TEST BANK
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,Chapter 01: The History of Mental Health Care
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Morrison-Valfre: Foundations of Mental Health Care, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE cd
1. The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational soul controlled the
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irrational soul could be compared with the belief of the more recent psychological
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theorist:
cd
a. Freud
b. Pinel
c. Fisher
d. Rush
ANS: A cd
Sigmund Freud believed that mental illness was, in part, caused by forces both within
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and outside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally ill
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individuals as human beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Florence
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Nightingale nurse who cared for the mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush was the author
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of the book Diseases of the Mind.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
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4 OBJ: 2
cd cd TOP: Early Years of Mental Health
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. During the mid-1500s, behaviors associated with mental illness were more
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accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd for different abnormal
cd cd
behaviors.
cd
a. Classifications
b. Diagnosing
c. Treatment
d. Education
ANS: A cd
Classification of abnormal behaviors did not begin until this time, after the practice of
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more accurate recording of behaviors was begun. Diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
any education regarding mental health disorders were not available during this period.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
5 OBJ: 3
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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3. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, psychiatry became a separate branch
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of medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly diminished by the French hospital
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
director:
cd
a. Dix
b. Beers
c. Pinel
d. Carter
ANS: C cd
, Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of the mentally ill, as well as proper treatment.
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Dorothea Dix crusaded for construction of mental health hospitals. Clifford Beers wrote
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the book A Mind That Found Itself. President Jimmy Carter established the President’s
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Commission on Mental Health in 1978.
cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
5 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Eighteenth Century
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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4. In 1841,
cd surveyed asylums, jails, and almshouses throughout the cd cd cd cd cd cd
United States, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing about public awareness
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and reform for the care of the mentally ill.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. Sigmund Freud cd
b. John Cade cd
c. Florence Nightingale cd
d. Dorothea Dix cd
ANS: D cd
Dorothea Dix spent 20 years surveying facilities that housed mentally ill individuals and is
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credited with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freud introduced
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the concept of psychoanalysis, John Cade discovered lithium carbonate for the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
treatment of bipolar disorder, and Florence Nightingale trained nurses in England in the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
1800s.
cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
5. As adirect result of Clifford N
B ee Rr s’ I
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k a nBd .boCo k,MA Mind That Found Itself, the
Committee for Mental HygieneUwas
S formed in 1909 with a focus on prevention of
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cd
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mental illness and:
cd cd cd
a. Early detection of symptoms of mental illness
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b. Education of caregivers cd cd
c. Current treatment options cd cd
d. Removing the stigma attached to mental illness cd cd cd cd cd cd
ANS: D cd
Clifford Beers’ book reflected on his attempt at suicide followed by the deplorable care
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he received for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. Beers’ work and book raised the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
consciousness of people throughout the country regarding prevention and removal of
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
the stigma of having a mental illness. Early detection of symptoms, education of caregivers,
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and current treatment options regarding mental illness were not the focus of his book,
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nor were they a priority for the Committee for Mental Hygiene.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Twentieth Century
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
6. During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
coma that could last as long as 50 hours?
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. Electroconvulsive therapy cd
b. Insulin therapy cd
c. Humoral therapy cd
, d. Amphetamine therapy cd
ANS: B cd
Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s.
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Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used
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for severe depression. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
was a belief that mental illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
water, and earth.
cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
8 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
7. In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) most
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
often used to treat?
cd cd cd cd
a. Schizophrenia
b. Bipolar disorder cd
c. Severe depression cd
d. Violent behavior cd
ANS: C cd
ECT was found to be an effective treatment for severe depression in the 1930s. During this
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
period, schizophrenia was treated with insulin therapy, and violent behavior was treated with
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a lobotomy. In 1949, lithium carbonate was discovered as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 c d DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: NursingProcess Step: AN
cd s se sR
sm eI
n t GMSBC :. C
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Cl i entMNeeds: Psychosocial Integrity
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d
cd cd
USNT cd cd cd O
8. In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common treatment for violent
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behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
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a. A procedure that delivers an electrical stimulus to the frontal lobes of the brain
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b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain fluid
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c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus
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d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of the brain
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ANS: C cd
A frontal lobotomy is a surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
severed from the thalamus.
cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
9. Which class of drugs was introduced in the 1930s for the treatment of depression?
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. SSRIs
b. Tricyclic antidepressants cd
c. MAOIs
d. Amphetamines
ANS:
D
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cd
,Chapter 01: The History of Mental Health Care
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
Morrison-Valfre: Foundations of Mental Health Care, 7th Edition
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
MULTIPLE CHOICE cd
1. The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational soul controlled the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
irrational soul could be compared with the belief of the more recent psychological
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
theorist:
cd
a. Freud
b. Pinel
c. Fisher
d. Rush
ANS: A cd
Sigmund Freud believed that mental illness was, in part, caused by forces both within
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
and outside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally ill
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
individuals as human beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a Florence
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
Nightingale nurse who cared for the mentally ill, and Dr. Benjamin Rush was the author
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
of the book Diseases of the Mind.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
c d cd cd cd
4 OBJ: 2
cd cd TOP: Early Years of Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
2. During the mid-1500s, behaviors associated with mental illness were more
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd for different abnormal
cd cd
behaviors.
cd
a. Classifications
b. Diagnosing
c. Treatment
d. Education
ANS: A cd
Classification of abnormal behaviors did not begin until this time, after the practice of
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
more accurate recording of behaviors was begun. Diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
any education regarding mental health disorders were not available during this period.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
5 OBJ: 3
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness During the Renaissance
c d c d cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
3. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, psychiatry became a separate branch
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
of medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly diminished by the French hospital
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
director:
cd
a. Dix
b. Beers
c. Pinel
d. Carter
ANS: C cd
, Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of the mentally ill, as well as proper treatment.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
Dorothea Dix crusaded for construction of mental health hospitals. Clifford Beers wrote
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
the book A Mind That Found Itself. President Jimmy Carter established the President’s
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
Commission on Mental Health in 1978.
cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
5 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Eighteenth Century
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
4. In 1841,
cd surveyed asylums, jails, and almshouses throughout the cd cd cd cd cd cd
United States, Canada, and Scotland and is credited with bringing about public awareness
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
and reform for the care of the mentally ill.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. Sigmund Freud cd
b. John Cade cd
c. Florence Nightingale cd
d. Dorothea Dix cd
ANS: D cd
Dorothea Dix spent 20 years surveying facilities that housed mentally ill individuals and is
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
credited with major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freud introduced
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
the concept of psychoanalysis, John Cade discovered lithium carbonate for the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
treatment of bipolar disorder, and Florence Nightingale trained nurses in England in the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
1800s.
cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
5. As adirect result of Clifford N
B ee Rr s’ I
worG
k a nBd .boCo k,MA Mind That Found Itself, the
Committee for Mental HygieneUwas
S formed in 1909 with a focus on prevention of
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
cd
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
mental illness and:
cd cd cd
a. Early detection of symptoms of mental illness
cd cd cd cd cd cd
b. Education of caregivers cd cd
c. Current treatment options cd cd
d. Removing the stigma attached to mental illness cd cd cd cd cd cd
ANS: D cd
Clifford Beers’ book reflected on his attempt at suicide followed by the deplorable care
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
he received for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. Beers’ work and book raised the
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
consciousness of people throughout the country regarding prevention and removal of
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
the stigma of having a mental illness. Early detection of symptoms, education of caregivers,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
and current treatment options regarding mental illness were not the focus of his book,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
nor were they a priority for the Committee for Mental Hygiene.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 4
cd cd TOP: Mental Illness in the Twentieth Century
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
6. During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
coma that could last as long as 50 hours?
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. Electroconvulsive therapy cd
b. Insulin therapy cd
c. Humoral therapy cd
, d. Amphetamine therapy cd
ANS: B cd
Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
for severe depression. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
was a belief that mental illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire,
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
water, and earth.
cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
8 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
7. In the 1930s, what mental health disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) most
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
often used to treat?
cd cd cd cd
a. Schizophrenia
b. Bipolar disorder cd
c. Severe depression cd
d. Violent behavior cd
ANS: C cd
ECT was found to be an effective treatment for severe depression in the 1930s. During this
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
period, schizophrenia was treated with insulin therapy, and violent behavior was treated with
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a lobotomy. In 1949, lithium carbonate was discovered as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 c d DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: NursingProcess Step: AN
cd s se sR
sm eI
n t GMSBC :. C
cd
Cl i entMNeeds: Psychosocial Integrity
cd cd cd cd cd c d cd cd
c
d
cd cd
USNT cd cd cd O
8. In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common treatment for violent
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. A procedure that delivers an electrical stimulus to the frontal lobes of the brain
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain fluid
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from the thalamus
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of the brain
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
ANS: C cd
A frontal lobotomy is a surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
severed from the thalamus.
cd cd cd cd
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
c d REF: p. cd cd cd
6 OBJ: 5
cd cd TOP: Influences of War on Mental Health
c d c d cd cd cd cd cd
Therapies
cd
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
c d cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
9. Which class of drugs was introduced in the 1930s for the treatment of depression?
cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd
a. SSRIs
b. Tricyclic antidepressants cd
c. MAOIs
d. Amphetamines
ANS:
D
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