Mental Health NSG 3450 Exam 1 2026-
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What are two examples of biological factors that influence mental health?
Prenatal exposure to alcohol and oxygen deprivation
The ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-
being
Resilience
It is often believed that mental illnesses are "just in the head" and are often ____________
subjective
Represents biological predisposition and stress represents environmental stress or trauma-
is the most accepted explanation for mental illness
Diathesis-stress model
is a broad field that addresses studies of the natural history (or what happens if there is no
treatment and the problem is left to run its course) of an illness, studies of diagnostic
screening tests, and observational and experimental studies of interventions used to treat
people with the illness or symptoms
Clinical epidemiology
protective factors
,conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk
Being aware, perceptions memories, thoughts, fantasies, and feelings
Conscious
Materials that can be easily retrieved through conscious effort
Preconscious
Repressed memories, passions, and unacceptable urges long deep below the surface
Unconscious
The ago develops ____________ to ward off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of
threatening feelings
defense mechanisms
Three types of problems in particular respond well to interpersonal therapy (short-term
therapy)
1. Grief and loss
2. Interpersonal disputes
3. Role transition
Involves paring a behavior with a condition that reinforces or diminishes the behavior's
occurrence
Conditioning
A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for voluntary behavior
Operant conditioning
, assumes that changes in maladaptive behaviors can occur without insight into the under
lying cause
Behavioral therapy
Used to treat conditions and behaviors such as alcohol use disorder, paraphilia disorders,
shoplifting, aggressive disorders, and self mutilation
Aversion therapy
pairs the targeted behavior with a negative stimulus
You will never give supplemental hydration or nutrition to a ____________ patient
hospice
Artificial nutrition and hydration for a hospice patient can cause
pulmonary congestion, edema, ascites, and nausea/ vomiting
a lack of food and water is not the cause of death but rather
the sign of impending death
Rule of Double Effect
Use of high doses of pain medication to lessen the chronic and intractable pain of terminally ill
patients even if doing so hastens death
physician assisted suicide
a form of active euthanasia in which a doctor provides the means for someone to end his or her own
life
2027 Latest Update Galen College of
Nursing |Actual Questions All Chapters
Covered
What are two examples of biological factors that influence mental health?
Prenatal exposure to alcohol and oxygen deprivation
The ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-
being
Resilience
It is often believed that mental illnesses are "just in the head" and are often ____________
subjective
Represents biological predisposition and stress represents environmental stress or trauma-
is the most accepted explanation for mental illness
Diathesis-stress model
is a broad field that addresses studies of the natural history (or what happens if there is no
treatment and the problem is left to run its course) of an illness, studies of diagnostic
screening tests, and observational and experimental studies of interventions used to treat
people with the illness or symptoms
Clinical epidemiology
protective factors
,conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk
Being aware, perceptions memories, thoughts, fantasies, and feelings
Conscious
Materials that can be easily retrieved through conscious effort
Preconscious
Repressed memories, passions, and unacceptable urges long deep below the surface
Unconscious
The ago develops ____________ to ward off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of
threatening feelings
defense mechanisms
Three types of problems in particular respond well to interpersonal therapy (short-term
therapy)
1. Grief and loss
2. Interpersonal disputes
3. Role transition
Involves paring a behavior with a condition that reinforces or diminishes the behavior's
occurrence
Conditioning
A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for voluntary behavior
Operant conditioning
, assumes that changes in maladaptive behaviors can occur without insight into the under
lying cause
Behavioral therapy
Used to treat conditions and behaviors such as alcohol use disorder, paraphilia disorders,
shoplifting, aggressive disorders, and self mutilation
Aversion therapy
pairs the targeted behavior with a negative stimulus
You will never give supplemental hydration or nutrition to a ____________ patient
hospice
Artificial nutrition and hydration for a hospice patient can cause
pulmonary congestion, edema, ascites, and nausea/ vomiting
a lack of food and water is not the cause of death but rather
the sign of impending death
Rule of Double Effect
Use of high doses of pain medication to lessen the chronic and intractable pain of terminally ill
patients even if doing so hastens death
physician assisted suicide
a form of active euthanasia in which a doctor provides the means for someone to end his or her own
life
