MENTAL HEALTH PROCTOR 2 EXAM
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ exacerbations.
Answer: periods marked by an increase in the signs and symptoms
and seriousness of a problem or disorder...
◉ psychiatric rehabilitation.
Answer: multidisciplinary services that assist people with mental
health problems to readjust and adapt to life in the community as
actively and independently as possible; includes personal
adjustment and social, residential, educational, and vocational
services...
◉ remissions.
Answer: in chronic mental illness, times of partial or complete
disappearance of symtoms...
◉ addictive behaviors.
Answer: obsessive-compulsive activities that take the form of certain
repetitive behaviors, such as gambling, shopping, working, and
engaging in excessive sexual activity...
,◉ agoraphobia.
Answer: anxiety about possible situations (especially open or public
places) in which a panic attack may occur...
◉ anxiety.
Answer: vague, uneasy feeling experienced by individuals in
response to real or imagined stress....
◉ anxiety disorder.
Answer: psychic tension that interferes with a person's ability to
perform activites of daily living...
◉ anxiety state.
Answer: state that occurs when one's coping abilities are
overwhelmed and emotional control is lost...
◉ anxiety trait.
Answer: learned component of the personality in which an
individual reacts to relatively non stressful situations with anxiety...
◉ avoidance behaviors.
,Answer: refusal to cope with anxiety-producing situations by
ignoring them...
◉ compulsion.
Answer: distressing recurring behavior that must be performed to
reduce anxiety...
◉ coping mechanisms.
Answer: any thought or action that is aimed at reducing stress...
◉ defense mechanisms.
Answer: unconscious,intrapsychic reaction that offers protection to
the self from a stressful situation...
◉ obsession.
Answer: persistent, recurring, inappropriate, and distressing
thoughts...
◉ panic attack.
Answer: brief period of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by
various physical and emotional reactions...
◉ phobia.
, Answer: unnatural fear of people, animals, objects, situations, or
occurrences...
◉ signal anxiety.
Answer: learned anxiety response to an anticipated event...
◉ traumatic stress reaction.
Answer: a series of behavioral and emotional responses following an
overwhelmingly stressful event...
◉ acting out.
Answer: use of inappropriate, detrimental, or destructive behaviors
to express current or past emotions...
◉ aggression.
Answer: forceful attitude or action that is expressed physically,
symbolically or verbally...
◉ anger.
Answer: normal emotional response to a perceived threat,
frustration, or distressing event; occurs in response to an
individual's frustration level or feelings of being threatened or losing
control...
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ exacerbations.
Answer: periods marked by an increase in the signs and symptoms
and seriousness of a problem or disorder...
◉ psychiatric rehabilitation.
Answer: multidisciplinary services that assist people with mental
health problems to readjust and adapt to life in the community as
actively and independently as possible; includes personal
adjustment and social, residential, educational, and vocational
services...
◉ remissions.
Answer: in chronic mental illness, times of partial or complete
disappearance of symtoms...
◉ addictive behaviors.
Answer: obsessive-compulsive activities that take the form of certain
repetitive behaviors, such as gambling, shopping, working, and
engaging in excessive sexual activity...
,◉ agoraphobia.
Answer: anxiety about possible situations (especially open or public
places) in which a panic attack may occur...
◉ anxiety.
Answer: vague, uneasy feeling experienced by individuals in
response to real or imagined stress....
◉ anxiety disorder.
Answer: psychic tension that interferes with a person's ability to
perform activites of daily living...
◉ anxiety state.
Answer: state that occurs when one's coping abilities are
overwhelmed and emotional control is lost...
◉ anxiety trait.
Answer: learned component of the personality in which an
individual reacts to relatively non stressful situations with anxiety...
◉ avoidance behaviors.
,Answer: refusal to cope with anxiety-producing situations by
ignoring them...
◉ compulsion.
Answer: distressing recurring behavior that must be performed to
reduce anxiety...
◉ coping mechanisms.
Answer: any thought or action that is aimed at reducing stress...
◉ defense mechanisms.
Answer: unconscious,intrapsychic reaction that offers protection to
the self from a stressful situation...
◉ obsession.
Answer: persistent, recurring, inappropriate, and distressing
thoughts...
◉ panic attack.
Answer: brief period of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by
various physical and emotional reactions...
◉ phobia.
, Answer: unnatural fear of people, animals, objects, situations, or
occurrences...
◉ signal anxiety.
Answer: learned anxiety response to an anticipated event...
◉ traumatic stress reaction.
Answer: a series of behavioral and emotional responses following an
overwhelmingly stressful event...
◉ acting out.
Answer: use of inappropriate, detrimental, or destructive behaviors
to express current or past emotions...
◉ aggression.
Answer: forceful attitude or action that is expressed physically,
symbolically or verbally...
◉ anger.
Answer: normal emotional response to a perceived threat,
frustration, or distressing event; occurs in response to an
individual's frustration level or feelings of being threatened or losing
control...
