MHTC ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Environmental Disorder - ✔✔Resulting from cultural and social conditions before
and after birth
✔✔Chromosomal Abnormalities - ✔✔Results from genetic makeup. All humans have 46
chromosomes, 23 per parent. Down's Syndrome is a disorder which the 21st
chromosome is tripled instead of doubled and the child is born with 47 instead of 46
chromosomes.
✔✔Autism - ✔✔A type of emotional disability that interferes with the developmental
process. Individuals that suffer from autism withdraw into their own world
✔✔Behavior Therapy - ✔✔Teaches the person to guide their actions through
communication and they are taught slowly, and each part must be mastered before
moving to next task.
✔✔Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior - ✔✔Many resort to head banging, face
slapping, biting, pinching, and scratching and giving positive reinforcement and praise
when not displaying this behavior is a great idea.
✔✔ A Mental Health Technician may perform some or all the following - ✔✔Care for
mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed people , Hygiene of patients , Patients pulse,
temperature and respiration, Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records ,
Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of therapeutic procedures,
Assist patients with daily living activities , Recognizing the need for continuing education
and staying current in healthcare mandates
✔✔Dorothea Dix - ✔✔after visiting Tukes's institution in England. She advocated
adequate shelter, nutritious food, and warm clothing.
✔✔Benjamin Rush - ✔✔took the philosophy of Pinel and Tuke and realized that more
progressive treatments were needed.
✔✔Environmental Disorder - ✔✔Resulting from cultural and social conditions before
and after birth
✔✔Chromosomal Abnormalities - ✔✔Results from genetic makeup. All humans have 46
chromosomes, 23 per parent. Down's Syndrome is a disorder which the 21st
chromosome is tripled instead of doubled and the child is born with 47 instead of 46
chromosomes.
✔✔Autism - ✔✔A type of emotional disability that interferes with the developmental
process. Individuals that suffer from autism withdraw into their own world
✔✔Behavior Therapy - ✔✔Teaches the person to guide their actions through
communication and they are taught slowly, and each part must be mastered before
moving to next task.
✔✔Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior - ✔✔Many resort to head banging, face
slapping, biting, pinching, and scratching and giving positive reinforcement and praise
when not displaying this behavior is a great idea.
✔✔ A Mental Health Technician may perform some or all the following - ✔✔Care for
mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed people , Hygiene of patients , Patients pulse,
temperature and respiration, Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records ,
Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of therapeutic procedures,
Assist patients with daily living activities , Recognizing the need for continuing education
and staying current in healthcare mandates
✔✔Dorothea Dix - ✔✔after visiting Tukes's institution in England. She advocated
adequate shelter, nutritious food, and warm clothing.
✔✔Benjamin Rush - ✔✔took the philosophy of Pinel and Tuke and realized that more
progressive treatments were needed.
