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Test Bank for Foundations of Mental Health Care
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8th Edition
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, Michelle Morrison-Valfre: Foundations of Mental Health Care 8th Edition
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Chapter 01: The History of Mental Care
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MULTIPLE CHOICE l8




1. The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational soul controlled the irrat
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ional soul could be compared with the belief of the more recent psychological theorist:
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a. Freud
b. Pinel
c. Fisher
d. Rush
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Sigmund Freud believed that mental illness was, in part, caused by forces both within and ou
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tside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally ill individuals as huma
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n beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Florence Nightingale nurse who c
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ared for the mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush was the author of the book Diseases of the Mi
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nd.

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TOP: Early Years of Mental Health l8 l8 l8 l8 l8


KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. During the mid- l8 l8


1500s, behaviors associated with mental illness were more accurately recorded by pro
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fessionals. This practice led to l8 l8 l8 l8


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a. Classifications
b. Diagnosing
c. Treatment
d. Education
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Classification of abnormal behaviors did not begin until this time, after the practice of more ac
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curate recording of behaviors was begun. Diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and any education
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regarding mental health disorders were not available during this period.
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TOP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance l8 l8 l8 l8 l8


KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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3. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, psychiatry became a separate branch of
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medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly diminished by the French hospital director:
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a. Dix
b. Beers
c. Pinel
d. Carter

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, Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of the mentally ill, as well as proper treatment. Dorothea
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Dix crusaded for construction of mental health hospitals. Clifford Beers wrote the book A Mi
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nd That Found Itself. President Jimmy Carter established the President’s Commission on Me
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ntal Health in 1978.
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TOP: Mental Illness in the Eighteenth Century l8 l8 l8 l8 l8 l8


KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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4. In 1841,
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tates, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing about public awareness and reform f
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or the care of the mentally ill.
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a. Sigmund Freud l8


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d. Dorothea Dix l8




ANS: D l8


Dorothea Dix spent 20 years surveying facilities that housed mentally ill individuals and is cre
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dited with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freud introduced the conce
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pt of psychoanalysis, John Cade discovered lithium carbonate for the treatment of bipolar dis
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order, and Florence Nightingale trained nurses in England in the 1800s.
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TOP: Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century l8 l8 l8 l8 l8 l8


KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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5. As a direct result of CliffordN
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for Mental Hygiene was formed
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Clifford Beers’ book reflected on his attempt at suicide followed by the deplorable care he re
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ceived for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. Beers’ work and book raised the consciousnes
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s of people throughout the country regarding prevention and removal of the stigma of having
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a mental illness. Early detection of symptoms, education of caregivers, and current treatment o
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ptions regarding mental illness were not the focus of his book, nor were they a priority for th
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e Committee for Mental Hygiene.
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a coma
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that could last as long as 50 hours?
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a. Electroconvulsive therapy l8


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Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s. Ampheta
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mines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used for severe depres
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sion. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome, was a belief that mental
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illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire, water, and earth.
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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7. In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) most often
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used to treat?
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ECT was found to be an effective treatment for severe depression in the 1930s. During this p
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eriod, schizophrenia was treated with insulin therapy, and violent behavior was treated with a lo
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botomy. In 1949, lithium carbonate was discovered as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
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8. In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common treatment for violent
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behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
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a. A procedure that delivers an electrical stimulus to the frontal lobes of the brain
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b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain fluid
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c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus
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d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of the brain
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A frontal lobotomy is a surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are severed fr
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om the thalamus.
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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9. Which class of drugs was introduced in the 1930s for the treatment of depression?
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a. SSRIs
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c. MAOIs
d. Amphetamines

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