LUEBBERT
TEST BANK
Chapter c1 cMental cHealth cand cMental cDisorders
1 A cnursing cinstructor cis cdescribing cthe cDSM-IV-TR cto ca
. group cof cnursing cstudents. cWhich cof cthe cfollowing
cwould cthe cinstructor cinclude cas cthe cprimary cpurpose cof
cthis cclassification?
A) Provide ca ccommonly cunderstood
cdiagnostic ccategory cfor cclinical cpractice.
B) Describe ctreatment cmodalities cfor
cpsychiatric cdisorders cand cmental cillnesses.
C) Identify cvarious cetiologies cfor cmental
cdisorders cbased con cfamily chistories.
D) Provide coptimal coutcomes cfor ctreatment
cfor cindividuals cwith cmental cillnesses.
2. A cnurse cis cproviding ccare cto ca cpatient cwith ca cmental
cdisorder cclassified cby cthe cDSM-IV-TR. cThe cnurse
cunderstands cthat calthough cthe cfirst cthree caxes cappear
cto ccontain call cthe cdiagnostic cinformation cabout ca
cpatient, ca ctruly caccurate cpicture cof cthe cclient cis
cincomplete cwithout cconsidering cother cfactors csuch cas
can cestimate cof ccurrent cfunctioning cand:
,A) Life cstressors
B) Cultural c background
C) Marital cstatus
D) Genetic chistory
3. A cpatients cglobal cassessment cfunctioning creveals cthat
che chas cminimal csymptoms cwith cgood cfunctioning cin
call careas. cWhich cscore cwould cthe cnurse ccorrelate cwith
cthese cfindings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63
4. A cfemale cpatient cwas cadmitted cto cthe chospital cwith
cpneumonia, cand cin cthe ccourse cof cher ctreatment, cit
cwas cdetermined cthat cshe cwas cexperiencing calcohol
cdependence cbecause cshe cbegan cexperiencing calcohol
cwithdrawal cwhile cshe cwas cin cthe chospital. cWhen cthe
cpsychiatrist cwho cwas ccalled cin cas ca cconsultant
cdocumented cthe cpatients cmental cdisorder, che
cidentified cher calcohol cdependence con cwhich caxis?
A) Axis cI
B) Axis cII
C) Axis cIII
D) Axis cIV
,5. A c25-year-old cwoman cwho crecently chad cabdominal
csurgery cwas cadmitted cto cthe cpsychiatric cunit, cwhere cit
cwas cdetermined cthat cshe chad ca cborderline cpersonality
cdisorder. cDuring cthe cfirst cweek con cthe cunit, cit cwas
cdetermined cthat cshe calso chas cdiabetes. cHer cdiabetes
cmellitus cwould cbe clisted cin cwhich caxis cof cher cDSM-IV-
TR cdiagnosis?
A) Axis cI
B) Axis cII
C) Axis cIII
D) Axis cIV
6. As cpart cof ca cclass cactivity, cnursing cstudents care
cengaged cin ca csmall cgroup cdiscussion cabout cthe
cepidemiology cof cmental cillness. cWhich cstatement cbest
cexplains cthe cimportance cof cepidemiology cin
cunderstanding cthe cimpact cof cmental cdisorders?
A) Epidemiology chelps cpromote cunderstanding cof
cthe cpatterns cof coccurrence cassociated cwith
cmental cdisorders.
B) Epidemiology chelps cexplain cresearch cfindings cabout
cthe cneurophysiology cthat ccauses cmental cdisorders.
C) Epidemiology cprovides ca cthorough ctheoretical
cexplanation cof cwhy cspecific cmental cdisorders
coccur.
D) Epidemiology cpredicts cwhen ca cspecific
cpsychiatric cclient c will c recover c from c a c specific
c mental c disorder.
, 7. A cnurse cis cworking cin ca ccommunity cmental chealth
ccenter cthat cprovides ccare cto ca clarge cpopulation cof cAsian
cdescent. cWhen cdeveloping cprograms cfor cthis
ccommunity, cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cwould cbe cmost
cimportant cfor cthe cnurse cto caddress?
A) Public cstigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label cavoidance
D) Negative clife cevents