Test37Bank37for37Foundations37of37Mental37Health37Care
8th37Edition
TEST BANK 37
,Michelle37Morrison-
37
Valfre:37Foundations37of37Mental37Health37Care378th37Edition
Chapter3701:37The37History37of37Mental37Care
MULTIPLE37CHOICE
1. The37belief37of37the37ancient37Greek37philosopher37Plato37that37the37rational37soul37controlle
d37the37irrational37soul37could37be37compared37with37the37belief37of37the37more37recent37psych
ological37theorist:
a. Freud
b. Pinel
c. Fisher
d. Rush
ANS:37A
Sigmund37Freud37believed37that37mental37illness37was,37in37part,37caused37by37forces37both37wit
hin37and37outside37the37personality.37Philippe37Pinel37advocated37acceptance37of37mentally37ill37
individuals37as37human37beings37in37need37of37medical37assistance.37Alice37Fisher37was37a37Flor
ence37Nightingale37nurse37who37cared37for37the37mentally37ill,37and37Dr.37Benjamin37Rush37was3
7the37author37of37the37book37Diseases37of37the37Mind.
PTS:3 7 1 DIF: Cognitive37Level:37Comprehension
REF:37p.37437OBJ:3 7 2
TOP:37Early37Years37of37Mental37Health
KEY:3 7 Nursing37Process37Step:37Assessment MSC:37Client37Needs:37Psychosocial37Integrity
2. During37the37mid-
1500s,37behaviors37associated37with37mental37illness37were37more37accurately37recorded
37by37professionals.37This37practice37led37to
for37different37abnorm
al37behaviors.
a. Classifications
b. Diagnosing
c. Treatment
d. Education
ANS:37A
Classification37of37abnormal37behaviors37did37not37begin37until37this37time,37after37the37practice37
of37more37accurate37recording37of37behaviors37was37begun.37Diagnoses,37treatment37guidelines,
37and37any37education37regarding37mental37health37disorders37were37not37available37during37this
37period.
PTS:3 7 1 DIF: Cognitive37Level:37Knowledge
REF:37p.37537OBJ:3 7 3
TOP:37Mental37Illness37During37the37Renaissance
KEY:3 7 Nursing37Process37Step:37Assessment MSC:37Client37Needs:37Psychosocial37Integrity
3. During37the37latter37part37of37the37eighteenth37century,37psychiatry37became37a37separate37br
anch37of37medicine,37and37inhumane37treatment37was37greatly37diminished37by37the37French37
hospital37director:
a. Dix
b. Beers
c. Pinel
d. Carter
,ANS:37C
, Philippe37Pinel37advocated37acceptance37of37the37mentally37ill,37as37well37as37proper37treatment.37
Dorothea37Dix37crusaded37for37construction37of37mental37health37hospitals.37Clifford37Beers37w
rote37the37book37A37Mind37That37Found37Itself.37President37Jimmy37Carter37established37the37Pr
esident’s37Commission37on37Mental37Health37in371978.
PTS:3 7 1 DIF: Cognitive37Level:37Knowledge
REF:37p.37537OBJ:3 7 4
TOP:37Mental37Illness37in37the37Eighteenth37Century
KEY:3 7 Nursing37Process37Step:37Assessment MSC:37Client37Needs:37Psychosocial37Integrity
4. In371841,
surveyed37asylums,37jails,37and37almshouses37throughout37the37Un
ited37States,37Canada,37and37Scotland37and37is37credited37with37bringing37about37public37awarene
ss37and37reform37for37the37care37of37the37mentally37ill.
a. Sigmund37Freud
b. John37Cade
c. Florence37Nightingale
d. Dorothea37Dix
ANS:37D
Dorothea37Dix37spent372037years37surveying37facilities37that37housed37mentally37ill37individuals37
and37is37credited37with37major37changes37in37the37care37of37the37mentally37ill.37Sigmund37Freud3
7introduced37the37concept37of37psychoanalysis,37John37Cade37discovered37lithium37carbonate37f
or37the37treatment37of37bipolar37disorder,37and37Florence37Nightingale37trained37nurses37in37Eng
land37in37the371800s.
PTS:3 7 1 DIF: Cognitive37Level:37Knowledge
REF:37p.37637OBJ:3 7 4
TOP:37Mental37Illness37in37the37Nineteenth37Century
KEY:3 7 Nursing37Process37Step:37Assessment MSC:37Client37Needs:37Psychosocial37Integrity
5. As37a37direct37result37of37Clifford37N
B e eRr s ’ 37I
w o rkG a nBd .b oCo k ,MA 37Mind37That37Found37Itself,37the3
7
U 37was37formed37in37190937with37a37focus37on37prevention37of
Committee37for37Mental37Hygiene
37mental37illness37and:
a. Early37detection37of37symptoms37of37mental37illness
b. Education37of37caregivers
c. Current37treatment37options
d. Removing37the37stigma37attached37to37mental37illness
ANS:37D
Clifford37Beers’37book37reflected37on37his37attempt37at37suicide37followed37by37the37deplorable3
7care37he37received37for37the37next37337 years37in37mental37hospitals.37Beers’37work37and37book37r
aised37the37consciousness37of37people37throughout37the37country37regarding37prevention37and37r
emoval37of37the37stigma37of37having37a37mental37illness.37Early37detection37of37symptoms,37educa
tion37of37caregivers,37and37current37treatment37options37regarding37mental37illness37were37not37t
he37focus37of37his37book,37nor37were37they37a37priority37for37the37Committee37for37Mental37Hygi
ene.
PTS:3 7 1 DIF: Cognitive37Level:37Knowledge
REF:37p.37637OBJ:3 7 4
TOP:37Mental37Illness37in37the37Twentieth37Century
KEY:3 7 Nursing37Process37Step:37Assessment MSC:37Client37Needs:37Psychosocial37Integrity
6. During37the371930s,37what37common37treatment37for37schizophrenia37caused37clients37to37fall37int
o37a37coma37that37could37last37as37long37as375037hours?
a. Electroconvulsive37therapy
b. Insulin37therapy
c. Humoral37therapy