JOYCE UNIVERSITY NUR 175
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM 1
| KEY CONCEPTS 2026/2027 WITH 150
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT-VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY
GRADED A+
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING (Questions 1-25)
1. What does the DSM-5 provide?
A) Treatment protocols for mental disorders
B) Descriptions of mental disorders with specific diagnostic criteria based on clinical
experience and research
C) A list of approved psychotropic medications
D) Nursing care plans for psychiatric patients
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The DSM-5 describes mental disorders and outlines specific diagnostic criteria based
on clinical experiences and research. It is used by all mental health clinicians who diagnose
psychiatric disorders.
,2. A ______ is the belief that an individual is flawed and is characterized by shunning,
disgrace, and isolation.
A) Delusion
B) Stigma
C) Hallucination
D) Phobia
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Stigma is the belief that an individual is flawed and is characterized by shunning,
disgrace, and isolation. It is often the reason people do not seek mental health help.
3. What occurred in the 1960s that improved support for people struggling with mental
health, allowing for less restrictive treatment?
A) The discovery of antipsychotic medications
B) Deinstitutionalization
C) The establishment of the DSM
D) The creation of Medicare
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Deinstitutionalization in the 1960s improved support for people struggling with
mental health by allowing for less restrictive treatment and moving individuals from long-term
institutions to community-based settings.
4. What are the negative effects of non-treatment of mental health? (Select all that apply)
A) Homelessness
B) Arrest/incarceration
C) Victimization
D) Suicide
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: E
Rationale: Non-treatment of mental health can lead to homelessness, arrest/incarceration,
victimization, suicide, domestic violence, and danger to others.
,5. What are the basic-level functions of an RN in mental health? (Select all that apply)
A) Counseling
B) Milieu therapy
C) Self-care activities
D) Psychobiological interventions
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: E
Rationale: Basic-level functions of an RN in mental health include counseling, milieu therapy,
self-care activities, psychobiological interventions, health teaching, case management, and health
promotion and maintenance.
6. What is mental health according to the WHO?
A) The absence of mental illness
B) A state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope
with normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to
his or her community
C) The ability to function in society without medication
D) A temporary state of emotional stability
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The WHO defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which an individual
realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively
and is able to make a contribution to his and her community."
7. True or False: There is a definitive diagnosis for mental health.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: False. Mental health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellness, not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is no single definitive diagnosis for mental
health.
8. What influences mental illness and health?
, A) Individual factors only
B) Interpersonal factors only
C) Societal/cultural factors only
D) Individual, interpersonal, and societal/cultural factors
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Mental illness and health are influenced by individual, interpersonal, and
societal/cultural factors.
9. Mental illness changes with:
A) Culture only
B) Time in history only
C) The group defining it only
D) Culture, time in history, and the group defining it
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, and the group defining it.
10. What was the primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963?
A) To build more psychiatric hospitals
B) To move clients to their home communities for treatment
C) To increase funding for psychiatric research
D) To mandate insurance coverage for mental health
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963 was to
move clients to their home communities for treatment.
11. What do mental health parity laws ensure?
A) Equal access to mental health facilities
B) Equality in insurance coverage for mental illness
C) Equal pay for mental health professionals
D) Equal treatment in psychiatric hospitals
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM 1
| KEY CONCEPTS 2026/2027 WITH 150
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT-VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY
GRADED A+
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING (Questions 1-25)
1. What does the DSM-5 provide?
A) Treatment protocols for mental disorders
B) Descriptions of mental disorders with specific diagnostic criteria based on clinical
experience and research
C) A list of approved psychotropic medications
D) Nursing care plans for psychiatric patients
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The DSM-5 describes mental disorders and outlines specific diagnostic criteria based
on clinical experiences and research. It is used by all mental health clinicians who diagnose
psychiatric disorders.
,2. A ______ is the belief that an individual is flawed and is characterized by shunning,
disgrace, and isolation.
A) Delusion
B) Stigma
C) Hallucination
D) Phobia
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Stigma is the belief that an individual is flawed and is characterized by shunning,
disgrace, and isolation. It is often the reason people do not seek mental health help.
3. What occurred in the 1960s that improved support for people struggling with mental
health, allowing for less restrictive treatment?
A) The discovery of antipsychotic medications
B) Deinstitutionalization
C) The establishment of the DSM
D) The creation of Medicare
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Deinstitutionalization in the 1960s improved support for people struggling with
mental health by allowing for less restrictive treatment and moving individuals from long-term
institutions to community-based settings.
4. What are the negative effects of non-treatment of mental health? (Select all that apply)
A) Homelessness
B) Arrest/incarceration
C) Victimization
D) Suicide
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: E
Rationale: Non-treatment of mental health can lead to homelessness, arrest/incarceration,
victimization, suicide, domestic violence, and danger to others.
,5. What are the basic-level functions of an RN in mental health? (Select all that apply)
A) Counseling
B) Milieu therapy
C) Self-care activities
D) Psychobiological interventions
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: E
Rationale: Basic-level functions of an RN in mental health include counseling, milieu therapy,
self-care activities, psychobiological interventions, health teaching, case management, and health
promotion and maintenance.
6. What is mental health according to the WHO?
A) The absence of mental illness
B) A state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope
with normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to
his or her community
C) The ability to function in society without medication
D) A temporary state of emotional stability
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The WHO defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which an individual
realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively
and is able to make a contribution to his and her community."
7. True or False: There is a definitive diagnosis for mental health.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: False. Mental health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellness, not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is no single definitive diagnosis for mental
health.
8. What influences mental illness and health?
, A) Individual factors only
B) Interpersonal factors only
C) Societal/cultural factors only
D) Individual, interpersonal, and societal/cultural factors
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Mental illness and health are influenced by individual, interpersonal, and
societal/cultural factors.
9. Mental illness changes with:
A) Culture only
B) Time in history only
C) The group defining it only
D) Culture, time in history, and the group defining it
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, and the group defining it.
10. What was the primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963?
A) To build more psychiatric hospitals
B) To move clients to their home communities for treatment
C) To increase funding for psychiatric research
D) To mandate insurance coverage for mental health
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963 was to
move clients to their home communities for treatment.
11. What do mental health parity laws ensure?
A) Equal access to mental health facilities
B) Equality in insurance coverage for mental illness
C) Equal pay for mental health professionals
D) Equal treatment in psychiatric hospitals
