Chapter 14: Mental Health Disorders (edited) Questions and Answers

Chapter 14: Mental Health Disorders (edited) Questions and Answers 1. Mental illness in children can be defined as: All of the above 2. Risk factors for a child to develop a mental illness include all of the following except: A wealthy family. 3. Children with positive social environments: Have less of a risk for developing mental illnesses. 4. A teenager with a known deficit of norepinephrine may exhibit problems with which of the following? Concentration 5. Serotonin deficiencies can cause ________ in children. All of the above 6. A child has been diagnosed with having dopamine deficiencies. The nurse would anticipate signs of _________ during an assessment. Decreased motivation 7. The purpose of emotion intelligence is to measure: A child's behavior pattern. 8. A mother states that her 11-year-old son has really started to change in his understanding of concepts. The nurse knows that this could be true because: Brain connections at this age are rewired to be more like an adult brain. 9. A mental health nurse is seeing a patient for the first time. It will be important for the nurse to assess: The child's family, social, cultural and psychological aspects. 10. A 14-year-old boy reports that he has been seeing and hearing things. His friends tell him it is like he goes to another world sometimes. The teen does not understand what is happening to him. The mental health nurse is aware that the teen could be experiencing: Hallucinations. 11. A mental health nurse is beginning her assessment of a teenager. What question would be appropriate for the situation? All of the above 12. A nurse receives a C-GAS score of 80 from a psychiatrist treating a 10-year-old boy. The findings indicate that: The child is managing his daily life well and reassessment should be done as needed. 13. An involuntary admission means: A child has been ordered by the police to receive inpatient psychiatric therapy. 14. One of the pitfalls of inpatient psychiatric treatment centers is: Some children view the placement as a way to get more attention. 15. A nurse is explaining the therapeutic milieu to a new nurse. The best explanation of this term would be: All of the above