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This test bank for Foundations of Mental Health Care, 8th Edition is a comprehensive exam preparation resource designed for nursing and mental health students. It includes actual exam-style questions with verified correct answers, carefully structured to reflect the format, depth, and difficulty level of quizzes, midterms, and final examinations in mental health and psychiatric nursing courses. The test bank covers all major content areas from the textbook, including mental health concepts, therapeutic communication, mental status assessment, psychosocial theories, legal and ethical issues, psychopharmacology basics, and evidence-based mental health interventions. It also provides extensive coverage of common psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, personality disorders, and crisis intervention. Questions emphasize clinical judgment, patient safety, therapeutic relationships, and application of theory to real-world mental health care settings. This resource is ideal for exam revision, practice testing, and self-assessment. Using this test bank helps students strengthen understanding, improve exam performance, and build confidence when preparing for assessments. It is an essential study tool for achieving A+ academic results with a guaranteed pass in mental health care and psychiatric nursing courses.

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Chapter 01: The History of Mental Care
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bsoul could be compared with thebelief of the more recent psychological theorist:
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a. Freud
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Sigmund Freud believed that mental illness was, in part, caused by forces both within and outside
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the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally ill individuals as human beings
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in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Florence Nightingale nurse who cared for the
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mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush was the author of the book Diseases of the Mind.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
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b TOP: Early Years of Mental Health
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accurate recording of behaviors was begun. Diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and any education
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regarding mental health disorders were not available during this period.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
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b TOP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
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3. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, psychiatry became a separate branch of
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bmedicine,and inhumane treatment was greatlydiminished bythe French hospital director:
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ANS: C b

, PhilippePinel advocated acceptance ofthe mentallyill, as well as proper treatment. Dorothea Dix
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crusaded for construction of mental health hospitals. Clifford Beers wrote the book A Mind That
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Found Itself. President Jimmy Carter established the President’s Commission on Mental Health
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in 1978.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
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b TOP: Mental Illness in the Eighteenth Century
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
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States, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing about public awareness and reform for
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the care of the mentally ill.
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d. Dorothea Dix b




ANS: D b




Dorothea Dix spent 20 years surveying facilities that housed mentallyill individuals and is credited
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with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freud introduced the concept of
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psychoanalysis, John Cade discovered lithium carbonate for the treatment of bipolar disorder,
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and Florence Nightingale trained nurses in England in the 1800s.
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Clifford Beers’ book reflected on his attempt at suicide followed by the deplorable care he
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received for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. Beers’ work and book raised the consciousness
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of people throughout the country regarding prevention and removal of the stigma of having a
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mental illness. Earlydetection of symptoms, education of caregivers, and current treatment
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options regarding mental illness were not the focus of his book, nor were they a priority for the
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Committee for Mental Hygiene.
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6. Duringthe 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a coma that
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could last as long as 50 hours?
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a. Electroconvulsive therapy b




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Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s.
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Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used for severe
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depression. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome, was a belief that
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mental illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire, water, and earth.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
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b TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
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7. In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy(ECT) most often used
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bto treat?
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c. Severedepression b




d. Violent behavior b




ANS: C b




ECT was found to be an effective treatment for severe depression in the 1930s. During this period,
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schizophrenia was treated with insulin therapy, and violent behavior was treated with a lobotomy. In
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1949, lithium carbonate was discovered as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
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c. Asurgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus
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d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of the brain
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A frontal lobotomyis a surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are severed from
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the thalamus.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
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OBJ: 5
b TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health Therapies
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
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c. MAOIs

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