Nu 160- Mental Health -Exam 1
Questions and Answers Already Passed
2026.
Earth-illness continuum - Answer Behaviors relating to health exist over a broad spectrum
Mental health - Answer Is the ability to "cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of
living in an acceptable way"
Mental illness disorder - Answer Is a disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively
Trephining - Answer Cutting holes in the skull to encourage the spirit to leave
Demonic exorcisms - Answer Religious ceremonies in which patients were physically punished
to drive away the evil possessing spirits
Lunacy - Answer Means a disorder caused by a lunar body
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Answer Artificial induction of a grand mal seizure by passing
a controlled electrical current through electrodes applied to one or both temples, used to treat
severe depression.
Lobotomy - Answer A surgical procedure that serves the frontal lobes of the brain from the
thalamus
Psychoanalysis - Answer A therapy for certain emotional disorders that investigates the
working of the mind
Psychotherapeutic drugs - Answer Are chemicals that affect the mind
Deinstitutionalization - Answer The transfer to a community setting of a patient who has been
hospitalized for an extended period of time;
Catchment area - Answer Each center was to provide comprehensive mental health services
for all residents within a retain geographic region
Inpatient psychiatric care - Answer
, Outpatient mental health care - Answer Is a facility that provides services to people with
mental problems within their home environments
recidivism - Answer A relapse (return) of a symptom, disease, or behavior
Community support systems (CSS) model - Answer Views clients holistically-as individuals with
basic human needs, ambitions, and rights.
Community mental health centers - Answer Are outpatient settings that support the CSS
model by providing a comprehensive range of services
Case management - Answer Is designed to support mentally ill clients living in the community
Psychosocial rehabilitation - Answer Is best described as the use of multidisciplinary services
to help clients gain the skills needed to carry out the activities of daily living as actively and
independently as possible
Consultation - Answer Is a process in which the assistance of a specialist is sought to help
identify ways to work effectively with client problems
Resource linkage - Answer The process of matching clients' needs with the most appropriate
community services
Advocacy - Answer Is providing the client with the information to make certain decisions.
Crisis intervention - Answer A short term, active therapy that focuses on solving he immediate
problem and restoring the client's previous level of functioning
Attitudes - Answer Are ideas that help shape our points of view
Belief - Answer Is a conviction that is intellectually accepted as true whether or not it is base in
fact
Value - Answer Is something that is held dear, a feeling about the worth of an item, idea, or
behavior
Morals - Answer Are based on one's attitudes, beliefs,and values
Questions and Answers Already Passed
2026.
Earth-illness continuum - Answer Behaviors relating to health exist over a broad spectrum
Mental health - Answer Is the ability to "cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of
living in an acceptable way"
Mental illness disorder - Answer Is a disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively
Trephining - Answer Cutting holes in the skull to encourage the spirit to leave
Demonic exorcisms - Answer Religious ceremonies in which patients were physically punished
to drive away the evil possessing spirits
Lunacy - Answer Means a disorder caused by a lunar body
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Answer Artificial induction of a grand mal seizure by passing
a controlled electrical current through electrodes applied to one or both temples, used to treat
severe depression.
Lobotomy - Answer A surgical procedure that serves the frontal lobes of the brain from the
thalamus
Psychoanalysis - Answer A therapy for certain emotional disorders that investigates the
working of the mind
Psychotherapeutic drugs - Answer Are chemicals that affect the mind
Deinstitutionalization - Answer The transfer to a community setting of a patient who has been
hospitalized for an extended period of time;
Catchment area - Answer Each center was to provide comprehensive mental health services
for all residents within a retain geographic region
Inpatient psychiatric care - Answer
, Outpatient mental health care - Answer Is a facility that provides services to people with
mental problems within their home environments
recidivism - Answer A relapse (return) of a symptom, disease, or behavior
Community support systems (CSS) model - Answer Views clients holistically-as individuals with
basic human needs, ambitions, and rights.
Community mental health centers - Answer Are outpatient settings that support the CSS
model by providing a comprehensive range of services
Case management - Answer Is designed to support mentally ill clients living in the community
Psychosocial rehabilitation - Answer Is best described as the use of multidisciplinary services
to help clients gain the skills needed to carry out the activities of daily living as actively and
independently as possible
Consultation - Answer Is a process in which the assistance of a specialist is sought to help
identify ways to work effectively with client problems
Resource linkage - Answer The process of matching clients' needs with the most appropriate
community services
Advocacy - Answer Is providing the client with the information to make certain decisions.
Crisis intervention - Answer A short term, active therapy that focuses on solving he immediate
problem and restoring the client's previous level of functioning
Attitudes - Answer Are ideas that help shape our points of view
Belief - Answer Is a conviction that is intellectually accepted as true whether or not it is base in
fact
Value - Answer Is something that is held dear, a feeling about the worth of an item, idea, or
behavior
Morals - Answer Are based on one's attitudes, beliefs,and values
