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Chapter79179Mental79Health79and79Mental79Disorders


1 A79nursing79instructor79is79describing79the79DSM-IV-TR79to79a
.
group79of79nursing79students.79Which79of79the79following79
would79the79instructor79include79as79the79primary79purpose79
of79this79classification?
A)
Provide79a79commonly79understood79dia
gnostic79category79for79clinical79practice.
B)
Describe79treatment79modalities79for79psy
chiatric79disorders79and79mental79illnesses.
C)
Identify79various79etiologies79for79mental79d
isorders79based79on79family79histories.
D)
Provide79optimal79outcomes79for79treat
ment79for79individuals79with79mental79illnesse
s.

2.
A79nurse79is79providing79care79to79a79patient79with79a79ment
al79disorder79classified79by79the79DSM-IV-
TR.79The79nurse79understands79that79although79the79first79thr
ee79axes79appear79to79contain79all79the79diagnostic79informat
ion79about79a79patient,79a79truly79accurate79picture79of79the79c
lient79is79incomplete79without79considering79other79factors79
such79as79an79estimate79of79current79functioning79and:
A) Life79stressors

,B) Cultural79 background
C) Marital79 status
D) Genetic79 history
3.
A79patients79global79assessment79functioning79reveals79th
at79he79has79minimal79symptoms79with79good79functioning79
in79all79areas.79Which79score79would79the79nurse79correlate79
with79these79findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63

4.
A79female79patient79was79admitted79to79the79hospital79wi
th79pneumonia,79and79in79the79course79of79her79treatment,79
it79was79determined79that79she79was79experiencing79alcoh
ol79dependence79because79she79began79experiencing79alc
ohol79withdrawal79while79she79was79in79the79hospital.79Wh
en79the79psychiatrist79who79was79called79in79as79a79consulta
nt79documented79the79patients79mental79disorder,79he79ide
ntified79her79alcohol79dependence79on79which79axis?
A) Axis79I
B) Axis79II
C) Axis79III
D) Axis79IV

,5. A7925-year-
old79woman79who79recently79had79abdominal79surgery79was79
admitted79to79the79psychiatric79unit,79where79it79was79determi
ned79that79she79had79a79borderline79personality79disorder.79Du
ring79the79first79week79on79the79unit,79it79was79determined79that
79she79also79has79diabetes.79Her79diabetes79mellitus79would79b

e79listed79in79which79axis79of79her79DSM-IV-TR79diagnosis?
A) Axis79I
B) Axis79II
C) Axis79III
D) Axis79IV

6.
As79part79of79a79class79activity,79nursing79students79are79eng
aged79in79a79small79group79discussion79about79the79epidemiol
ogy79of79mental79illness.79Which79statement79best79explains7
9the79importance79of79epidemiology79in79understanding79the

79impact79of79 mental79disorders?


A)
Epidemiology79helps79promote79understandin
g79of79the79patterns79of79occurrence79associated79with7
9mental79disorders.


B)
Epidemiology79helps79explain79research79findings79a
bout79the79neurophysiology79that79causes79mental79disorde
rs.
C)
Epidemiology79provides79a79thorough79theoretic
al79explanation79of79why79specific79mental79disorders79
occur.
D)
Epidemiology79predicts79when79a79specific79psy
chiatric79client79will79recover79from79a79specific79 men

, tal79disorder.



7.
A79nurse79is79working79in79a79community79mental79health79c
enter79that79provides79care79to79a79large79population79of79Asia
n79descent.79When79developing79programs79for79this79commu
nity,79which79of79the79following79would79be79most79important
79for79the79nurse79to79address?


A) Public79stigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label79avoidance
D) Negative79life79events