CH 1: FOUNDATIONS OF
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING
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, Term
Name: Score:
20 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 20
How is the DSM-5-TR used by mental health professionals?
As a legal document to determine criminal responsibility.
As a guide for marketing psychiatric services to the public.
As a tool to predict the exact lifespan of a patient.
As a standardized nomenclature for diagnosing mental disorders and understanding underlying causes.
Term 2 of 20
What impact did psychotropic drugs have on hospitals?
Caused a significant increase in the use of lobotomies.
Eliminated the need for any form of hospitalization.
Increased the length of hospital stays due to side effects.
Reduced agitation, psychotic thinking, and depression; shortened hospital stays.
Term 3 of 20
What historical belief about mental illness existed in ancient times?
Mental illness was viewed as a sign of high intelligence and spiritual enlightenment.
Mental illness was primarily treated with early forms of psychotherapy.
Mental illness was understood as a purely biological imbalance of humors.
Mental illness was often seen as a displeasure of the gods or as divine/demonic possession.
4 of 20
What was Emil Kraepelin's contribution to psychiatry?
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING
[Document subtitle]
, Term
Name: Score:
20 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 20
How is the DSM-5-TR used by mental health professionals?
As a legal document to determine criminal responsibility.
As a guide for marketing psychiatric services to the public.
As a tool to predict the exact lifespan of a patient.
As a standardized nomenclature for diagnosing mental disorders and understanding underlying causes.
Term 2 of 20
What impact did psychotropic drugs have on hospitals?
Caused a significant increase in the use of lobotomies.
Eliminated the need for any form of hospitalization.
Increased the length of hospital stays due to side effects.
Reduced agitation, psychotic thinking, and depression; shortened hospital stays.
Term 3 of 20
What historical belief about mental illness existed in ancient times?
Mental illness was viewed as a sign of high intelligence and spiritual enlightenment.
Mental illness was primarily treated with early forms of psychotherapy.
Mental illness was understood as a purely biological imbalance of humors.
Mental illness was often seen as a displeasure of the gods or as divine/demonic possession.
4 of 20
What was Emil Kraepelin's contribution to psychiatry?
