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NR326 – Mental Health Exam 2 Review (2025/2026) – 100+ Solved Q&A on Suicide, Depression, Bipolar, Anxiety, OCD, Medications – Chamberlain University

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This fully solved Exam 2 Review for NR326: Mental Health Nursing at Chamberlain University (2025/2026) delivers a comprehensive, high-yield Q&A format covering more than 100 expertly verified questions and answers. Designed to support students preparing for mental health nursing exams, NCLEX, and ATI testing, this document emphasizes clinical reasoning, psychiatric conditions, and psychopharmacology. The guide addresses critical topics in depth, including: Suicide and risk factors: gender, age, relationship, socioeconomic, cultural, and psychiatric contributors; suicide ideation, attempts, and types (egoistic, altruistic, anomic) Grief and depression: normal vs. maladaptive grieving, five stages of grief, anticipatory and complicated grief, depression types (MDD, dysthymia, PMDD, postpartum, adolescent, childhood) Bipolar disorders: Bipolar I & II, cyclothymia, hypomania vs. acute and delirious mania, nursing interventions, family-focused therapy, manic diet Anxiety and panic disorders: GAD, panic attacks, phobias, agoraphobia, OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding, trichotillomania Pharmacology: Mood stabilizers (Lithium, Lamotrigine), antidepressants (SSRIs, MAOIs, Tricyclics, SNRIs), anxiolytics (Alprazolam), antipsychotics (Olanzapine), and treatment implications (serotonin syndrome, EPS, NMS) Nursing care: safety planning, suicide assessments, medication education, therapeutic interventions, client monitoring, and cultural sensitivity This document is ideal for: NR326 students studying for Exam 2 or preparing for mental health clinical rotations Nursing learners focusing on psychiatric disorders, risk assessments, and medication safety Candidates reviewing for NCLEX-RN, HESI, or ATI Mental Health modules Students seeking structured Q&A review with applied nursing scenarios and DSM-5 terminology Clear, concise, and highly focused, this guide merges psychiatric theory with real-world nursing practice, making it a crucial tool for academic success and licensure prep. Keywords: suicide risk factors, grief stages, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, mania stages, lithium toxicity, serotonin syndrome, GAD, panic attack, OCD, phobias, trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, MAOI diet, SSRIs, mood stabilizers, anxiolytics, psychotic symptoms, postpartum depression, therapeutic communication, nursing interventions, psych meds

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NR326 Mental Health: Exam 2 Review
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Suicide: Relationship Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Single, never married

2x's higher than married persons

- Divorce 3x's higher than divorced women

- Divorced men 2x's higher than married men


Suicide: Gender Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Women attempt more

often; men are more successful

- Women tend to overdose or suffocate; men tend to use lethal means

- Transgender individuals at high-risk

,Suicide: Age Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Risk of suicide increases w/

age

- Highest rate: 45-54yo and 85 or older


Suicide: Religion Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Affiliation w/ religious

group decreases risk of suicide

- Rates of among protestants and jews have been higher than among

Catholic or Muslims


Suicide: Socioeconomic Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Individuals in the

very highest and very lowest social classes have higher suicide rates than

those in the middle class

- Occupation suicide

- More suicides among the unemployed than among the employed


Suicide: Ethnicity Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- White at highest risk


- American Indian and and Alaska natives 2nd highest

- African Americans

- Asian Americans


Suicide: Psychological Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Anger turned inward

,- Hopelessness

- Hx of aggression and violence

- Shame and humiliation


Other Suicide Risk Factors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Hospitalized for psychiatric

illness

- Early treatment w/ antidepressants

- Schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders,

anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders

- Sever insomnia

- Use of alcohol and barbiturates

- Psychosis and command hallucinations

- Chronic, painful, or disabling illness

- LGBTQ individuals

- Family hx

- Loss of loved one

- Lack of employment



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Highest Risk for Suicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The patient w/ previous suicide

sttempts


Egoistic Suicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The response of the individual who feels

separate from the mainstream of society. Integration is lacking, and the

individual does not feel a part of any cohesive group (such as a family or a

church)


Altruistic Suicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The individual who is prone to altruistic

suicide is excessively integrated into the group. The group is often

governed by cultural, religious, or political ties, and allegiance is so strong

that the individual will sacrifice his or her life for the group


Anomic Suicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Occurs in response to changes in an

individual's life (e.g., divorce, loss of job) that disrupt feelings of relatedness

to the group. An interruption in the customary norms of behavior instills

feelings of separateness and fears of being without support from the

formerly cohesive group.


Suicide Ideation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Has suicide ideas that are current and

active, especially with an identified plan

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