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NUR236 - mental health Questions with
Correct Answers for a Specific Exam Mail
What is a mental health assessment?
Ans: process of obtaining information about specific aspects of individuals
mental experiences and behaviours
When to conduct a MHS
Ans: during admission, in course of taking history, change in clinical
presentation
Why should you conduct a MSH
Ans: identify signs and symptoms, monitor change/improvement, may inform
treatments/interventions
What is the depot injection
Ans: Anti-psychotic medication administered through a deep intramuscular
injection given fortnightly
What is the "dopamine hypothesis"?
Ans: psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia are because of excess dopamine
activity in the synapse
What is schizophrenia characterised by?
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
Ans: characterised by psychosis = reasoning and thinkings are disordered ->
loss of contact with reality + exhibit hallucinations
What are the three phases of schizophrenia?
Ans: 1. prodromal - loss of social, organisational and intellectual functioning.
2. Acute - distortion of perception -> further loss of functioning, increase in
hallucinations, delusions, decreased self-care, acute stress/anxiety. 3. Chronic
- "burnout" of positive symptoms + increase in negative symptoms
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Ans: thought disorders - delusions (illogical and incoherent thinking) e.g.
disorganised speech and behaviour, exaggeration of distortion of normal
function, hallucinations
negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Ans: reduction in normal functioning e.g. apathy, loss of pleasure, social
inactivity, lack of motivation and energy, low mood and depression
what are Extra pyramidal side effects (EPSM)?
Ans: anti-psychotics work on dopamine and dopaminergic pathways -->
produce motor side effects
Side effects of EPSM
Pretest - Stuvia US
NUR236 - mental health Questions with
Correct Answers for a Specific Exam Mail
What is a mental health assessment?
Ans: process of obtaining information about specific aspects of individuals
mental experiences and behaviours
When to conduct a MHS
Ans: during admission, in course of taking history, change in clinical
presentation
Why should you conduct a MSH
Ans: identify signs and symptoms, monitor change/improvement, may inform
treatments/interventions
What is the depot injection
Ans: Anti-psychotic medication administered through a deep intramuscular
injection given fortnightly
What is the "dopamine hypothesis"?
Ans: psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia are because of excess dopamine
activity in the synapse
What is schizophrenia characterised by?
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
Ans: characterised by psychosis = reasoning and thinkings are disordered ->
loss of contact with reality + exhibit hallucinations
What are the three phases of schizophrenia?
Ans: 1. prodromal - loss of social, organisational and intellectual functioning.
2. Acute - distortion of perception -> further loss of functioning, increase in
hallucinations, delusions, decreased self-care, acute stress/anxiety. 3. Chronic
- "burnout" of positive symptoms + increase in negative symptoms
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Ans: thought disorders - delusions (illogical and incoherent thinking) e.g.
disorganised speech and behaviour, exaggeration of distortion of normal
function, hallucinations
negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Ans: reduction in normal functioning e.g. apathy, loss of pleasure, social
inactivity, lack of motivation and energy, low mood and depression
what are Extra pyramidal side effects (EPSM)?
Ans: anti-psychotics work on dopamine and dopaminergic pathways -->
produce motor side effects
Side effects of EPSM
Pretest - Stuvia US
