NURS 3314 Mental Exam 1 questions and answers
with solutions 2025/2026
Self-stigma - ANSWER When negative stereotypes are internalized by
people with mental illness
Public stigma - ANSWER After a person is publicly marked as being
mentally ill
Label avoidance - ANSWER Many people do not seek mental help
because they do not want to be labeled as someone with mental illness
Wellness - ANSWER Conscious process of maintaining a general state of
good health
Health - ANSWER Absence of physical or mental disease or abnormality
Illness - ANSWER Reasons people seek healthcare (pain, fatigue,
dysfunction)
Disease - ANSWER Measurable, abnormal condition affecting organs,
tissues, or cells
, Premoral treatment - ANSWER Popular beliefs served as the basis for
understanding and treating people with mental illness
- Early Christian to early Medieval period: mentally ill were incarcerated
in dungeons, beaten, and starved
Moral Treatment and Asylums - ANSWER As evidence mounted that
insanity was an illness and recovery was possible, existing Tx was viewed
as barbaric and the use of kindness, compassion, and a pleasant
environment was adopted
- However, patients were often still treated inhumanely
- still no medications
Institutionalization - ANSWER In 1828, state governments were
mandated to care for the mentally ill
- confinement in state hospitals for long periods of time became the
treatment
Psychopharmacology - ANSWER In the 1950's, antipsychotics were
introduced and found to calm patients and reduce symptoms
- institutional environments became viewed as contributing to illness
Deinstitutionalization - ANSWER Release of mentally ill from institutions
became a national movement
- however, community psychosocial rehabilitation services were limited
with solutions 2025/2026
Self-stigma - ANSWER When negative stereotypes are internalized by
people with mental illness
Public stigma - ANSWER After a person is publicly marked as being
mentally ill
Label avoidance - ANSWER Many people do not seek mental help
because they do not want to be labeled as someone with mental illness
Wellness - ANSWER Conscious process of maintaining a general state of
good health
Health - ANSWER Absence of physical or mental disease or abnormality
Illness - ANSWER Reasons people seek healthcare (pain, fatigue,
dysfunction)
Disease - ANSWER Measurable, abnormal condition affecting organs,
tissues, or cells
, Premoral treatment - ANSWER Popular beliefs served as the basis for
understanding and treating people with mental illness
- Early Christian to early Medieval period: mentally ill were incarcerated
in dungeons, beaten, and starved
Moral Treatment and Asylums - ANSWER As evidence mounted that
insanity was an illness and recovery was possible, existing Tx was viewed
as barbaric and the use of kindness, compassion, and a pleasant
environment was adopted
- However, patients were often still treated inhumanely
- still no medications
Institutionalization - ANSWER In 1828, state governments were
mandated to care for the mentally ill
- confinement in state hospitals for long periods of time became the
treatment
Psychopharmacology - ANSWER In the 1950's, antipsychotics were
introduced and found to calm patients and reduce symptoms
- institutional environments became viewed as contributing to illness
Deinstitutionalization - ANSWER Release of mentally ill from institutions
became a national movement
- however, community psychosocial rehabilitation services were limited
