Chapter 1-12 Mental Health Care Review Guide Exam With Comprehensive Questions And Answers.

Write your definition of mental health & mental illness. - correct answer Mental Health is the ability to cope & adjust to recurrent stresses of living in a socially accepted way & Mental illness is a disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively. Who Surveyed conditions of mental hospitals in US, Canada, and Scotland? - correct answer Dorothea Dix Who wrote a book that started the mental hygiene movement? - correct answer Clifford Beers Who Said" life was a dynamic equilibrium maintained by the soul"? - correct answer Plato Who Wrote the first American textbook on psychiatry? - correct answer Benjamin Rush Who Viewed mental illness as the result of an imbalance of humors? - correct answer Hippocrates Who Freed the mentally ill in France from their chains? - correct answer Philippe Pinel What made witch hunting so popular for 500 years? - correct answer Witch hunting was official launched in 1487 with the publication of the book "The Witches Hammer" a text book of both pornography and psychopathology.Religion & Religious Support particularly Pope Innocent VIII to blame societal problems on women. Which legislative act called for a neighborhood-based mental health care delivery system? - correct answer Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 Which legislative act dramatically reduced federal funding for mental health and illness care? - correct answer Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 What is Third-party payment? - correct answer Medical costs covered by a "third party" - usually an insurance company -or- state/federal government What is Preferred provider organization? - correct answer Established during 1980s to help curtail the rapidly-growing increases in health care costs consisting of network of MDs, organizations at a discount What Health Maintenance Organization? - correct answer Deliver health care to enrolled clients who pay a fixed price. Health care costs covered as long as clients receive care within the system, & referrals to specialists are required What Diagnosis-related group? - correct answer Cost-containment method whereby health care providers are paid of predetermined rates. (_more than 400 classifies each illness) Identify two factors that are considered when admitting a client to an inpatient psychiatric setting: - correct answer 1)Severity of the client's illness 2) level of dysfunction List two outpatient psychiatric care settings - correct answer 1)Partial Hospitalization day Treat Centers,2) Community Mental Health Centers The client is homeless, jobless, 25-year-old schizophrenic woman who thinks she may be pregnant. Using the community support systems model, determine which services would most benefit this client - correct answer Family-Planning Agencies, Mental health agencies, Employment, job-training agency, Fair Housing Bureau -or- agency The client is being discharged from the hospital to the community where case management will be implemented. List four components of case management: - correct answer Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Consultation, Resource Linkage Referral, Advocacy List two mental health problems associated with human immunodeficiency virus HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS - correct answer 1.Organic problems i.e. Impairment in Judgement/Concentration progressing to Dementia,2. Psychosocial Problems- anxiety, depression, etc Serves as one's personal basis for right or wrong behaviors - correct answer Morals Power to which one has a just claim - correct answer Rights To do no harm - correct answer Nonmaleficence Shared set of rules that govern right behavior - correct answer Ethics Controls by which a society governs itself - correct answer Laws A man from the local newspaper calls and wants to know the condition of a client on the unit. The caregiver refuses to share any information with the reporter and notifies her supervisor - correct answer Autonomy The nurse encourages the client to participate in informed decision making by answering his questions and providing him with educational materials - correct answer Beneficence The care providers are careful to ensure that clients will not be harmed during care - correct answer Nonmaleficience Every caregiver on the unit is careful to treat each client equally, fairly, and respectfully - correct answer Justice The technician charted that the client had a problem with drinking and, as a result, the client was fired from her job - correct answer Libel The nurse locks the client in his room because of his constant wandering - correct answer False Imprisonment Order the steps for resolving Ethical Dilemma. - correct answer 1. Identify all elements of the situation, 2. Assume good will, 3. Gather relevant information, 4. List and order values, 5. Take action. List three areas of potential liability for nurses and other care providers - correct answer 1.Fraud,2. Defamation,3. Assault "If you don't cooperate, I'll call the technicians and we will lock you up." example of? - correct answer assault Leaving a suicidal client unattended and he harms himself is an example of ? - correct answer malpractice Charting a medication that was not actually given is an example of? - correct answer fraud "She's a nasty old lady who bites" is an example of? - correct answer slander Searching a client's belongings without permission is an example of? - correct answer invasion of privacy A group of people who share distinct physical characteristics - correct answer Race Learned behavior patterns with shared values system - correct answer Culture Customs and cultural habits of a group - correct answer Ethnicity An oversimplified mental picture of a cultural group - correct answer Stereotype An expected pattern of behavior associated with a certain position or rank - correct answer Role Four characteristics of culture - correct answer 1.Learned, 2.Transmitted, 3.Shared, 4.Integrated You are about to perform a cultural communication assessment. Describe five areas that you will assess: - correct answer Communication, Environmental Control, Space & Territory, Time, Social Orientation