NR 607-week 8 prep ASSESSMENT GUIDE
FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
current state of mental health in the United States - ~50M or 19.86% of American adults
experienced a mental illness in 2019
-4.58% of adults report having serious thoughts of suicide
• increased every year since 2011-2012
-24.7% of adults with mental illness report an unmet need for tx
• not declined since 2011
-15.08% of youth experienced major depressive episode in past year.
->60% of youth with major depression do not receive tx
-10.6% or >2.5 million youth in US have severe major depression.
• highest: identify as more than one race, at 14.5%.
-Yough with severe depression; 27% receive consistent care (12% in states with least access)
-11.1% Americans with a mental illness are uninsured
-8.1% of children had private insurance that did not cover mental health services, totally
950,000 youth.
___________________, ________________________, or a combination of the two have been
recommended to treat most mental health disorders - psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy
Mindfulness - -psychological technique
-individual intensely focuses on mind and/or body awareness in the present moment without
judgment or interpretation
,-mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
-mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
-reducing stress, anxiety, depression & improving physical health
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas of agreement - effective for improving
many biopsychosocial conditions:
-depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, addiction, psychosis, pain, hypertension, weight control,
cancer-related symptoms and prosocial behaviours
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas of controversy - Inconclusive or only
preliminary evidence on the effects of MBIs on:
-PTSD, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, loneliness and physical symptoms of cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, and respiratory conditions
Integrated and Integrative Care - -The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has
recommended coordinated care models that integrate physical and mental health services.
-Integrated models of care emphasize the collaboration between physical & mental healthcare
providers
• improving health & quality of life
-premise of these models:
• holistic, simultaneously considering physical, mental, & social support needs
• using traditional & complementary approaches to care
Emerging Holistic Frameworks - -HEAL Framework
-Framework for the Cultivation of Human Flourishing
-Future Research
HEAL Framework - Four-step HEAL Framework
-Activation
1. Have a beneficial experience. Deliberately create a (+) mental state, such as recalling a feeling
of compassion.
Internalization
,2. Enrich it. Deliberately extend the duration of the (+) stimuli for 20-30 seconds to deepen
attention & transferring of the beneficial effects into long-term memory. Intensifying the
experience increases norepinephrine & cortisol activity in the brain which incites amygdala
activation & the formation of hippocampus-based memory formation.
3. Absorb it. Deliberately intend that the experience is being taken inward & highlight what is
rewarding about it to heighten encoding & consolidation of memory.
4. Link it to (+) & (-) material (optional). Deliberately focus on something enjoyable or useful
along with related painful or harmful psychological material in the background to disrupt the
reconsolidation of (-) neural networks.
Framework for the Cultivation of Human Flourishing - -focuses on neuroplasticity &
human flourishing
-Four Dimensions of Well-Being
• Awareness: A heightened and flexible attentiveness to perceptual impressions in one's
environment & internal cues, such as bodily sensations, thoughts, and emotions.
• Connection: A subjective sense of care & kinship that promotes supportive relationships and
caring interactions
• Insight: Self-knowledge concerning the manner in which emotions, thoughts, beliefs, & other
factors are shaping one's subjective experience & sense of self
• Purpose: Clarity concerning personally meaningful aims & values that one is able to apply in
daily life.
Dimensions of Well-Being: Awareness - -Well-being Indicators
• Attention regulation, emotion regulation, executive function, & overall well-being
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Central-executive network (CEN)
• Salience network (SN)
-Training-related improvements
• Reduced mind-wandering & increased cognitive control, with altered functioning in associated
DMN, SN, & CEN networks
• Improved mental health & psychological well-being
Dimensions of Well-Being: Connection - -Well-being Indicators
, • Improved physical health, decreased depression, increased social support & less loneliness
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Threat & emotion-regulation circuitry
• Perspective taking & theory of mind-related circuitry
• Empathy & prosocial motivation circuitry
-Training-related improvements
• Decreased depression, anxiety, & psychological distress, & increased (+) emotions & overall
well-being
• Increased prosocial behavior & decreased implicit bias
• Alterations in circuitry r/t self-regulation, experience sharing, mentalizing, & social affiliation
Dimensions of Well-Being: Insight - -Well-being Indicators
• Reduced depression & anxiety symptoms
• Increased psychological well-being & life satisfaction
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Self-related processes linked to default-mode network
• Self-inquiry r/t central-executive network
-Training-related improvements
• Reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, & other psychiatric disorders
• Altered self-concepts & default-mode network functioning
Dimensions of Well-Being: Purpose - -Well-being Indicators
• Physical health, cognitive functioning, resilience, & overall well-being
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Physiological stress mechanisms, including allostatic load & cortisol levels
• Emotion-and threat-related brain circuitry
• Decision-making circuitry
-Training-related improvements
FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
current state of mental health in the United States - ~50M or 19.86% of American adults
experienced a mental illness in 2019
-4.58% of adults report having serious thoughts of suicide
• increased every year since 2011-2012
-24.7% of adults with mental illness report an unmet need for tx
• not declined since 2011
-15.08% of youth experienced major depressive episode in past year.
->60% of youth with major depression do not receive tx
-10.6% or >2.5 million youth in US have severe major depression.
• highest: identify as more than one race, at 14.5%.
-Yough with severe depression; 27% receive consistent care (12% in states with least access)
-11.1% Americans with a mental illness are uninsured
-8.1% of children had private insurance that did not cover mental health services, totally
950,000 youth.
___________________, ________________________, or a combination of the two have been
recommended to treat most mental health disorders - psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy
Mindfulness - -psychological technique
-individual intensely focuses on mind and/or body awareness in the present moment without
judgment or interpretation
,-mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
-mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
-reducing stress, anxiety, depression & improving physical health
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas of agreement - effective for improving
many biopsychosocial conditions:
-depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, addiction, psychosis, pain, hypertension, weight control,
cancer-related symptoms and prosocial behaviours
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas of controversy - Inconclusive or only
preliminary evidence on the effects of MBIs on:
-PTSD, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, loneliness and physical symptoms of cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, and respiratory conditions
Integrated and Integrative Care - -The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has
recommended coordinated care models that integrate physical and mental health services.
-Integrated models of care emphasize the collaboration between physical & mental healthcare
providers
• improving health & quality of life
-premise of these models:
• holistic, simultaneously considering physical, mental, & social support needs
• using traditional & complementary approaches to care
Emerging Holistic Frameworks - -HEAL Framework
-Framework for the Cultivation of Human Flourishing
-Future Research
HEAL Framework - Four-step HEAL Framework
-Activation
1. Have a beneficial experience. Deliberately create a (+) mental state, such as recalling a feeling
of compassion.
Internalization
,2. Enrich it. Deliberately extend the duration of the (+) stimuli for 20-30 seconds to deepen
attention & transferring of the beneficial effects into long-term memory. Intensifying the
experience increases norepinephrine & cortisol activity in the brain which incites amygdala
activation & the formation of hippocampus-based memory formation.
3. Absorb it. Deliberately intend that the experience is being taken inward & highlight what is
rewarding about it to heighten encoding & consolidation of memory.
4. Link it to (+) & (-) material (optional). Deliberately focus on something enjoyable or useful
along with related painful or harmful psychological material in the background to disrupt the
reconsolidation of (-) neural networks.
Framework for the Cultivation of Human Flourishing - -focuses on neuroplasticity &
human flourishing
-Four Dimensions of Well-Being
• Awareness: A heightened and flexible attentiveness to perceptual impressions in one's
environment & internal cues, such as bodily sensations, thoughts, and emotions.
• Connection: A subjective sense of care & kinship that promotes supportive relationships and
caring interactions
• Insight: Self-knowledge concerning the manner in which emotions, thoughts, beliefs, & other
factors are shaping one's subjective experience & sense of self
• Purpose: Clarity concerning personally meaningful aims & values that one is able to apply in
daily life.
Dimensions of Well-Being: Awareness - -Well-being Indicators
• Attention regulation, emotion regulation, executive function, & overall well-being
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Central-executive network (CEN)
• Salience network (SN)
-Training-related improvements
• Reduced mind-wandering & increased cognitive control, with altered functioning in associated
DMN, SN, & CEN networks
• Improved mental health & psychological well-being
Dimensions of Well-Being: Connection - -Well-being Indicators
, • Improved physical health, decreased depression, increased social support & less loneliness
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Threat & emotion-regulation circuitry
• Perspective taking & theory of mind-related circuitry
• Empathy & prosocial motivation circuitry
-Training-related improvements
• Decreased depression, anxiety, & psychological distress, & increased (+) emotions & overall
well-being
• Increased prosocial behavior & decreased implicit bias
• Alterations in circuitry r/t self-regulation, experience sharing, mentalizing, & social affiliation
Dimensions of Well-Being: Insight - -Well-being Indicators
• Reduced depression & anxiety symptoms
• Increased psychological well-being & life satisfaction
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Self-related processes linked to default-mode network
• Self-inquiry r/t central-executive network
-Training-related improvements
• Reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, & other psychiatric disorders
• Altered self-concepts & default-mode network functioning
Dimensions of Well-Being: Purpose - -Well-being Indicators
• Physical health, cognitive functioning, resilience, & overall well-being
-Neurobiological Underpinnings
• Physiological stress mechanisms, including allostatic load & cortisol levels
• Emotion-and threat-related brain circuitry
• Decision-making circuitry
-Training-related improvements
