historical overview of psychiatric mental
health nursing Exam Questions With
Accurate Answers
early mental illness care evolved through trends: - CORRECT ANSWER-societal values
politics
culture
economics
religion
medicine
mental illness used to be seen as a result of - CORRECT ANSWER-evil spirits
sins
demonic possession
fear
brain disturbances
contagious environments
late 1700s european asylums - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Phillipe Pinel & William Tuke
advocated for more humane treatment
◦Social & psychological treatment termed "moral treatment"
◦Canadian "asylums" and history - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Began as "moral treatment'
, ◦Progressed to "custodial care" as asylums housed mainly poor people with little
support & an increasing inpatient population due to decrease in supports (urbanization
& relocation)
◦Resulted in less than humane conditions
1st asylum - CORRECT ANSWER-Bethlehem hospital in London
-colonization allowed the spread of asylums
European asylums moral care - CORRECT ANSWER-social and psychological
treatment
-evolved the idea that pts with mental illness should be treated humanely
Canadian asylums and history - CORRECT ANSWER-◦"Custodial care"
◦Social reforms
◦Introduction of nurses to asylum work
◦Training programs and the professionalization of nursing
◦Provincial psychiatric hospital
social reforms late nineteen and early 20th centuries - CORRECT ANSWER-
◦Government lobbying to improve conditions in asylums
-each province established its own asylum and their own legislation called insanity act
to support mentally ill
◦Dorothea Dix
Dorthea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Advocated for improved treatment & public care
◦Influential in the first public mental hospital in the US & reform for British & Canadian
institutions
health nursing Exam Questions With
Accurate Answers
early mental illness care evolved through trends: - CORRECT ANSWER-societal values
politics
culture
economics
religion
medicine
mental illness used to be seen as a result of - CORRECT ANSWER-evil spirits
sins
demonic possession
fear
brain disturbances
contagious environments
late 1700s european asylums - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Phillipe Pinel & William Tuke
advocated for more humane treatment
◦Social & psychological treatment termed "moral treatment"
◦Canadian "asylums" and history - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Began as "moral treatment'
, ◦Progressed to "custodial care" as asylums housed mainly poor people with little
support & an increasing inpatient population due to decrease in supports (urbanization
& relocation)
◦Resulted in less than humane conditions
1st asylum - CORRECT ANSWER-Bethlehem hospital in London
-colonization allowed the spread of asylums
European asylums moral care - CORRECT ANSWER-social and psychological
treatment
-evolved the idea that pts with mental illness should be treated humanely
Canadian asylums and history - CORRECT ANSWER-◦"Custodial care"
◦Social reforms
◦Introduction of nurses to asylum work
◦Training programs and the professionalization of nursing
◦Provincial psychiatric hospital
social reforms late nineteen and early 20th centuries - CORRECT ANSWER-
◦Government lobbying to improve conditions in asylums
-each province established its own asylum and their own legislation called insanity act
to support mentally ill
◦Dorothea Dix
Dorthea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER-◦Advocated for improved treatment & public care
◦Influential in the first public mental hospital in the US & reform for British & Canadian
institutions
