ANCC Review
Psychiatric Mental
Health Nurse
Review Questions
and Answers
Updated 2026
HamiltonBAnxietyBRatingBScaleB-
BAnswerevaluatesBforBtheBpresenceBandBdegreeBofBsubjectiveBanxiety
HEEADASSBAssessmentBScaleB-
BAnswerAssessesBadolescentBissuesBHOMEBandBenvironment,BEducationBandBemployme
nt,BEating,BActivities,BDrugs,BSuicide,BandBSexuality
JohariBWindowB-BAnswerAssessmentBtoolBthatBhelpsBaBpersonBbecomeBmoreBself-
aware,BbyBconsideringBperceptionsBofBothers
GlobalBAssessmentBFunctioningBScaleB-
BAnswermeasuresBfromB100B(highestBfunctioning)BtoB1B(lowestBfunctioning)BwhenBmaki
ngBaBpsychiatricBdiagnosis
PsychoanalysisB-
BAnswerOld,ByetBrelevantBtechnique,BdevelopedBbyBFreud.BItBpromptsBpatientsBtoBtapB
, intoBunconsciousBexperiencesBthatBmayBbeBaffectingBcurrentBperceptionsBandBbehaviors
.
SystematicBDesensitizationB-
BAnswerTechniqueBthatBgraduallyBexposesBaBpersonBtoBaBfearedBstimulusBtoBhelpBhim
BorBherBcontrolBthatBfear
BehaviorBModificationB-
BAnsweroperantBandBclassicalBconditioningBconceptsBtoBshapeBmoreBadaptive,BlessBmal
adaptiveBbehaviors
DialecticalBBehaviorBTherapyB-
BAnswerSpecializedBapproachBforBpatientsBwithBborderlineBpersonalityBdisorders
BenzodiazepinesB-
BAnswermedicationsBthatBworkBtoBinduceBrelaxationBandBareBusedBinBalcoholBwithdraw
al.
NeurolepticsBtargetB-
BAnswerneurolepticsBtargetBbothBnegativeBandBpositiveBsymptomsBofBpsychoticBconditi
ons.
FloodingB-
BAnswerAnBintenseBtypeBofBdesensitizationBtherapyBthatBdirectlyBandBrepeatedlyBexpos
esBaBpersonBtoBaBfearedBstimulus.
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBisBaBtricyclicBantidepressant?B-
BAnswermarplanB(MAOI),BoxazepamB(benzodiazepine),BtofranilB(tricyclic),Bbuspar(nonadd
ictingBanxiolytic)
SocraticBquestioningB-
BAnswerTechniqueBproposedBbyBcognitiveBbehavioralBtherapistsBasBaBmeansBofBlogically
BchallengingBone'sBperceptionBaboutBbelief's.
Psychiatric Mental
Health Nurse
Review Questions
and Answers
Updated 2026
HamiltonBAnxietyBRatingBScaleB-
BAnswerevaluatesBforBtheBpresenceBandBdegreeBofBsubjectiveBanxiety
HEEADASSBAssessmentBScaleB-
BAnswerAssessesBadolescentBissuesBHOMEBandBenvironment,BEducationBandBemployme
nt,BEating,BActivities,BDrugs,BSuicide,BandBSexuality
JohariBWindowB-BAnswerAssessmentBtoolBthatBhelpsBaBpersonBbecomeBmoreBself-
aware,BbyBconsideringBperceptionsBofBothers
GlobalBAssessmentBFunctioningBScaleB-
BAnswermeasuresBfromB100B(highestBfunctioning)BtoB1B(lowestBfunctioning)BwhenBmaki
ngBaBpsychiatricBdiagnosis
PsychoanalysisB-
BAnswerOld,ByetBrelevantBtechnique,BdevelopedBbyBFreud.BItBpromptsBpatientsBtoBtapB
, intoBunconsciousBexperiencesBthatBmayBbeBaffectingBcurrentBperceptionsBandBbehaviors
.
SystematicBDesensitizationB-
BAnswerTechniqueBthatBgraduallyBexposesBaBpersonBtoBaBfearedBstimulusBtoBhelpBhim
BorBherBcontrolBthatBfear
BehaviorBModificationB-
BAnsweroperantBandBclassicalBconditioningBconceptsBtoBshapeBmoreBadaptive,BlessBmal
adaptiveBbehaviors
DialecticalBBehaviorBTherapyB-
BAnswerSpecializedBapproachBforBpatientsBwithBborderlineBpersonalityBdisorders
BenzodiazepinesB-
BAnswermedicationsBthatBworkBtoBinduceBrelaxationBandBareBusedBinBalcoholBwithdraw
al.
NeurolepticsBtargetB-
BAnswerneurolepticsBtargetBbothBnegativeBandBpositiveBsymptomsBofBpsychoticBconditi
ons.
FloodingB-
BAnswerAnBintenseBtypeBofBdesensitizationBtherapyBthatBdirectlyBandBrepeatedlyBexpos
esBaBpersonBtoBaBfearedBstimulus.
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBisBaBtricyclicBantidepressant?B-
BAnswermarplanB(MAOI),BoxazepamB(benzodiazepine),BtofranilB(tricyclic),Bbuspar(nonadd
ictingBanxiolytic)
SocraticBquestioningB-
BAnswerTechniqueBproposedBbyBcognitiveBbehavioralBtherapistsBasBaBmeansBofBlogically
BchallengingBone'sBperceptionBaboutBbelief's.