CMHT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Dependent personality disorder - ✔✔The client is unable to make a decision by
herself. She clings to her husband and quickly moves to fill his requests. Although she
sometimes appears angry, her emotions are not expressed. The client's diagnosis is:
✔✔Conforming to group norms - ✔✔The child in early adolescence experiences
developmental issues with his or her identity as evidenced by:
✔✔Behaviors pose a threat - ✔✔The criterion that necessitates the need to hospitalize
an individual with chronic mental health problems occurs when his or her:
✔✔Consistently dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed - ✔✔Which signs and/or
symptoms should alert the caregiver to a child who is suffering from neglect?
✔✔Intellectual - ✔✔In the ______ dimension, an individual who is considering suicide
experiences distorted thinking and self-defeating thoughts.
✔✔Behavior, risk-prone health - ✔✔A 15-year-old female is seen in the clinic for
episodes of cutting herself since her parents divorced six 6 months ago. Which nursing
diagnosis is a priority for this client?
✔✔Attention-seeking - ✔✔The client is a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of
narcissistic personality disorder. Behaviors associated with this diagnosis are:
✔✔7 - ✔✔Environmental problems often lead to mental health problems among
adolescents. Approximately _____ million children and adolescents must cope with the
issue of having a parent in jail or on parole.
✔✔Obsession - ✔✔A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every
time he leaves his house. This client is experiencing a(n):
, ✔✔False imprisonment - ✔✔A client frequently wanders around the unit, and the staff
frequently needs to reorient the client to the environment and remind her not to walk into
the rooms of other clients on the unit. Due to short staffing, the decision is made to use
a restraint device to prevent this from occurring. This action may constitute:
✔✔Intellectual and emotional - ✔✔Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development
identifies an interrelationship between the __________ and the __________ functions
in the development of one's personality.
✔✔A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus -
✔✔In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common treatment for
violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
✔✔ Dual diagnosis - ✔✔The client has been diagnosed with depression for a long time.
He recently started using cocaine to help relieve his depression. The most accurate
description of these behaviors is a(n):
✔✔Adjustment - ✔✔Emotional or behavioral problems that develop in response to an
identifiable source and last no longer than 6 months are called ____ disorders.
✔✔Safety and Security - ✔✔A 22-year-old woman is brought to the inpatient unit for
attempting suicide. Her clothes are clean, and her general appearance is neat and well
groomed. She appears to be well nourished. In considering Maslow's hierarchy of
needs, which is a priority for this client?
✔✔Visualizing staying relaxed during exam and successfully passing - ✔✔The night
before her final exam, the nursing student cannot sleep, and is convinced she will fail.
Which of the following actions will help to promote a more positive outlook?
✔✔"You need to stop this behavior. Let's see what others have to say." - ✔✔A client is
monopolizing a group session, not allowing other members to participate. What is the
most appropriate way to address the client?
✔✔Withdrawal - ✔✔The client has been admitted to the medical unit for unexplained
weight loss and fatigue. He does not speak except to answer questions, and he refuses
to interact with other people except when necessary. Which coping mechanism is he
using to deal with his hospitalization?
✔✔Parenting - ✔✔__________ is a major challenge for adults because energies are
not concentrated on the self, and the demands can create feelings of anxiety, isolation,
inadequacy, and helplessness.
✔✔Loose association - ✔✔When the adolescent client is asked about the magazine
she is reading, she responds, "It's an article about my favorite movie star. Did you see
✔✔Dependent personality disorder - ✔✔The client is unable to make a decision by
herself. She clings to her husband and quickly moves to fill his requests. Although she
sometimes appears angry, her emotions are not expressed. The client's diagnosis is:
✔✔Conforming to group norms - ✔✔The child in early adolescence experiences
developmental issues with his or her identity as evidenced by:
✔✔Behaviors pose a threat - ✔✔The criterion that necessitates the need to hospitalize
an individual with chronic mental health problems occurs when his or her:
✔✔Consistently dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed - ✔✔Which signs and/or
symptoms should alert the caregiver to a child who is suffering from neglect?
✔✔Intellectual - ✔✔In the ______ dimension, an individual who is considering suicide
experiences distorted thinking and self-defeating thoughts.
✔✔Behavior, risk-prone health - ✔✔A 15-year-old female is seen in the clinic for
episodes of cutting herself since her parents divorced six 6 months ago. Which nursing
diagnosis is a priority for this client?
✔✔Attention-seeking - ✔✔The client is a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of
narcissistic personality disorder. Behaviors associated with this diagnosis are:
✔✔7 - ✔✔Environmental problems often lead to mental health problems among
adolescents. Approximately _____ million children and adolescents must cope with the
issue of having a parent in jail or on parole.
✔✔Obsession - ✔✔A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every
time he leaves his house. This client is experiencing a(n):
, ✔✔False imprisonment - ✔✔A client frequently wanders around the unit, and the staff
frequently needs to reorient the client to the environment and remind her not to walk into
the rooms of other clients on the unit. Due to short staffing, the decision is made to use
a restraint device to prevent this from occurring. This action may constitute:
✔✔Intellectual and emotional - ✔✔Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development
identifies an interrelationship between the __________ and the __________ functions
in the development of one's personality.
✔✔A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus -
✔✔In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common treatment for
violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
✔✔ Dual diagnosis - ✔✔The client has been diagnosed with depression for a long time.
He recently started using cocaine to help relieve his depression. The most accurate
description of these behaviors is a(n):
✔✔Adjustment - ✔✔Emotional or behavioral problems that develop in response to an
identifiable source and last no longer than 6 months are called ____ disorders.
✔✔Safety and Security - ✔✔A 22-year-old woman is brought to the inpatient unit for
attempting suicide. Her clothes are clean, and her general appearance is neat and well
groomed. She appears to be well nourished. In considering Maslow's hierarchy of
needs, which is a priority for this client?
✔✔Visualizing staying relaxed during exam and successfully passing - ✔✔The night
before her final exam, the nursing student cannot sleep, and is convinced she will fail.
Which of the following actions will help to promote a more positive outlook?
✔✔"You need to stop this behavior. Let's see what others have to say." - ✔✔A client is
monopolizing a group session, not allowing other members to participate. What is the
most appropriate way to address the client?
✔✔Withdrawal - ✔✔The client has been admitted to the medical unit for unexplained
weight loss and fatigue. He does not speak except to answer questions, and he refuses
to interact with other people except when necessary. Which coping mechanism is he
using to deal with his hospitalization?
✔✔Parenting - ✔✔__________ is a major challenge for adults because energies are
not concentrated on the self, and the demands can create feelings of anxiety, isolation,
inadequacy, and helplessness.
✔✔Loose association - ✔✔When the adolescent client is asked about the magazine
she is reading, she responds, "It's an article about my favorite movie star. Did you see
