CCHP-MH
Comprehensive Test Review (Qns & Ans)
2025
1. Which national standard provides guidelines for the delivery
of mental health care in correctional facilities?
- A) American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines
- B) National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(NCCHC) Standards
- C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Standards
- D) American Medical Association (AMA) Guidelines
- ANS: B) National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(NCCHC) Standards
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, - Rationale: The NCCHC Standards provide guidelines
specifically for the delivery of health care, including mental
health care, in correctional facilities.
2. What is the primary purpose of mental health screening at
intake in correctional facilities?
- A) To diagnose all incoming inmates with mental disorders
- B) To identify inmates with immediate mental health needs
and risks
- C) To ensure inmates are placed in solitary confinement
- D) To reduce the overall prison population
- ANS: B) To identify inmates with immediate mental health
needs and risks
- Rationale: Mental health screening at intake aims to identify
inmates with immediate mental health needs and risks to provide
timely interventions and support.
3. Which legal principle requires correctional mental health
professionals to maintain patient confidentiality?
- A) Informed consent
- B) Duty to warn
- C) HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act)
- D) Malpractice law
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, - ANS: C) HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act)
- Rationale: HIPAA requires health care professionals,
including those in correctional settings, to maintain patient
confidentiality.
4. What is the ethical obligation of correctional mental health
professionals when faced with dual loyalty conflicts?
- A) To prioritize institutional security over patient care
- B) To ignore the conflict and continue with normal procedures
- C) To prioritize patient care while addressing security
concerns collaboratively
- D) To withdraw from the situation entirely
- ANS: C) To prioritize patient care while addressing security
concerns collaboratively
- Rationale: Ethical obligations require mental health
professionals to prioritize patient care while also addressing
security concerns collaboratively with the institution.
5. Which of the following best describes the role of a mental
health professional in a correctional environment?
- A) To provide legal counsel to inmates
- B) To ensure the physical security of the facility
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, - C) To deliver mental health assessments, treatment, and crisis
intervention
- D) To manage the daily operations of the correctional facility
- ANS: C) To deliver mental health assessments, treatment,
and crisis intervention
- Rationale: The primary role of mental health professionals
in correctional environments is to provide mental health
assessments, treatment, and crisis intervention.
6. Which national standard addresses the need for suicide
prevention programs in correctional facilities?
- A) American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guidelines
- B) World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
- C) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Standards
- D) NCCHC Standards for Health Services in Prisons
- ANS: D) NCCHC Standards for Health Services in Prisons
- Rationale: The NCCHC Standards for Health Services in
Prisons include guidelines for suicide prevention programs to
protect inmates at risk.
7. What legal principle ensures that inmates receive adequate
mental health care?
- A) Right to privacy
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Comprehensive Test Review (Qns & Ans)
2025
1. Which national standard provides guidelines for the delivery
of mental health care in correctional facilities?
- A) American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines
- B) National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(NCCHC) Standards
- C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Standards
- D) American Medical Association (AMA) Guidelines
- ANS: B) National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(NCCHC) Standards
©/2025
, - Rationale: The NCCHC Standards provide guidelines
specifically for the delivery of health care, including mental
health care, in correctional facilities.
2. What is the primary purpose of mental health screening at
intake in correctional facilities?
- A) To diagnose all incoming inmates with mental disorders
- B) To identify inmates with immediate mental health needs
and risks
- C) To ensure inmates are placed in solitary confinement
- D) To reduce the overall prison population
- ANS: B) To identify inmates with immediate mental health
needs and risks
- Rationale: Mental health screening at intake aims to identify
inmates with immediate mental health needs and risks to provide
timely interventions and support.
3. Which legal principle requires correctional mental health
professionals to maintain patient confidentiality?
- A) Informed consent
- B) Duty to warn
- C) HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act)
- D) Malpractice law
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, - ANS: C) HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act)
- Rationale: HIPAA requires health care professionals,
including those in correctional settings, to maintain patient
confidentiality.
4. What is the ethical obligation of correctional mental health
professionals when faced with dual loyalty conflicts?
- A) To prioritize institutional security over patient care
- B) To ignore the conflict and continue with normal procedures
- C) To prioritize patient care while addressing security
concerns collaboratively
- D) To withdraw from the situation entirely
- ANS: C) To prioritize patient care while addressing security
concerns collaboratively
- Rationale: Ethical obligations require mental health
professionals to prioritize patient care while also addressing
security concerns collaboratively with the institution.
5. Which of the following best describes the role of a mental
health professional in a correctional environment?
- A) To provide legal counsel to inmates
- B) To ensure the physical security of the facility
©/2025
, - C) To deliver mental health assessments, treatment, and crisis
intervention
- D) To manage the daily operations of the correctional facility
- ANS: C) To deliver mental health assessments, treatment,
and crisis intervention
- Rationale: The primary role of mental health professionals
in correctional environments is to provide mental health
assessments, treatment, and crisis intervention.
6. Which national standard addresses the need for suicide
prevention programs in correctional facilities?
- A) American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guidelines
- B) World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
- C) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Standards
- D) NCCHC Standards for Health Services in Prisons
- ANS: D) NCCHC Standards for Health Services in Prisons
- Rationale: The NCCHC Standards for Health Services in
Prisons include guidelines for suicide prevention programs to
protect inmates at risk.
7. What legal principle ensures that inmates receive adequate
mental health care?
- A) Right to privacy
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