MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 LATEST 2025 WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
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Mental health & mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER-Mental health:
-Difficult to define; no single, universal definition
-Dynamic, ever-changing state
Mental illness:
-Includes disorders that affect:
1. Mood
2. Behavior
3. Thinking
These often indicate signs of distress and/or impaired functioning
General criteria for diagnosis of mental illness (5) - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
Dissatisfaction with characteristics, abilities, accomplishments
2. Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships
3. Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world
4. Ineffective coping with life events
5. Lack of personal growth
,3 factors influencing mental health can be categorized as: - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. individual (personal)- biologic makeup, autonomy &
independence, self-esteem, emotional resilience, sense of belonging, reality
orientation, coping or stress management
2. Interpersonal (relationship)- effective communication, ability to help others,
intimacy, balance of separateness & connectedness
3. Social/cultural (environmental)- sense of community, access to adequate
resources, intolerance of violence, support of diversity, positive yet realistic
view of one's world
DSM-5 3 purposes - CORRECT ANSWER-Taxonomy published by American
Psychiatric Association
1. Standardize nomenclature, language
2. Identify defining characteristics or symptoms
3. Assist in identifying underlying causes
DSM-5 allows the practitioner to identify all the factors that relate to a person's
condition: (3) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. all major psychiatric disorders
2. medical conditions that are potentially relevant to understanding or
managing the person's mental disorder
3. psychosocial & environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis,
treatment, & prognosis of mental disorders
The definition of mental health is standardized and universally accepted. True
or false? - CORRECT ANSWER-False
,There is no single universal definition of mental health, which has many
components and is influenced by myriad factors.
Historically, mental illness was viewed as - CORRECT ANSWER-demonic
possession, sin, or weakness, and people were punished accordingly
Period of enlightenment (1790s) - CORRECT ANSWER--Creation of asylums;
moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix
-Sigmund Freud: scientific study, treatment of mental illness
A significant advancement in treating persons with mental illness was the -
CORRECT ANSWER-development of psychotropic drugs in the early 1950's
The shift from institutional care to care in the community began in the -
CORRECT ANSWER-1960's, allowing many people to leave institutions for the
first time in years
Community mental health movement
-Deinstitutionalization
-Legislation for disability income
-Changes in commitment laws
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Decrease in admission to hospitals
and the development of community-based services as an alternative
, Mental illness & the 21st century (6) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. More than
18.6% of Americans aged 18 years and older have diagnosable mental disorder.
20.7 million have a substance use disorder, and 8.4 million of this population
have a dual diagnosis.
2. 15 million adults and 4 million children and adolescents with impaired daily
activities
3. *Economic burden exceeds that of all types of cancer*
4. *Leading cause of disability in the U.S & Canada for those 15 to 44 years of
age*
5. *Increasing number of both adults and children/adolescents are being
treated for mental illness*; yet only 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children are
treated.
6. Treatment still lagging in homeless and those with substance abuse
problems
One result of deinstitutionalizing is the: - CORRECT ANSWER-*revolving door
of repetitive hospital admission without adequate community follow-up*
-mentally ill are often "boarded" in EDs while awaiting inpatient beds
-Shorter hospital stays, decompensation, rehospitalization, dual diagnoses
-Homelessness (42% estimated to have serious mental illness associated with
substance abuse)
-33% have associated physical illness comorbidities.
-Lack of adequate community resources
Which statement best reflects the current state of mental health and mental
illness?
A. Mental health-care costs exceed the costs for cancer care.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED
PASS!
Mental health & mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER-Mental health:
-Difficult to define; no single, universal definition
-Dynamic, ever-changing state
Mental illness:
-Includes disorders that affect:
1. Mood
2. Behavior
3. Thinking
These often indicate signs of distress and/or impaired functioning
General criteria for diagnosis of mental illness (5) - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
Dissatisfaction with characteristics, abilities, accomplishments
2. Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships
3. Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world
4. Ineffective coping with life events
5. Lack of personal growth
,3 factors influencing mental health can be categorized as: - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. individual (personal)- biologic makeup, autonomy &
independence, self-esteem, emotional resilience, sense of belonging, reality
orientation, coping or stress management
2. Interpersonal (relationship)- effective communication, ability to help others,
intimacy, balance of separateness & connectedness
3. Social/cultural (environmental)- sense of community, access to adequate
resources, intolerance of violence, support of diversity, positive yet realistic
view of one's world
DSM-5 3 purposes - CORRECT ANSWER-Taxonomy published by American
Psychiatric Association
1. Standardize nomenclature, language
2. Identify defining characteristics or symptoms
3. Assist in identifying underlying causes
DSM-5 allows the practitioner to identify all the factors that relate to a person's
condition: (3) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. all major psychiatric disorders
2. medical conditions that are potentially relevant to understanding or
managing the person's mental disorder
3. psychosocial & environmental problems that may affect the diagnosis,
treatment, & prognosis of mental disorders
The definition of mental health is standardized and universally accepted. True
or false? - CORRECT ANSWER-False
,There is no single universal definition of mental health, which has many
components and is influenced by myriad factors.
Historically, mental illness was viewed as - CORRECT ANSWER-demonic
possession, sin, or weakness, and people were punished accordingly
Period of enlightenment (1790s) - CORRECT ANSWER--Creation of asylums;
moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix
-Sigmund Freud: scientific study, treatment of mental illness
A significant advancement in treating persons with mental illness was the -
CORRECT ANSWER-development of psychotropic drugs in the early 1950's
The shift from institutional care to care in the community began in the -
CORRECT ANSWER-1960's, allowing many people to leave institutions for the
first time in years
Community mental health movement
-Deinstitutionalization
-Legislation for disability income
-Changes in commitment laws
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Decrease in admission to hospitals
and the development of community-based services as an alternative
, Mental illness & the 21st century (6) - CORRECT ANSWER-1. More than
18.6% of Americans aged 18 years and older have diagnosable mental disorder.
20.7 million have a substance use disorder, and 8.4 million of this population
have a dual diagnosis.
2. 15 million adults and 4 million children and adolescents with impaired daily
activities
3. *Economic burden exceeds that of all types of cancer*
4. *Leading cause of disability in the U.S & Canada for those 15 to 44 years of
age*
5. *Increasing number of both adults and children/adolescents are being
treated for mental illness*; yet only 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children are
treated.
6. Treatment still lagging in homeless and those with substance abuse
problems
One result of deinstitutionalizing is the: - CORRECT ANSWER-*revolving door
of repetitive hospital admission without adequate community follow-up*
-mentally ill are often "boarded" in EDs while awaiting inpatient beds
-Shorter hospital stays, decompensation, rehospitalization, dual diagnoses
-Homelessness (42% estimated to have serious mental illness associated with
substance abuse)
-33% have associated physical illness comorbidities.
-Lack of adequate community resources
Which statement best reflects the current state of mental health and mental
illness?
A. Mental health-care costs exceed the costs for cancer care.
