VARCAROLIS FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 2026 ASSESSMENT
SCRIPT DETAILED RESPONSES
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Freud Oral: Birth to 1 1/2 years old.
Answer: I'd: the instinctive and primitive mind, is dominants.
Demanding, impulsive, irrational, selfish, trustful, omnipotent, and
dependent.
Task- develop a sense of trust that needs will be meet.
◉ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: Is theoretically related to psychoanalytic therapy and views
the mind in essentially the same way. It tends to be shorter, about 10
t 12 sessions. The therapist takes a more active role because the
therapeutic relationship is part of the healing process.
◉ Transference.
Answer: Occurs as the patient projects intense feelings onto the
therapist related to unfinished work from previous relationships.
Ex. When a patient acts more immature when in the presence of a
therapist who reminds the patient of his or her mother.
, ◉ Countertransference.
Answer: Must be scrutinized in order to prevent damage to the
therapeutic relationship.
◉ Interpersonal therapy (IPT).
Answer: hands-on system in which therapists actively guide and
challenge maladaptive behaviors and distorted views
◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant
relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
◉ Aversion Therapy.
Answer: Based on both classical and operant conditioning. It is used
to eradicate unwanted habits by associating unpleasant
consequences with them.
◉ Biofeedback.
Answer: Techniques in which individuals learn to control
physiological responses such as breathing rates, heart rates, blood
pressure, brain waves, and skin temperature.
◉ Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 2026 ASSESSMENT
SCRIPT DETAILED RESPONSES
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Freud Oral: Birth to 1 1/2 years old.
Answer: I'd: the instinctive and primitive mind, is dominants.
Demanding, impulsive, irrational, selfish, trustful, omnipotent, and
dependent.
Task- develop a sense of trust that needs will be meet.
◉ Psychodynamic Therapy.
Answer: Is theoretically related to psychoanalytic therapy and views
the mind in essentially the same way. It tends to be shorter, about 10
t 12 sessions. The therapist takes a more active role because the
therapeutic relationship is part of the healing process.
◉ Transference.
Answer: Occurs as the patient projects intense feelings onto the
therapist related to unfinished work from previous relationships.
Ex. When a patient acts more immature when in the presence of a
therapist who reminds the patient of his or her mother.
, ◉ Countertransference.
Answer: Must be scrutinized in order to prevent damage to the
therapeutic relationship.
◉ Interpersonal therapy (IPT).
Answer: hands-on system in which therapists actively guide and
challenge maladaptive behaviors and distorted views
◉ systematic desensitization.
Answer: A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant
relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
◉ Aversion Therapy.
Answer: Based on both classical and operant conditioning. It is used
to eradicate unwanted habits by associating unpleasant
consequences with them.
◉ Biofeedback.
Answer: Techniques in which individuals learn to control
physiological responses such as breathing rates, heart rates, blood
pressure, brain waves, and skin temperature.
◉ Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
