Complete Test Bank for Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice, 8th Edition by Morgan & Townsend – All Chapters 1–32 with Verified Answers & Detailed Rationales | 2025/2026 Updated | A+ Graded

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TABLE OF CONTENT


I. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Biological Implications
3. Ethical and Legal Issues
4. Psychopharmacology

II. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING INTERVENTIONS
5. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
6. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
7. Milieu Therapy - Therapeutic Community
8. Intervention in Groups
9. Crisis Intervention
10. The Recovery Model
11. Suicide Prevention

III. CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
12. Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in General Practice
Settings
13. Neurocognitive Disorders
14. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
15. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
16. Depressive Disorders
17. Bipolar and Related Disorders
18. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
19. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
20. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
21. Eating Disorders
22. Personality Disorders

IV. PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
23. Children and Adolescents
24. The Aging Individual

,25. Survivors of Abuse and Neglect
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26. Community Mental Health Nursing
27. The Bereaved Individual
28. Military Families
Appendix A: Mental Status Assessment
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix D: Examples of Answers to Communication Exercises
Appendix E: DSM-5 Classification: Categories and Codes

V. ONLINE CHAPTERS
29. Concepts of Personality Development
30. Complementary and Psychosocial Therapies
31. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
32. Issues Related to Human Sexuality and Gender Dysphoria



Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental
IllnessMultiple Choice

1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because
of therecent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine
have not changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors?
1. The clients behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
2. The clients behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness.
3. The clients behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
4. The clients behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental
illness.

ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should assess that the clients daily functioning is not impaired.
The clientwho experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding within
normal expectations. Without significant impairment, the clients distress does not
indicate a mental illness.

Cognitive Level: Analysis
Integrated Process:
Assessment

2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a
mentalillness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily
functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.

, 4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
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ANS: 2
Rationale: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when