PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING TEST SCRIPT 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
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◉ mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Answer: refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses
◉ Epp Report - mental health continuum. Answer: this depiction of
mental health and mental illness allows for 4 possible outcomes:
1. maximal mental disorder and optimal mental health
2. optimal mental health and absence of mental disorder
3. absence of mental disorder and minimal mental health
4. minimal mental health and maximal mental disorder
◉ mental health determinants. Answer:
◉ 10 components of recovery (SAMHSA, 2011). Answer: 1. self-directed
2. individual- and person -centred
3. empowering
4. holistic
,5. nonlinear
6. strengths-based
7. peer-supported
8. respect
9. responsibility
10. hope
◉ epidemiology. Answer: the quantitative study of the distribution of
mental disorders in human populations
◉ incidence. Answer: the number of new cases of mental health
disorders in a healthy population within a given period of time
◉ prevalence. Answer: the total number of cases, new and existing, in a
given population during a specific period of time, regardless of when
the subjects became ill
◉ dual diagnosis. Answer:
◉ comorbidity. Answer: more than one (mental) disorder at a time
◉ Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: - advanced the first theory of
personality development
, - articulated levels of awareness (unconscious, preconscious and
conscious) and demonstrated the influence of our unconscious
behaviour on everyday life, as evidence by use of defence mechanisms
- identified 3 psychological processes of personality (id, ego, superego)
- 5 stages of psychosexual stages articulate developmental theories of
personality
◉ Erikson's Ego Theory. Answer: - expanded on Freud's developmental
stages to include middle age through old age
- called his stages psychosocial stages and emphasized the social aspect
of personality development; development extended beyond the
Mother/Father/Child triangle and included society that occurred
throughout the lifespan
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory. Answer: the foundation
of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory of interpersonal relationships
- focuses on interpersonal processes that can be observed in a social
framework believing that therapy should educate patients and assist
them in gaining personal insight
NURSING TEST SCRIPT 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION REVIEW GRADED
A+
◉ mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Answer: refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses
◉ Epp Report - mental health continuum. Answer: this depiction of
mental health and mental illness allows for 4 possible outcomes:
1. maximal mental disorder and optimal mental health
2. optimal mental health and absence of mental disorder
3. absence of mental disorder and minimal mental health
4. minimal mental health and maximal mental disorder
◉ mental health determinants. Answer:
◉ 10 components of recovery (SAMHSA, 2011). Answer: 1. self-directed
2. individual- and person -centred
3. empowering
4. holistic
,5. nonlinear
6. strengths-based
7. peer-supported
8. respect
9. responsibility
10. hope
◉ epidemiology. Answer: the quantitative study of the distribution of
mental disorders in human populations
◉ incidence. Answer: the number of new cases of mental health
disorders in a healthy population within a given period of time
◉ prevalence. Answer: the total number of cases, new and existing, in a
given population during a specific period of time, regardless of when
the subjects became ill
◉ dual diagnosis. Answer:
◉ comorbidity. Answer: more than one (mental) disorder at a time
◉ Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: - advanced the first theory of
personality development
, - articulated levels of awareness (unconscious, preconscious and
conscious) and demonstrated the influence of our unconscious
behaviour on everyday life, as evidence by use of defence mechanisms
- identified 3 psychological processes of personality (id, ego, superego)
- 5 stages of psychosexual stages articulate developmental theories of
personality
◉ Erikson's Ego Theory. Answer: - expanded on Freud's developmental
stages to include middle age through old age
- called his stages psychosocial stages and emphasized the social aspect
of personality development; development extended beyond the
Mother/Father/Child triangle and included society that occurred
throughout the lifespan
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory. Answer: the foundation
of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory of interpersonal relationships
- focuses on interpersonal processes that can be observed in a social
framework believing that therapy should educate patients and assist
them in gaining personal insight
