: 3 - 6 years (Preschooler)

• Industry vs. Inferiority: 6 - 12 years (School Age)

• Identity vs. Role Confusion: 12 - 20 years (Adolescence)

• Intimacy vs. Isolation: 20 - 35 years (Young Adult)

• Generativity vs Stagnation: 35 - 65 years (Middle Adult)

• Integrity vs. Despair: 65 years and older (Older Adult)



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What are types of psychology theoretical models?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• Psychoanalytic

• Behavioral

• Humanistic



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health



What are 2 types of behavioral theoretical models?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning



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What is an example of a humanistic theoretical model? - CORRECT ANSWER -• Hierarchy of Needs



What theoretical model did Ivan Pavlov develop?



ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -• Classical Conditioning