NP230 Mental Health Exam Questions with Verifiable
Solutions
Characteristic moods✔✔Dysphoric feelings, depression; abandonment when significant others
are absent; emptiness; fear; guilt; rage
Cluster A✔✔Characterized by odd, eccentric thinking or behavior. They include paranoid
personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.
Schizoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)✔✔Lack of interest in social or personal relationships,
preferring to be alone
Limited range of emotional expression
Inability to take pleasure in most activities
Inability to pick up normal social cues
Appearance of being cold or indifferent to others
Little or no interest in having sex with another person
Paranoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)✔✔Pervasive distrust and suspicion of others and their
motives
Unjustified belief that others are trying to harm or deceive you
Unjustified suspicion of the loyalty or trustworthiness of others
Hesitancy to confide in others due to unreasonable fear that others will use the information
against you
Perception of innocent remarks or non-threatening situations as personal insults or attacks
Angry or hostile reaction to perceived slights or insults
Tendency to hold grudges
Unjustified, recurrent suspicion that spouse or sexual partner is unfaithful
,Cluster B✔✔overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. They include antisocial
personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and
narcissistic personality disorder.
Antisocial personality disorder(cluster B)✔✔Disregard for others' needs or feelings
Persistent lying, stealing, using aliases, conning others
Recurring problems with the law
Repeated violation of the rights of others
Aggressive, often violent behavior
Disregard for the safety of self or others
Impulsive behavior
Consistently irresponsible
Lack of remorse for behavior
Borderline personality disorder(cluster B)✔✔Impulsive and risky behavior, such as having
unsafe sex, gambling or binge eating
Mental health is influenced by three factors:✔✔inherited characteristics, childhood nurturing,
and life circumstances.
mental illness✔✔(disorder) is a disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively.
Multidisciplinary Mental Health Care Team✔✔provides a forum where psychiatrists, social
workers, psychologists, nurses, and others can democratically share their professional expertise
and develop comprehensive therapeutic plans for clients"
, Involuntary Commitment✔✔When individuals engage in behavior that is harmful to themselves
or others, process is undertaken to provide a protected, therapeutic environment for the client's
safety which may be for days or years.
Observing:✔✔the process of purposeful looking. When using observation as a data-gathering
technique, caregivers must be careful to be objective
Cognitively Declined Patient✔✔Cognition refers to intelligence, learning, judgment, reasoning,
knowledge, understanding, and memory—all higher brain functions.
A cognitive impairment is a disruption in higher brain functions that results in confusion.
Patient Refusing Treatment✔✔While the decision to avoid medication isn't always a wise one,
understanding the motives behind patients' decisions to stop taking medication can help
clinicians, community organizations, friends, and family work together to encourage healthy
choices without undermining the autonomy of people struggling with mental illness
Psychological Status:✔✔Personality changes, mood swings, flat emotional responses, psychotic
symptoms, depression
Psychosocial Status:✔✔An initial psychosocial history and ongoing assessments of
communications, interactions with others, spiritual needs
Intrapersonal communications✔✔Take place within oneself and are commonly referred to as
our "self-talk" or "self-dialogue."
Intrapersonal communications are adaptive when they help us cope or focus our energies.
When dysfunctional, they can result in altered states of functioning, such as hallucinations.
Solutions
Characteristic moods✔✔Dysphoric feelings, depression; abandonment when significant others
are absent; emptiness; fear; guilt; rage
Cluster A✔✔Characterized by odd, eccentric thinking or behavior. They include paranoid
personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.
Schizoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)✔✔Lack of interest in social or personal relationships,
preferring to be alone
Limited range of emotional expression
Inability to take pleasure in most activities
Inability to pick up normal social cues
Appearance of being cold or indifferent to others
Little or no interest in having sex with another person
Paranoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)✔✔Pervasive distrust and suspicion of others and their
motives
Unjustified belief that others are trying to harm or deceive you
Unjustified suspicion of the loyalty or trustworthiness of others
Hesitancy to confide in others due to unreasonable fear that others will use the information
against you
Perception of innocent remarks or non-threatening situations as personal insults or attacks
Angry or hostile reaction to perceived slights or insults
Tendency to hold grudges
Unjustified, recurrent suspicion that spouse or sexual partner is unfaithful
,Cluster B✔✔overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. They include antisocial
personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and
narcissistic personality disorder.
Antisocial personality disorder(cluster B)✔✔Disregard for others' needs or feelings
Persistent lying, stealing, using aliases, conning others
Recurring problems with the law
Repeated violation of the rights of others
Aggressive, often violent behavior
Disregard for the safety of self or others
Impulsive behavior
Consistently irresponsible
Lack of remorse for behavior
Borderline personality disorder(cluster B)✔✔Impulsive and risky behavior, such as having
unsafe sex, gambling or binge eating
Mental health is influenced by three factors:✔✔inherited characteristics, childhood nurturing,
and life circumstances.
mental illness✔✔(disorder) is a disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively.
Multidisciplinary Mental Health Care Team✔✔provides a forum where psychiatrists, social
workers, psychologists, nurses, and others can democratically share their professional expertise
and develop comprehensive therapeutic plans for clients"
, Involuntary Commitment✔✔When individuals engage in behavior that is harmful to themselves
or others, process is undertaken to provide a protected, therapeutic environment for the client's
safety which may be for days or years.
Observing:✔✔the process of purposeful looking. When using observation as a data-gathering
technique, caregivers must be careful to be objective
Cognitively Declined Patient✔✔Cognition refers to intelligence, learning, judgment, reasoning,
knowledge, understanding, and memory—all higher brain functions.
A cognitive impairment is a disruption in higher brain functions that results in confusion.
Patient Refusing Treatment✔✔While the decision to avoid medication isn't always a wise one,
understanding the motives behind patients' decisions to stop taking medication can help
clinicians, community organizations, friends, and family work together to encourage healthy
choices without undermining the autonomy of people struggling with mental illness
Psychological Status:✔✔Personality changes, mood swings, flat emotional responses, psychotic
symptoms, depression
Psychosocial Status:✔✔An initial psychosocial history and ongoing assessments of
communications, interactions with others, spiritual needs
Intrapersonal communications✔✔Take place within oneself and are commonly referred to as
our "self-talk" or "self-dialogue."
Intrapersonal communications are adaptive when they help us cope or focus our energies.
When dysfunctional, they can result in altered states of functioning, such as hallucinations.
