PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CONTEMPORARY
PRACTICE 7TH EDITION BOYD LUEBBERT
VERIFIED NGN TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Dorothea Lynde Dix. Answer: -started the humane treatment and
expansion of state hospitals -started in MA and expanded to 20 states
⩥ What are the Healthy People 2030: Mental Health and Mental
Disorders Objectives?. Answer: -reduce suicide rate
-reduce suicide attempts by adolescents
-Reduce proportion of adolescents who engage in eating disorders to
control weight
-Reduce proportion of people who experience major depressive
disorders
-Large emphasis on treatment expansion
⩥ Disorders are organized and diagnosed according to the criteria
published in what??. Answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
,⩥ What is epidemiology?. Answer: Studies of patterns of disease
distribution and determinants of health within populations or aggregates
and associated factors
⩥ Epidemiology terms: RATE. Answer: Rate: proportion of cases in
population/total cases and noncases (refer to Box 2.1)
⩥ Epidemiology terms: Prevalence. Answer: Prevalence: total number of
people with disorder in a population at a specified time (t)
⩥ Epidemiology terms: point prevalence. Answer: Point prevalence:
cases at t/population at t
⩥ Epidemiology terms: incidence. Answer: Incidence: rate including
only new cases occurring within defined time period (usually 1 year)
⩥ public stigma. Answer: Public stigma: stereotypes leading to prejudice
and discrimination
⩥ Self-stigma. Answer: negative stereotypes internalized by people with
mental illness
, ⩥ Which term is used to describe the number of cases of depression in a
population that are occurring out of the entire population?
A. Rate
B. Prevalence
C. Point prevalence
D. Incidence. Answer: A. Rate refers to the number of cases in a
population divided by the total number in the population (cases and
noncases). Prevalence refers to the number of persons with the disorder
in a population at a specified time. Point prevalence refers to the number
of cases at a specified time out of the population at that time. Incidence
refers to the rate of only new cases occurring during a specific time
period.
⩥ Criteria for diagnosis:. Answer: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5)
⩥ what are two types of recovery for mental illness?. Answer: Recovery-
oriented care and trauma-informed care
⩥ Can Individuals can have a mental disorder and experience wellness?.
Answer: YES
⩥ What is self-awareness?. Answer: The process of understanding one's
own beliefs, thoughts, motivations, biases, and limitations and
recognizing how they affect others
PRACTICE 7TH EDITION BOYD LUEBBERT
VERIFIED NGN TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Dorothea Lynde Dix. Answer: -started the humane treatment and
expansion of state hospitals -started in MA and expanded to 20 states
⩥ What are the Healthy People 2030: Mental Health and Mental
Disorders Objectives?. Answer: -reduce suicide rate
-reduce suicide attempts by adolescents
-Reduce proportion of adolescents who engage in eating disorders to
control weight
-Reduce proportion of people who experience major depressive
disorders
-Large emphasis on treatment expansion
⩥ Disorders are organized and diagnosed according to the criteria
published in what??. Answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
,⩥ What is epidemiology?. Answer: Studies of patterns of disease
distribution and determinants of health within populations or aggregates
and associated factors
⩥ Epidemiology terms: RATE. Answer: Rate: proportion of cases in
population/total cases and noncases (refer to Box 2.1)
⩥ Epidemiology terms: Prevalence. Answer: Prevalence: total number of
people with disorder in a population at a specified time (t)
⩥ Epidemiology terms: point prevalence. Answer: Point prevalence:
cases at t/population at t
⩥ Epidemiology terms: incidence. Answer: Incidence: rate including
only new cases occurring within defined time period (usually 1 year)
⩥ public stigma. Answer: Public stigma: stereotypes leading to prejudice
and discrimination
⩥ Self-stigma. Answer: negative stereotypes internalized by people with
mental illness
, ⩥ Which term is used to describe the number of cases of depression in a
population that are occurring out of the entire population?
A. Rate
B. Prevalence
C. Point prevalence
D. Incidence. Answer: A. Rate refers to the number of cases in a
population divided by the total number in the population (cases and
noncases). Prevalence refers to the number of persons with the disorder
in a population at a specified time. Point prevalence refers to the number
of cases at a specified time out of the population at that time. Incidence
refers to the rate of only new cases occurring during a specific time
period.
⩥ Criteria for diagnosis:. Answer: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5)
⩥ what are two types of recovery for mental illness?. Answer: Recovery-
oriented care and trauma-informed care
⩥ Can Individuals can have a mental disorder and experience wellness?.
Answer: YES
⩥ What is self-awareness?. Answer: The process of understanding one's
own beliefs, thoughts, motivations, biases, and limitations and
recognizing how they affect others
