PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
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COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What role does a nurse play in mental health therapies?
Answer: Educating patients about therapies and their benefits.
⩥ What does the Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality emphasize?
Answer: The interactions of the id, ego, and superego in shaping
behavior.
⩥ Who developed the Psychoanalytic Theory?
Answer: Sigmund Freud.
⩥ What are the three components of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory?
Answer: Id, Superego, and Ego.
⩥ What is the focus of the Psychodynamic Theory?
Answer: How past experiences, especially childhood trauma, affect
behavior.
, ⩥ What are the five stages of Freud's Psychosexual Development?
Answer: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital.
⩥ What occurs during the Oral stage of development?
Answer: Fixation on oral gratification from birth to 1 year.
⩥ What is the focus during the Anal stage of development?
Answer: Toilet training and control from ages 1 to 3.
⩥ What happens during the Phallic stage?
Answer: Pleasure related to genitalia and fixation on the caregiver from
ages 3 to 6.
⩥ What is the Latency stage characterized by?
Answer: Repressed libido and focus on relationships from ages 6 to 12.
⩥ What is the focus of the Genital stage?
Answer: Development of mature sexual relationships from ages 13 to
18.
⩥ What does the Interpersonal Theory by Harry Sullivan emphasize?
NINTH EDITION BY VIDEBECK
CERTIFICATION PREP 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What role does a nurse play in mental health therapies?
Answer: Educating patients about therapies and their benefits.
⩥ What does the Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality emphasize?
Answer: The interactions of the id, ego, and superego in shaping
behavior.
⩥ Who developed the Psychoanalytic Theory?
Answer: Sigmund Freud.
⩥ What are the three components of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory?
Answer: Id, Superego, and Ego.
⩥ What is the focus of the Psychodynamic Theory?
Answer: How past experiences, especially childhood trauma, affect
behavior.
, ⩥ What are the five stages of Freud's Psychosexual Development?
Answer: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital.
⩥ What occurs during the Oral stage of development?
Answer: Fixation on oral gratification from birth to 1 year.
⩥ What is the focus during the Anal stage of development?
Answer: Toilet training and control from ages 1 to 3.
⩥ What happens during the Phallic stage?
Answer: Pleasure related to genitalia and fixation on the caregiver from
ages 3 to 6.
⩥ What is the Latency stage characterized by?
Answer: Repressed libido and focus on relationships from ages 6 to 12.
⩥ What is the focus of the Genital stage?
Answer: Development of mature sexual relationships from ages 13 to
18.
⩥ What does the Interpersonal Theory by Harry Sullivan emphasize?
