MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN TEST 9
COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE WITH CRISIS
INTERVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONCEPTS
◉ 20%.
Answer: Children should undergo further evaluation when their
weight is _______above their height
◉ Anxiety.
Answer: A female client's husband in whom a chronic illness was
recently diagnosed is hospitalized. She states that she can't stop
worrying about what is going to happen with her husband's
treatment and how they are going to pay the bills because he is not
working. What reaction is the client most likely experiencing?
◉ Depressive disorder.
Answer: The parents of a 14 year old girl have noticed that over the
past couple months, their daughter has not been enjoying
participating in the track team, which she previously enjoyed. She
often makes statements about how ugly she feels and she dropped a
letter grade in two of her classes. Base don these symptoms, this
client may be diagnosed with:
,◉ Sodium.
Answer: In preparing discharge planning for a client who has been
prescribed lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder, it is
important that the client demonstrate an understanding of the need
to monitor his or her diet for intake of:
◉ neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).
Answer: _______is a side effect that can occur while the client is taking
antipsychotic medications, causing muscle rigidity, high fever,
unstable vital signs, confusion and agitation.
◉ Severe.
Answer: A female college student is seeking help from the
counseling center for text anxiety. She reports that during an exam,
she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take the exam is racing
by and I can't answer any of the questions when i know the
answers". Which level of anxiety is the client experiencing?
◉ Classifications.
Answer: Behaviors associated with mental illnesses were more
accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to _______for
different abnormal behaviors.
◉ Animal assisted therapy.
, Answer: A 10 year old male client with autism experiences
loneliness and social anxiety as a result of his disease. Which CAM
therapy will the caregiver suggest to help out this client the most
with these feelings?
◉ Rationalization.
Answer: A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets
home after midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament
early the next morning and loses all her matches. She blames the line
judge for her loss, rather than her poor play. Which coping
mechanism best describes her response to losing the matches?
◉ 20%.
Answer: Poverty influences the growth and development of children
and is often a precursor to mental health disorders in children.
Nearly _______of the children in the US come from families that live at
the poverty level.
◉ Risperdal.
Answer: The provider is administering medications to a client with a
diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The provider would expect to
see which medication ordered for the client?
◉ Paraphillia.
COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE WITH CRISIS
INTERVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONCEPTS
◉ 20%.
Answer: Children should undergo further evaluation when their
weight is _______above their height
◉ Anxiety.
Answer: A female client's husband in whom a chronic illness was
recently diagnosed is hospitalized. She states that she can't stop
worrying about what is going to happen with her husband's
treatment and how they are going to pay the bills because he is not
working. What reaction is the client most likely experiencing?
◉ Depressive disorder.
Answer: The parents of a 14 year old girl have noticed that over the
past couple months, their daughter has not been enjoying
participating in the track team, which she previously enjoyed. She
often makes statements about how ugly she feels and she dropped a
letter grade in two of her classes. Base don these symptoms, this
client may be diagnosed with:
,◉ Sodium.
Answer: In preparing discharge planning for a client who has been
prescribed lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder, it is
important that the client demonstrate an understanding of the need
to monitor his or her diet for intake of:
◉ neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).
Answer: _______is a side effect that can occur while the client is taking
antipsychotic medications, causing muscle rigidity, high fever,
unstable vital signs, confusion and agitation.
◉ Severe.
Answer: A female college student is seeking help from the
counseling center for text anxiety. She reports that during an exam,
she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take the exam is racing
by and I can't answer any of the questions when i know the
answers". Which level of anxiety is the client experiencing?
◉ Classifications.
Answer: Behaviors associated with mental illnesses were more
accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to _______for
different abnormal behaviors.
◉ Animal assisted therapy.
, Answer: A 10 year old male client with autism experiences
loneliness and social anxiety as a result of his disease. Which CAM
therapy will the caregiver suggest to help out this client the most
with these feelings?
◉ Rationalization.
Answer: A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets
home after midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament
early the next morning and loses all her matches. She blames the line
judge for her loss, rather than her poor play. Which coping
mechanism best describes her response to losing the matches?
◉ 20%.
Answer: Poverty influences the growth and development of children
and is often a precursor to mental health disorders in children.
Nearly _______of the children in the US come from families that live at
the poverty level.
◉ Risperdal.
Answer: The provider is administering medications to a client with a
diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The provider would expect to
see which medication ordered for the client?
◉ Paraphillia.
