PN3003 MIDTERM REVIEW: MENTAL
HEALTH DISORDERS & NURSING
CONCEPTS. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Therapeutic Communication & Relationship - ANS Helping bond to promote growth & well-
being.
Phases of Therapeutic Communication - ANS Orientation → Working → Termination.
Active Listening - ANS Eye contact, open-ended questions, reflecting, silence.
Empathy - ANS Understanding/feeling with client.
Sympathy - ANS Feeling sorry for client.
Nursing Documentation - ANS Includes: assessments (subjective + objective), nursing
diagnoses, interventions, outcomes, evaluation.
Holistic Nursing - ANS Views client as biological + psychological + social + spiritual.
Mental Health (WHO) - ANS Ability to cope, work, contribute.
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, Mental Illness (DSM-5) - ANS Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion, behavior.
Cultural Views on Illness - ANS Beliefs, traditions, folk healing, religious rituals shape
experience of illness.
Depression Symptoms - ANS Hopelessness, guilt, fatigue, appetite/sleep changes, ↓libido,
poor concentration.
Depression Medications - ANS Antidepressants (SSRIs, TCAs, MAOIs).
Nursing for Depression - ANS Assess suicide risk, encourage ADLs, CBT, support groups.
Major Depressive Disorder - ANS ≥2 weeks depressed mood/anhedonia.
Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive) - ANS Chronic ≥2 years.
Anhedonia - ANS Lack of pleasure → treat with antidepressants + CBT.
Anergia - ANS Lack of energy (common in depression).
Bipolar Disorder Mania - ANS ↑energy, ↓sleep, grandiosity, risk-taking.
Bipolar Disorder Treatment - ANS Mood stabilizers (Lithium, anticonvulsants).
Suicidality Erosion - ANS Long-term decline (withdrawal, hopelessness).
Suicidality Gesture - ANS Non-lethal self-harm.
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HEALTH DISORDERS & NURSING
CONCEPTS. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Therapeutic Communication & Relationship - ANS Helping bond to promote growth & well-
being.
Phases of Therapeutic Communication - ANS Orientation → Working → Termination.
Active Listening - ANS Eye contact, open-ended questions, reflecting, silence.
Empathy - ANS Understanding/feeling with client.
Sympathy - ANS Feeling sorry for client.
Nursing Documentation - ANS Includes: assessments (subjective + objective), nursing
diagnoses, interventions, outcomes, evaluation.
Holistic Nursing - ANS Views client as biological + psychological + social + spiritual.
Mental Health (WHO) - ANS Ability to cope, work, contribute.
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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, Mental Illness (DSM-5) - ANS Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion, behavior.
Cultural Views on Illness - ANS Beliefs, traditions, folk healing, religious rituals shape
experience of illness.
Depression Symptoms - ANS Hopelessness, guilt, fatigue, appetite/sleep changes, ↓libido,
poor concentration.
Depression Medications - ANS Antidepressants (SSRIs, TCAs, MAOIs).
Nursing for Depression - ANS Assess suicide risk, encourage ADLs, CBT, support groups.
Major Depressive Disorder - ANS ≥2 weeks depressed mood/anhedonia.
Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive) - ANS Chronic ≥2 years.
Anhedonia - ANS Lack of pleasure → treat with antidepressants + CBT.
Anergia - ANS Lack of energy (common in depression).
Bipolar Disorder Mania - ANS ↑energy, ↓sleep, grandiosity, risk-taking.
Bipolar Disorder Treatment - ANS Mood stabilizers (Lithium, anticonvulsants).
Suicidality Erosion - ANS Long-term decline (withdrawal, hopelessness).
Suicidality Gesture - ANS Non-lethal self-harm.
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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