MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
AMCA EXAM COMPLETE REVISION GUIDE
AND CLINICAL SUPPORT SKILLS
◉ Percent of countries with NO clear federal policies addressing
mental health issues?
Answer:50% PERCENT
◉ What percent of of the population needed drug / alcohol
treatment
Answer:8.4% PERCENT
◉ Percentage of people needing treatment ACTUALLY received
treatment??
Answer:10.8% PERCENT
◉ PERCENT OF ADULTS 18+ IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD
ANY MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE PAST YEAR??
Answer:20% PERCENT
◉ WHAT IS THE PERCENT OF ADULTS REPORTING AN UNMET
NEED for mental health care in the past year?
,Answer:4.9% PERCENT
◉ PERCENT of people cannot afford mental health services?
Answer:43.7% PERCENT
◉ Percent of people who needed treatment for SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
couldn't afford it?
Answer:32% PERCENT
◉ What is the main personality called for someone who has DID
Disorder? (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER)
Answer:HOST
◉ What stage of KESSLERS body reactions reduce function to shunt
blood for areas needed for defense?
Answer:RESISTANCE REACTION - STAGE 2
◉ Client seen in clinic with clinical manifestations of an INABILITY
TO SIT STILL and RIGID POSTURE, sides effects correctly identified
as?
Answer:AKATHISIA
◉ What is the first step of NURSING PROCESS.
, Answer:ASSESMENT - FIRST STEP.
◉ Final step of NURSING PROCESS??
Answer:EVALUATION - FINAL STEP.
◉ MODERATE level anxiety traits?
Answer:Decreased Perceptual field and FOCUSING ON IMMEDIATE
TASK ONLY.
◉ PANIC level of anixety medical term??
Answer:Can involve loss of rational thought, DELUSIONS,
HALLUCINATIONS, and COMPLETE PHYSICAL IMMOBILITY /
MUTENESS.
◉ Neurochemical process RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPRESSION???
Answer:DECREASED SEROTONIN AND NOREPINEPHRINE
ACTIVITY.
◉ Example of MALPRACTICE in workplace with mental health
workers?
Answer:Ex : PATIENT COMPLETING SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN
BATHROOM
AMCA EXAM COMPLETE REVISION GUIDE
AND CLINICAL SUPPORT SKILLS
◉ Percent of countries with NO clear federal policies addressing
mental health issues?
Answer:50% PERCENT
◉ What percent of of the population needed drug / alcohol
treatment
Answer:8.4% PERCENT
◉ Percentage of people needing treatment ACTUALLY received
treatment??
Answer:10.8% PERCENT
◉ PERCENT OF ADULTS 18+ IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD
ANY MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE PAST YEAR??
Answer:20% PERCENT
◉ WHAT IS THE PERCENT OF ADULTS REPORTING AN UNMET
NEED for mental health care in the past year?
,Answer:4.9% PERCENT
◉ PERCENT of people cannot afford mental health services?
Answer:43.7% PERCENT
◉ Percent of people who needed treatment for SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
couldn't afford it?
Answer:32% PERCENT
◉ What is the main personality called for someone who has DID
Disorder? (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER)
Answer:HOST
◉ What stage of KESSLERS body reactions reduce function to shunt
blood for areas needed for defense?
Answer:RESISTANCE REACTION - STAGE 2
◉ Client seen in clinic with clinical manifestations of an INABILITY
TO SIT STILL and RIGID POSTURE, sides effects correctly identified
as?
Answer:AKATHISIA
◉ What is the first step of NURSING PROCESS.
, Answer:ASSESMENT - FIRST STEP.
◉ Final step of NURSING PROCESS??
Answer:EVALUATION - FINAL STEP.
◉ MODERATE level anxiety traits?
Answer:Decreased Perceptual field and FOCUSING ON IMMEDIATE
TASK ONLY.
◉ PANIC level of anixety medical term??
Answer:Can involve loss of rational thought, DELUSIONS,
HALLUCINATIONS, and COMPLETE PHYSICAL IMMOBILITY /
MUTENESS.
◉ Neurochemical process RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPRESSION???
Answer:DECREASED SEROTONIN AND NOREPINEPHRINE
ACTIVITY.
◉ Example of MALPRACTICE in workplace with mental health
workers?
Answer:Ex : PATIENT COMPLETING SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN
BATHROOM
