MCCN SDAP X - Mental Health Final
Exam (In Progress) correctly answered
to pass
NAMI - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance on Mental Illness
Number of people that suffer from mental illness in the USA - correct answer ✔✔1 in 4
Neuroplasticity - correct answer ✔✔Brain's ability to adapt in response to traumatic
experiences; when children experience trauma, they have a better psychological prognosis than
an adult.
AXIS diagnoses - correct answer ✔✔AXIS I - Clinical Disorder (e.g. Schizoaffective)
AXIS II - Personality Disorder (e.g. Mental retardation)
AXIS III - Medical Condition (e.g. Diabetes)
AXIS IV - Psychosocial or environmental problems
AXIS V - Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF, score of 30 or under can be admitted to
hospital)
Mental retardation - correct answer ✔✔Now called: Intellectual Disability Disorder. It is a
developmental disability, not to be confused with a mental illness.
Stigma - correct answer ✔✔A "mark" of disgrace. Often, what keeps people from seeking the
help that they need; nearly 2/3 of all people with a diagnosable mental disorder do not seek
treatment.
Levels of mental health care - correct answer ✔✔Primary - Prevention, education
, Secondary - Screening and interventions
Tertiary - Rehabilitation
Role of mental health nurse - correct answer ✔✔Manage cases, medication education, health
promotion and teaching, home visits, intake screenings and evaluation, promote self-care and
rehab
Assault - correct answer ✔✔Threat of violence
Battery - correct answer ✔✔Intentionally touching or striking someone against their will
Involuntary vs. Voluntary - correct answer ✔✔When someone willingly checks themselves into
a mental hospital it is called voluntary. When someone is "pink-slipped" they are involuntarily
admitted.
Transference - correct answer ✔✔Feelings and thoughts that clients have towards their nurse or
doctor. From psychoanalytic theory.
Counter Transference - correct answer ✔✔Feeling and thoughts that health professionals have
towards patients. From psychoanalytic theory.
Id - correct answer ✔✔Wants to experience pleasure only, compulsive
Ego - correct answer ✔✔Rational, logical thinking. Develops in first 4-5 months.
Superego - correct answer ✔✔Perception of right and wrong
Conscious - correct answer ✔✔Thoughts and perceptions
Exam (In Progress) correctly answered
to pass
NAMI - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance on Mental Illness
Number of people that suffer from mental illness in the USA - correct answer ✔✔1 in 4
Neuroplasticity - correct answer ✔✔Brain's ability to adapt in response to traumatic
experiences; when children experience trauma, they have a better psychological prognosis than
an adult.
AXIS diagnoses - correct answer ✔✔AXIS I - Clinical Disorder (e.g. Schizoaffective)
AXIS II - Personality Disorder (e.g. Mental retardation)
AXIS III - Medical Condition (e.g. Diabetes)
AXIS IV - Psychosocial or environmental problems
AXIS V - Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF, score of 30 or under can be admitted to
hospital)
Mental retardation - correct answer ✔✔Now called: Intellectual Disability Disorder. It is a
developmental disability, not to be confused with a mental illness.
Stigma - correct answer ✔✔A "mark" of disgrace. Often, what keeps people from seeking the
help that they need; nearly 2/3 of all people with a diagnosable mental disorder do not seek
treatment.
Levels of mental health care - correct answer ✔✔Primary - Prevention, education
, Secondary - Screening and interventions
Tertiary - Rehabilitation
Role of mental health nurse - correct answer ✔✔Manage cases, medication education, health
promotion and teaching, home visits, intake screenings and evaluation, promote self-care and
rehab
Assault - correct answer ✔✔Threat of violence
Battery - correct answer ✔✔Intentionally touching or striking someone against their will
Involuntary vs. Voluntary - correct answer ✔✔When someone willingly checks themselves into
a mental hospital it is called voluntary. When someone is "pink-slipped" they are involuntarily
admitted.
Transference - correct answer ✔✔Feelings and thoughts that clients have towards their nurse or
doctor. From psychoanalytic theory.
Counter Transference - correct answer ✔✔Feeling and thoughts that health professionals have
towards patients. From psychoanalytic theory.
Id - correct answer ✔✔Wants to experience pleasure only, compulsive
Ego - correct answer ✔✔Rational, logical thinking. Develops in first 4-5 months.
Superego - correct answer ✔✔Perception of right and wrong
Conscious - correct answer ✔✔Thoughts and perceptions
