Foundations of Mental Health care (Chapter 1) Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
How would you define someone as mentally healthy? - Correct Answer A state of emotional,
psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective
behavior and coping, positive self-concept, and emotional stability
How would you define someone as mentally ill? - Correct Answer Individuals experience
dissatisfaction with self, relationships and ineffective coping. Daily life an seem overwhelming of
unbearbale. Individuals may believe that their situation is hopeless
health-illness continuum - Correct Answer description of a person's health status as a range with
anchors that include poor health or imminent death on one end of the continuum to high-level
wellness on the other end
Mental health - Correct Answer difficult to define; no single, universal definition; dynamic, ever-
changing state
What is the DSM-V? - Correct Answer A taxonomy published by the American Psychiatric Association
(APA) and describes all mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on
clinical experience and research
What is a taxonomy? - Correct Answer Mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each
based on clinical experience and research
What did they think about mental illness in the ancient times? - Correct Answer Sickness as
displeasure of gods: punishment for sins; view as demonic or divine
Who is Dorothea Dix? What did she do? - Correct Answer During the Period of Enlightenment
(1790's), she opened 32 state hospitals that offered asylum to the suffering, and believed that society
was obligated to those who were mentally ill and advocated adequate shelter, nutritious food and
warm clothing
Who is Sigmund Freud? - Correct Answer Developed psychoanalytic theory, scientific study and
treatment of mental illness. He challenged society to view human begins objectively, and studied the
mind, it's disorders and their treatments
Questions with Correct Answers
How would you define someone as mentally healthy? - Correct Answer A state of emotional,
psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective
behavior and coping, positive self-concept, and emotional stability
How would you define someone as mentally ill? - Correct Answer Individuals experience
dissatisfaction with self, relationships and ineffective coping. Daily life an seem overwhelming of
unbearbale. Individuals may believe that their situation is hopeless
health-illness continuum - Correct Answer description of a person's health status as a range with
anchors that include poor health or imminent death on one end of the continuum to high-level
wellness on the other end
Mental health - Correct Answer difficult to define; no single, universal definition; dynamic, ever-
changing state
What is the DSM-V? - Correct Answer A taxonomy published by the American Psychiatric Association
(APA) and describes all mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on
clinical experience and research
What is a taxonomy? - Correct Answer Mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each
based on clinical experience and research
What did they think about mental illness in the ancient times? - Correct Answer Sickness as
displeasure of gods: punishment for sins; view as demonic or divine
Who is Dorothea Dix? What did she do? - Correct Answer During the Period of Enlightenment
(1790's), she opened 32 state hospitals that offered asylum to the suffering, and believed that society
was obligated to those who were mentally ill and advocated adequate shelter, nutritious food and
warm clothing
Who is Sigmund Freud? - Correct Answer Developed psychoanalytic theory, scientific study and
treatment of mental illness. He challenged society to view human begins objectively, and studied the
mind, it's disorders and their treatments
