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Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders
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the epidemiology of mental illness. Which statement best explains the importance of
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epidemiology in understanding the impact of mental disorders? Epidemiology:
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of people of Asian descent. When developing programs for this community, which of the following
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health problems actually receive assistance. Asian cultures commonly have negative views of mental
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illness that influence the willingness of members to seek treatment; they possibly ignore the symptoms
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disorder.= Doing so helps to counteract the negative effects of stigma.
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describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the past year. The student
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interprets this as which of the following?
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regardless of how long ago the disorder started. Point prevalence refers to the proportion of individuals
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the underlying theme associated with any type of stigma.
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about this client in a clinical post-conference, the student would use which terminology when referring
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to the client?
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Objective:
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<person with diabetes,= a person with a mental disorder should never be referred to as a
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<schizophrenic= or <bipolar,= but rather as a <person with schizophrenia= or a <person with bipolar
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disorder.= Doing so helps to counteract the negative effects of stigma.
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4. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the articles
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describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the past year. The student
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interprets this as which of the following?
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that have occurred within a clearly defined time period. The most common time period evaluated is
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regardless of how long ago the disorder started. Point prevalence refers to the proportion of individuals
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in the population that have a disorder at a specific point in time.
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5. While working in a community mental health treatment center, the nurse overhears one of the Y FT L Y FT L YF T L YFT L YF TL Y FT L YF T L YFT L YFT L YF TL YF T L YFT L Y FT L Y FT L
receptionists saying that one of the clients is <really psycho.= Later in the day, the nurse talks with
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the receptionist about the comment. This action by the nurse demonstrates an attempt to address which
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issue?
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refers to avoiding treatment or care so as not to be labeled mentally ill. Lack of knowledge is often
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the underlying theme associated with any type of stigma.
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determines that the education was successful when the group identifies which of the following as
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reflecting mental disorders?
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