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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Disorders 2
Chapter 02: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care 8
Chapter 03: Patient Rights and Legal Issues 13
Chapter 04: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks 18
Chapter 05: Theoretical Basis of Psychiatric Nursing 23
Chapter 06: Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing 29
Chapter 07: Recovery Framework for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
34
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Communication 39
Chapter 09: The Nurse–Patient Relationship 43
Chapter 10: The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process 46
Chapter 11: Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic
Interventions 52
Chapter 12: Group Interventions 59
Chapter 13: Stress and Mental Health 65
Chapter 14: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 70
Chapter 15: Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster
Management 75
Chapter 16: Suicide Prevention 81
Chapter 17: Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence 86
Chapter 18: Anxiety Disorders 91
Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders 96
Chapter 20: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 98
Chapter 21: Depression 100
Chapter 22: Bipolar Disorders 105
Chapter 23: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders 109
Chapter 24: Personality and Impulse-Control Disorders 120
Chapter 25: Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders 124
Chapter 26: Eating Disorders 130
Chapter 27: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 135
Chapter 28: Sleep–Wake Disorders 140
Chapter 29: Sexual Disorders 145
Chapter 30: Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 149
Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders of Older Adults 154
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Disorders
1. A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a group of nursing students.
Which of the following would the instructor include as the primary purpose of this
classification?
A) Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice.
B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses.
C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories.
D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses.
2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-
IV-TR. The nurse understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all
the diagnostic information about a patient, a truly accurate picture of the client is
incomplete without considering other factors such as an estimate of current
functioning and:
A) Life stressors
B) Cultural background
C) Marital status
D) Genetic history
3. A patient’s global assessment functioning reveals that he has minimal symptoms with
good functioning in all areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these
findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63
4. A female patient was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and in the course of
her treatment, it was determined that she was experiencing alcohol dependence
because she began experiencing alcohol withdrawal while she was in the hospital.
When the psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant documented the patient’s
mental disorder, he identified her alcohol dependence on which axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
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A) Committed patient
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic patient
D) Person with schizophrenia
10. Mrs. Green is a patient on a psychiatric unit. At the time of her admission, her dog
was killed when a car accidentally ran over it; in addition to that, she just found out
that her mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer. This information would be
addressed in which DSM-IV axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
11. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the
articles describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during
the past year. The student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
12. While working in a community mental health treatment center, the nurse overhears
one of the receptionists saying that one of the patients is `really psycho. Later in the
day, the nurse talks with the receptionist about the comment. This action by the nurse
demonstrates an attempt to address which issue?
A) Lack of knowledge
B) Public stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Self-stigma
13. After teaching a group of students about mental health and mental illness, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies
which of the following as reflecting mental disorders?
A) Capacity to interact with others
B) Ability to deal with ordinary stress
C) Alteration in mood or thinking
D) Lack of impaired functioning
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Disorders 2
Chapter 02: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care 8
Chapter 03: Patient Rights and Legal Issues 13
Chapter 04: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks 18
Chapter 05: Theoretical Basis of Psychiatric Nursing 23
Chapter 06: Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing 29
Chapter 07: Recovery Framework for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
34
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Communication 39
Chapter 09: The Nurse–Patient Relationship 43
Chapter 10: The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process 46
Chapter 11: Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic
Interventions 52
Chapter 12: Group Interventions 59
Chapter 13: Stress and Mental Health 65
Chapter 14: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 70
Chapter 15: Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster
Management 75
Chapter 16: Suicide Prevention 81
Chapter 17: Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence 86
Chapter 18: Anxiety Disorders 91
Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders 96
Chapter 20: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 98
Chapter 21: Depression 100
Chapter 22: Bipolar Disorders 105
Chapter 23: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders 109
Chapter 24: Personality and Impulse-Control Disorders 120
Chapter 25: Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders 124
Chapter 26: Eating Disorders 130
Chapter 27: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 135
Chapter 28: Sleep–Wake Disorders 140
Chapter 29: Sexual Disorders 145
Chapter 30: Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 149
Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders of Older Adults 154
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Disorders
1. A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a group of nursing students.
Which of the following would the instructor include as the primary purpose of this
classification?
A) Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice.
B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses.
C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories.
D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses.
2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-
IV-TR. The nurse understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all
the diagnostic information about a patient, a truly accurate picture of the client is
incomplete without considering other factors such as an estimate of current
functioning and:
A) Life stressors
B) Cultural background
C) Marital status
D) Genetic history
3. A patient’s global assessment functioning reveals that he has minimal symptoms with
good functioning in all areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these
findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63
4. A female patient was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and in the course of
her treatment, it was determined that she was experiencing alcohol dependence
because she began experiencing alcohol withdrawal while she was in the hospital.
When the psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant documented the patient’s
mental disorder, he identified her alcohol dependence on which axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
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A) Committed patient
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic patient
D) Person with schizophrenia
10. Mrs. Green is a patient on a psychiatric unit. At the time of her admission, her dog
was killed when a car accidentally ran over it; in addition to that, she just found out
that her mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer. This information would be
addressed in which DSM-IV axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
11. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the
articles describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during
the past year. The student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
12. While working in a community mental health treatment center, the nurse overhears
one of the receptionists saying that one of the patients is `really psycho. Later in the
day, the nurse talks with the receptionist about the comment. This action by the nurse
demonstrates an attempt to address which issue?
A) Lack of knowledge
B) Public stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Self-stigma
13. After teaching a group of students about mental health and mental illness, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies
which of the following as reflecting mental disorders?
A) Capacity to interact with others
B) Ability to deal with ordinary stress
C) Alteration in mood or thinking
D) Lack of impaired functioning
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