ATI MENTAL HEALTH 2023 PROCTORED EXAM TEST
BANK 300 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
<<<ANSWER>>>RS (100% CORRECT
<<<ANSWER>>>RS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
of National Mental Health Policy - <<<answer>>>r- Services provided in a multifaceted and
interdisciplinary manner
- Mental health disordered people have potential for growth and right to opportunities and have the
same civil, political, economic, social and community rights as everyone else
- Positive customer outcomes
Implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy:
What year?
What did it do? - <<<answer>>>r(By the Australian Health Ministers, 1992)
- Launched the national mental health reform agenda. They recognised the impact mental health
problems had on individuals, their families, the community and the Health system itself.
- Shifting focus from institutional to community based care increased demands on community services,
as well as specialist mental health service
When was the first National Mental Health Plan?
What did it include?
What were its primary themes? - <<<answer>>>r1993-1998
Included:
,- Incentive payments to GPs, encouraging effective management of mental health problems
- Medicare benefits schedule to accommodate for GPs trained in counselling
- Medicare to rebate psychiatrists in case conferencing
Primary themes:
- Promoting mental health and prevention
- Increase service responsiveness and strengthen quality
- Increase workforce capacity
Patient centred care - <<<answer>>>r- Traditionally patients have been passive recipient of care
- Given way to patients being active and integral members of the healthcare team, and have vested
interest
- More open minded, ethical, self-aware and have a profound sense of personal responsibility
Functions of communication - <<<answer>>>r- Physical needs
- Identity needs
- Social needs
- Practical need
Therapeutic communication
- Attributes
- Getting in the way
- Strengthening these skills - <<<answer>>>r- Can improve patient satisfaction
- Positive clinical outcomes and adherence to treatment
Attributes:
- Genuineness and authenticity
- Empathy
- Self-awareness
, - Put aside biases
Getting in the way:
- Over-reliance on technology
- Limited time
- Fear of showing empathy
- Relying on written patient information only
Strengthening these skills:
- Listen and view with a third eye
- Participate in professional development and regular clinical supervision
- Take time to know the unique story
Active listening - <<<answer>>>r- Understand people better and tend to be more productive because
they get the full message the first time
- Communicate interest and demonstrate caring for the ones sending the message builds trust and
credibility
- Use open body language, make eye contact, lean toward the person, don't interrupt and pay attention
- Connections are made by presence, touch and listening
Consequentialist ethics - <<<answer>>>rAs a consequence of action the maximum overall amount of
happiness results
Deontological ethics - <<<answer>>>rAn action is ethical if it's guided by a set of universal moral rules
Virtue ethics - <<<answer>>>rAn action is ethical if it's motivated by virtue
Bioethics - <<<answer>>>rFour moral principles upon which medical ethics are built
1. Non - maleficence: above all, do no harm
2. Beneficence: decisions must be made in
BANK 300 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
<<<ANSWER>>>RS (100% CORRECT
<<<ANSWER>>>RS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
of National Mental Health Policy - <<<answer>>>r- Services provided in a multifaceted and
interdisciplinary manner
- Mental health disordered people have potential for growth and right to opportunities and have the
same civil, political, economic, social and community rights as everyone else
- Positive customer outcomes
Implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy:
What year?
What did it do? - <<<answer>>>r(By the Australian Health Ministers, 1992)
- Launched the national mental health reform agenda. They recognised the impact mental health
problems had on individuals, their families, the community and the Health system itself.
- Shifting focus from institutional to community based care increased demands on community services,
as well as specialist mental health service
When was the first National Mental Health Plan?
What did it include?
What were its primary themes? - <<<answer>>>r1993-1998
Included:
,- Incentive payments to GPs, encouraging effective management of mental health problems
- Medicare benefits schedule to accommodate for GPs trained in counselling
- Medicare to rebate psychiatrists in case conferencing
Primary themes:
- Promoting mental health and prevention
- Increase service responsiveness and strengthen quality
- Increase workforce capacity
Patient centred care - <<<answer>>>r- Traditionally patients have been passive recipient of care
- Given way to patients being active and integral members of the healthcare team, and have vested
interest
- More open minded, ethical, self-aware and have a profound sense of personal responsibility
Functions of communication - <<<answer>>>r- Physical needs
- Identity needs
- Social needs
- Practical need
Therapeutic communication
- Attributes
- Getting in the way
- Strengthening these skills - <<<answer>>>r- Can improve patient satisfaction
- Positive clinical outcomes and adherence to treatment
Attributes:
- Genuineness and authenticity
- Empathy
- Self-awareness
, - Put aside biases
Getting in the way:
- Over-reliance on technology
- Limited time
- Fear of showing empathy
- Relying on written patient information only
Strengthening these skills:
- Listen and view with a third eye
- Participate in professional development and regular clinical supervision
- Take time to know the unique story
Active listening - <<<answer>>>r- Understand people better and tend to be more productive because
they get the full message the first time
- Communicate interest and demonstrate caring for the ones sending the message builds trust and
credibility
- Use open body language, make eye contact, lean toward the person, don't interrupt and pay attention
- Connections are made by presence, touch and listening
Consequentialist ethics - <<<answer>>>rAs a consequence of action the maximum overall amount of
happiness results
Deontological ethics - <<<answer>>>rAn action is ethical if it's guided by a set of universal moral rules
Virtue ethics - <<<answer>>>rAn action is ethical if it's motivated by virtue
Bioethics - <<<answer>>>rFour moral principles upon which medical ethics are built
1. Non - maleficence: above all, do no harm
2. Beneficence: decisions must be made in
