Mental Health Technician Study Guide
Questions and Correct Answers
Post Traumatic Stress Reaction - correct answer ✔✔The client recently witnessed a horrific auto
accident. She is now complaining of loss of balance, double vision, and a constant lump in her
throat. She is exhibiting the signs and symptoms of:
Autism - correct answer ✔✔Children who do not fully develop the ability to respond and
communicate their needs and therefore sometimes remain dependent upon others throughout
their lives are most accurately described as having:
20% - correct answer ✔✔Children should undergo further evaluation when their weight is
_____ above their height.
Experiences low blood pressure when standing up from sitting or lying down - correct answer
✔✔Orthostatic hypotension/Postural hypotension is a form that occurs when a person:
Community Mental Health Centers - correct answer ✔✔Which type of setting involves care for
individuals with mental health issues in a protected and supervised environment within the
community?
Rationalization - correct answer ✔✔A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets
home after midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next morning
and loses all her matches. She blames the line judge for her loss, rather than her poor play.
Which coping mechanism best describes her response to losing the match's?
70% - correct answer ✔✔Of individual who suffers from panic attacks, ________ are woman:
, Disturbed Personal Identity - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is considered a primary
provider diagnosis for a client with dissociative disorder?
Alcohol - correct answer ✔✔Individuals with schizophrenia tend to use the chemical ________
most often.
Communication - correct answer ✔✔Culture includes common beliefs and practices in areas
such as religion, economics, diet, health and
Talk with the client about the observations made and ask whether he or she was displaying
anger toward the other client. - correct answer ✔✔Adult female client is exhibiting behavior
that the nurse interprets as anger toward another client, what should you do?
Depression - correct answer ✔✔What is the most common and frequently under diagnosed
mental health disorder of late adulthood?
Somatization - correct answer ✔✔what is the term for a physical expression of anxiety by an
individual in ways such as nausea or headaches?
Psychotherapeutic drugs - correct answer ✔✔The introduction of __________ led to the
deinstitutionalized of many I'll individuals?
Severe depression - correct answer ✔✔What mental health disorder was electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) most often used to treat?
Childhood - correct answer ✔✔Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin
in :
Permanent Psychotic Disorder - correct answer ✔✔addiction to recreational drugs; such as
crack, cocaine, and heroin combined with the use of psychotherapeutic drugs is associated with:
Questions and Correct Answers
Post Traumatic Stress Reaction - correct answer ✔✔The client recently witnessed a horrific auto
accident. She is now complaining of loss of balance, double vision, and a constant lump in her
throat. She is exhibiting the signs and symptoms of:
Autism - correct answer ✔✔Children who do not fully develop the ability to respond and
communicate their needs and therefore sometimes remain dependent upon others throughout
their lives are most accurately described as having:
20% - correct answer ✔✔Children should undergo further evaluation when their weight is
_____ above their height.
Experiences low blood pressure when standing up from sitting or lying down - correct answer
✔✔Orthostatic hypotension/Postural hypotension is a form that occurs when a person:
Community Mental Health Centers - correct answer ✔✔Which type of setting involves care for
individuals with mental health issues in a protected and supervised environment within the
community?
Rationalization - correct answer ✔✔A woman goes to a late movie with her friends and gets
home after midnight. She is scheduled to play in a tennis tournament early the next morning
and loses all her matches. She blames the line judge for her loss, rather than her poor play.
Which coping mechanism best describes her response to losing the match's?
70% - correct answer ✔✔Of individual who suffers from panic attacks, ________ are woman:
, Disturbed Personal Identity - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is considered a primary
provider diagnosis for a client with dissociative disorder?
Alcohol - correct answer ✔✔Individuals with schizophrenia tend to use the chemical ________
most often.
Communication - correct answer ✔✔Culture includes common beliefs and practices in areas
such as religion, economics, diet, health and
Talk with the client about the observations made and ask whether he or she was displaying
anger toward the other client. - correct answer ✔✔Adult female client is exhibiting behavior
that the nurse interprets as anger toward another client, what should you do?
Depression - correct answer ✔✔What is the most common and frequently under diagnosed
mental health disorder of late adulthood?
Somatization - correct answer ✔✔what is the term for a physical expression of anxiety by an
individual in ways such as nausea or headaches?
Psychotherapeutic drugs - correct answer ✔✔The introduction of __________ led to the
deinstitutionalized of many I'll individuals?
Severe depression - correct answer ✔✔What mental health disorder was electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) most often used to treat?
Childhood - correct answer ✔✔Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin
in :
Permanent Psychotic Disorder - correct answer ✔✔addiction to recreational drugs; such as
crack, cocaine, and heroin combined with the use of psychotherapeutic drugs is associated with:
