NSB204 Mental Health knowledge
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Stigma towards mental health results in:
A. Reluctancy to disclose symptoms/ postpone seeking help
B. improved opportunities for employment
C. Increased self-esteem - Answer A. Reluctancy to disclose symptoms/ postpone
seeking help
True or false? People with a mental health diagnosis don't experience stigma towards
their condition - Answer False
True or False?
Cultural safety is important to practice when providing care to a person with a mental
health concern and aligns to trauma informed care - Answer True
True or False?
intergenerational trauma is trauma that is passed down between generations from the
first generation of survivors of a traumatic event - Answer True
which of the following are trauma informed principles?
A. Safety, choice, empowerment, trust and collaboration
B. safety, respect, choice, empowerment, and autonomy
C. Safety, respect, empowerment, hope, and autonomy - Answer A. Safety, choice,
empowerment, trust and collaboration
which of the following is not an aspect of recovery orientated care?
A. recognises and embraces the possibility for recovery and wellbeing
B. supports people to recognise and take responsibility for their own recovery and
wellbeing
C. empowers individuals to define their own goals and aspirations
D. reduction of symptoms and relapse - Answer D. reduction of symptoms and relapse
which of the following is not an aspect of person-centred care?
A. Fostering trust and establishing mutual respect
,B. Treating team establishing care without consultation with the consumer or their
carers/ family
C. Understanding what is important to the patient - Answer B. Treating team
establishing care without consultation with the consumer or their carers/ family
which of the following is not true?
. 20% of the population experience a common mental health condition in any given year
B. there is a significant cost associated with severe mental illness in Australia
C. mental health and substance use disorders do not contributed significantly to the
burden of disease in Australia - Answer C. mental health and substance use disorders
do not contributed significantly to the burden of disease in Australia
fixed false beliefs, based on incorrect interference about external reality that is firmly
sustained despite what almost everyone from the person's cultural group believes is
more commonly referred to as
A. Hallucinations
B. Delusions
C. Derealisation - Answer B. Delusions
Insight refers to
A. the person's degree of awareness and understanding of their illness/problem
B. The ability of the person to assess a situation correctly and act appropriately within
that situation
C. The ability to recognise and manipulate information and to perform tasks of
reasoning - Answer A. the person's degree of awareness and understanding of their
illness/problem
the mental statement examination is a longitudinal assessment of the person's mental
health
A. true
B. false - Answer B. false
the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the single most significant predictor or
positive outcomes in mental health
A. true
B. false - Answer A. true
, which of the following describes the MSE component of mood
A. the person's predominant internal feeling state at a given time
b. the external manifestation of a person's internal state - Answer A. the person's
predominant internal feeling state at a given time
which of the following is not a core condition of the therapeutic relationship?
a. empathy
b. authority
c. unconditional positive regard - Answer b. authority
which of the following describes the term poverty of speech?
a. no verbal response, yet individuals may indicate an awareness of the question
b. speech is extremely rapid, difficult to interrupt, loud and hard to understand
c. restricted amount of spontaneous speech. replies to questions are brief and
monosyllabic. - Answer c. restricted amount of spontaneous speech. replies to
questions are brief and monosyllabic.
which of the following is an example of a curious question?
A. i was wondering what was happening for you around the time you stopped taking
your medication?
B. why did you stop taking your medication?
C. have you stopped taking our medication? - Answer A. i was wondering what was
happening for you around the time you stopped taking your medication?
the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of nursing care for people with a diagnosis
of a mood disorder and should be a nursing priority
a. true
b. false - Answer a. true
which of the following is not a symptom of an anxiety disorder
a. thought blocking
b. excessive worry
c. restlessness - Answer a. thought blocking
which of the following is NOT true
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Stigma towards mental health results in:
A. Reluctancy to disclose symptoms/ postpone seeking help
B. improved opportunities for employment
C. Increased self-esteem - Answer A. Reluctancy to disclose symptoms/ postpone
seeking help
True or false? People with a mental health diagnosis don't experience stigma towards
their condition - Answer False
True or False?
Cultural safety is important to practice when providing care to a person with a mental
health concern and aligns to trauma informed care - Answer True
True or False?
intergenerational trauma is trauma that is passed down between generations from the
first generation of survivors of a traumatic event - Answer True
which of the following are trauma informed principles?
A. Safety, choice, empowerment, trust and collaboration
B. safety, respect, choice, empowerment, and autonomy
C. Safety, respect, empowerment, hope, and autonomy - Answer A. Safety, choice,
empowerment, trust and collaboration
which of the following is not an aspect of recovery orientated care?
A. recognises and embraces the possibility for recovery and wellbeing
B. supports people to recognise and take responsibility for their own recovery and
wellbeing
C. empowers individuals to define their own goals and aspirations
D. reduction of symptoms and relapse - Answer D. reduction of symptoms and relapse
which of the following is not an aspect of person-centred care?
A. Fostering trust and establishing mutual respect
,B. Treating team establishing care without consultation with the consumer or their
carers/ family
C. Understanding what is important to the patient - Answer B. Treating team
establishing care without consultation with the consumer or their carers/ family
which of the following is not true?
. 20% of the population experience a common mental health condition in any given year
B. there is a significant cost associated with severe mental illness in Australia
C. mental health and substance use disorders do not contributed significantly to the
burden of disease in Australia - Answer C. mental health and substance use disorders
do not contributed significantly to the burden of disease in Australia
fixed false beliefs, based on incorrect interference about external reality that is firmly
sustained despite what almost everyone from the person's cultural group believes is
more commonly referred to as
A. Hallucinations
B. Delusions
C. Derealisation - Answer B. Delusions
Insight refers to
A. the person's degree of awareness and understanding of their illness/problem
B. The ability of the person to assess a situation correctly and act appropriately within
that situation
C. The ability to recognise and manipulate information and to perform tasks of
reasoning - Answer A. the person's degree of awareness and understanding of their
illness/problem
the mental statement examination is a longitudinal assessment of the person's mental
health
A. true
B. false - Answer B. false
the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the single most significant predictor or
positive outcomes in mental health
A. true
B. false - Answer A. true
, which of the following describes the MSE component of mood
A. the person's predominant internal feeling state at a given time
b. the external manifestation of a person's internal state - Answer A. the person's
predominant internal feeling state at a given time
which of the following is not a core condition of the therapeutic relationship?
a. empathy
b. authority
c. unconditional positive regard - Answer b. authority
which of the following describes the term poverty of speech?
a. no verbal response, yet individuals may indicate an awareness of the question
b. speech is extremely rapid, difficult to interrupt, loud and hard to understand
c. restricted amount of spontaneous speech. replies to questions are brief and
monosyllabic. - Answer c. restricted amount of spontaneous speech. replies to
questions are brief and monosyllabic.
which of the following is an example of a curious question?
A. i was wondering what was happening for you around the time you stopped taking
your medication?
B. why did you stop taking your medication?
C. have you stopped taking our medication? - Answer A. i was wondering what was
happening for you around the time you stopped taking your medication?
the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of nursing care for people with a diagnosis
of a mood disorder and should be a nursing priority
a. true
b. false - Answer a. true
which of the following is not a symptom of an anxiety disorder
a. thought blocking
b. excessive worry
c. restlessness - Answer a. thought blocking
which of the following is NOT true
