ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 7TH EDITION BY MARY
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ History: the cause. Answer: - Evil Spirit
- Supernatural power
⩥ History: the cure. Answer: - Beaten
- Starved
- Tortured
⩥ Dorothea Dix. Answer: Recognized there was a need for mental health
institutions as opposed to jails. Dix started the first movement to
separate the mentally ill from prisoners.
⩥ Hildegard. Answer: The mother of psychiatric nursing.
⩥ National Mental Health Act 1946. Answer: President Truman, 1946
recognized there was a greater need for mental health services
, ⩥ CMH Movement/Deinstitutionalization 1960s. Answer: Push for
community mental health services instead of institutions
⩥ Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Answer: Getting clients out
of institutions (asylums) and getting them into a community and getting
help in the community. The problem was that there were not enough
community resources for the mentally ill. Many people ended up
homeless, back in jail or reinstitutionalized.
⩥ What is mental illness?. Answer: Mental illness is defined as
"maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external
environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are
incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the
individual's social, occupational, or physical functioning."
⩥ Internally preoccupied. Answer: pt that may have schizophrenia but
may not actually need hospitalization
⩥ Mental Health. Answer: Defined as the "successful adaption to
stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent
with local and cultural norms"
⩥ Elements of Mental Health. Answer: - Self-governance
- Progress toward growth or self-realization
HEALTH NURSING 7TH EDITION BY MARY
C TEST BANK FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ History: the cause. Answer: - Evil Spirit
- Supernatural power
⩥ History: the cure. Answer: - Beaten
- Starved
- Tortured
⩥ Dorothea Dix. Answer: Recognized there was a need for mental health
institutions as opposed to jails. Dix started the first movement to
separate the mentally ill from prisoners.
⩥ Hildegard. Answer: The mother of psychiatric nursing.
⩥ National Mental Health Act 1946. Answer: President Truman, 1946
recognized there was a greater need for mental health services
, ⩥ CMH Movement/Deinstitutionalization 1960s. Answer: Push for
community mental health services instead of institutions
⩥ Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Answer: Getting clients out
of institutions (asylums) and getting them into a community and getting
help in the community. The problem was that there were not enough
community resources for the mentally ill. Many people ended up
homeless, back in jail or reinstitutionalized.
⩥ What is mental illness?. Answer: Mental illness is defined as
"maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external
environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are
incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the
individual's social, occupational, or physical functioning."
⩥ Internally preoccupied. Answer: pt that may have schizophrenia but
may not actually need hospitalization
⩥ Mental Health. Answer: Defined as the "successful adaption to
stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent
with local and cultural norms"
⩥ Elements of Mental Health. Answer: - Self-governance
- Progress toward growth or self-realization
