NUR 190 EXAM 1 WITH ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025-
2026(LATEST EDITION)
mental health is influenced by: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Individual (personal),
Interpersonal (relationship),
Social/cultural (environmental)
mental disorders affect: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
mood, behavior and thinking
who published the DSM-5 - CORRECT ANSWERS-
the American Psychiatric Association
what does the DSM-5 do - CORRECT ANSWERS-
standardizes nomenclature and language, presents
defining characteristics or symptoms, and assists in
identifying the underlying causes of disorders
what does the DSM help practitioners to identify -
CORRECT ANSWERS-major psychiatric disorders,
,medical conditions, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
T/F- The definition of mental health is standardized
and universally accepted. - CORRECT ANSWERS-
False
Aristotle's historical perspective - CORRECT
ANSWERS-imbalance of the 4 humors (blood,
water, yellow and black bile); balance restoration via
bloodletting, starving, and purging
period of enlightenment - CORRECT ANSWERS--
1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWERS-went to
Europe and learned about asylums and then brought
the concept back to U.S. and opened up several
asylums
first person to support scientific study of mental
illness - CORRECT ANSWERS-Freud
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWERS-
(1950s): development of psychotropic drugs
, shifted financial support to move care out of mental
hospitals into society - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Deinstitutionalization-1963
when did we see changes in commitment laws -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1970s (now you couldn't
commit someone just because you felt like it)
the economic burden of mental illness exceeds
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS-all types of cancer
mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the
US for what age group - CORRECT ANSWERS-15-
44
ratio of adults and children being treated for mental
illness - CORRECT ANSWERS-1 in 4 adults and 1
in 5 children
what percentage of homeless population is
estimated to have serious mental illness associated
with substance abust - CORRECT ANSWERS-33%
deinstitutionalization has led to what effect -
CORRECT ANSWERS-revolving door effect
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025-
2026(LATEST EDITION)
mental health is influenced by: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Individual (personal),
Interpersonal (relationship),
Social/cultural (environmental)
mental disorders affect: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
mood, behavior and thinking
who published the DSM-5 - CORRECT ANSWERS-
the American Psychiatric Association
what does the DSM-5 do - CORRECT ANSWERS-
standardizes nomenclature and language, presents
defining characteristics or symptoms, and assists in
identifying the underlying causes of disorders
what does the DSM help practitioners to identify -
CORRECT ANSWERS-major psychiatric disorders,
,medical conditions, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
T/F- The definition of mental health is standardized
and universally accepted. - CORRECT ANSWERS-
False
Aristotle's historical perspective - CORRECT
ANSWERS-imbalance of the 4 humors (blood,
water, yellow and black bile); balance restoration via
bloodletting, starving, and purging
period of enlightenment - CORRECT ANSWERS--
1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWERS-went to
Europe and learned about asylums and then brought
the concept back to U.S. and opened up several
asylums
first person to support scientific study of mental
illness - CORRECT ANSWERS-Freud
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWERS-
(1950s): development of psychotropic drugs
, shifted financial support to move care out of mental
hospitals into society - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Deinstitutionalization-1963
when did we see changes in commitment laws -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1970s (now you couldn't
commit someone just because you felt like it)
the economic burden of mental illness exceeds
what? - CORRECT ANSWERS-all types of cancer
mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the
US for what age group - CORRECT ANSWERS-15-
44
ratio of adults and children being treated for mental
illness - CORRECT ANSWERS-1 in 4 adults and 1
in 5 children
what percentage of homeless population is
estimated to have serious mental illness associated
with substance abust - CORRECT ANSWERS-33%
deinstitutionalization has led to what effect -
CORRECT ANSWERS-revolving door effect
