AMCA MENTAL HEALTH TECH EXAM Qustions And Answers.

AMCA MENTAL HEALTH TECH
EXAM Qustions And Answers

Percent of Americans suffering from diagnosable mental disorder? - Correct Answer - 26% PERCENT
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Percent of countries with NO clear federal policies addressing mental health issues? - Correct Answer -
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50% PERCENT
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What percent of of the population needed drug / alcohol treatment - Correct Answer - 8.4% PERCENT
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Percentage of people needing treatment ACTUALLY received treatment?? - Correct Answer - 10.8%
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PERCENT OF ADULTS 18+ IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD ANY MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE PAST YEAR?? -
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Correct Answer - 20% PERCENT
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WHAT IS THE PERCENT OF ADULTS REPORTING AN UNMET NEED for mental health care in the past year? -
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Correct Answer - 4.9% PERCENT
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PERCENT of people cannot afford mental health services? - Correct Answer - 43.7% PERCENT
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Percent of people who needed treatment for SUBSTANCE ABUSE, couldn't afford it? - Correct Answer -
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32% PERCENT
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What is the main personality called for someone who has DID Disorder? (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY
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DISORDER) - Correct Answer - HOST
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What stage of KESSLERS body reactions reduce function to shunt blood for areas needed for defense? -
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Correct Answer - RESISTANCE REACTION - STAGE 2
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Client seen in clinic with clinical manifestations of an INABILITY TO SIT STILL and RIGID POSTURE, sides
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effects correctly identified as? - Correct Answer - AKATHISIA
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What is the first step of NURSING PROCESS. - Correct Answer - ASSESMENT - FIRST STEP.
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Final step of NURSING PROCESS?? - Correct Answer - EVALUATION - FINAL STEP.
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MODERATE level anxiety traits? - Correct Answer - Decreased Perceptual field and FOCUSING ON
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IMMEDIATE TASK ONLY.
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PANIC level of anixety medical term?? - Correct Answer - Can involve loss of rational thought, DELUSIONS,
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HALLUCINATIONS, and COMPLETE PHYSICAL IMMOBILITY / MUTENESS.
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, Neurochemical process RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPRESSION??? - Correct Answer - DECREASED SEROTONIN c c c c c c c c c c



AND NOREPINEPHRINE ACTIVITY.
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Example of MALPRACTICE in workplace with mental health workers? - Correct Answer - Ex : PATIENT
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COMPLETING SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN BATHROOM
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Who provided the establishment of the PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER? - Correct Answer - Adolf Meyer
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What is a NORMAL PULSE RANGE when doing vitals??? - Correct Answer - 60 - 100 BPM (beats per minute)
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Definition of ADJUSTMENT DISORDER? - Correct Answer - Maladaptive reaction to event.
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Definition of ADOLESCENT ONSET? - Correct Answer - Child begins the delinquent acts after the age of ten
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and tends to be less aggressive.
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CONSTANT OBSERVATION definition??? - Correct Answer - (CO) they must always remain within an arm's
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length of the patient, except for breaks.
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Define GESTATIONAL DISORDERS? - Correct Answer - HEREDITARY and ENVIRONMENTAL influences
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occurring in UTERO.
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Define ENVIRONMENTAL DISORDER ??? - Correct Answer - Resulting from CULTURAL and SOCIAL
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conditions before and after birth
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Define CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES ??? - Correct Answer - RESULT from genetic makeup, all humans
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have 46 CHROMOSOMES. 23 per parent. Down's Syndrome is a disorder which the 21st chromosome is
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TRIPLED instead of doubled and the child is born with 47 INSTEAD OF
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ACTION definition in a psychiatric setting ??? - Correct Answer - TREATMENT administered to patient.
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What does NAPLN stand for, which ORGANIZATION ? - Correct Answer - National Association of Licensed
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Practical Nurse (NAPLN)
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Who developed the THEORY OF MORAL REASONING ? - Correct Answer - Kohlberg
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What are the 5 PHASES OF CRISIS ??? - Correct Answer - (1) PRE-crisis, (2) impact, (3) crisis, (4) adaptive,
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and (5) POST-crisis
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Patient being medicated with HALOPERIDOL (HALDOL) for more than 4 weeks,
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has started to display symptoms of INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS of the MOUTH that resemble chewing,
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patient is showing signs of ---> - Correct Answer - TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
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What are the 3 SUB- CATAGORIES of PHOBIA ??? - Correct Answer - Agoraphobia (Fear of
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places/Social/Open Settings), Social Phobia, Specific Phobia
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