PN NCLEX MENTAL HEALTH 2025/2026
EXAM
Milieu Therapy - ANSWER-An inpatient treatment approach involving
professionals and staff members encouraging a person with a severe mental
disorder to engage in prosocial and therapeutic activities.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy - ANSWER-a form of psychotherapy that focuses on
helping clients improve current relationships.
Behavior Therapy - ANSWER-A type of therapy that assumes that disordered
behavior is learned and that symptom relief is achieved through changing overt
maladaptive behaviors into more constructive behaviors
Cognitive Therapy - ANSWER-therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive
ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene
between events and our emotional reactions.
Stages of Group Development
-three - ANSWER-Initial
Working
Termination stage
Initial Stage of Group Development - ANSWER-superficial communication
, Working stage of GD - ANSWER-Real work is done by group
Termination stage of GD - ANSWER-provides opportunity to learn to deal with
letting go
Types of Anxiety
-four - ANSWER-Mild
Moderate
Severe
Panic
Mild Anxiety - ANSWER-Adaptive and motivates for change/Awareness
heightened/Learning enhanced/Seldom a problem
Moderate Anxiety - ANSWER-hyper-alert, complains of being uptight, impaired
problem solving ability.
Severe Anxiety - ANSWER-Feeling that something bad is about to happen
perceptual field marked narrowed,. focus on SINGLE SMALL DETAIL or
SCATTERED detail of a situation, CANNOT CONNECT between events
Panic Anxiety - ANSWER-Unable to focus/Loss of contact with reality is
possible/Wild, desperate actions or extreme withdrawal/Feelings of TERROR or of
"going crazy"
EXAM
Milieu Therapy - ANSWER-An inpatient treatment approach involving
professionals and staff members encouraging a person with a severe mental
disorder to engage in prosocial and therapeutic activities.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy - ANSWER-a form of psychotherapy that focuses on
helping clients improve current relationships.
Behavior Therapy - ANSWER-A type of therapy that assumes that disordered
behavior is learned and that symptom relief is achieved through changing overt
maladaptive behaviors into more constructive behaviors
Cognitive Therapy - ANSWER-therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive
ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene
between events and our emotional reactions.
Stages of Group Development
-three - ANSWER-Initial
Working
Termination stage
Initial Stage of Group Development - ANSWER-superficial communication
, Working stage of GD - ANSWER-Real work is done by group
Termination stage of GD - ANSWER-provides opportunity to learn to deal with
letting go
Types of Anxiety
-four - ANSWER-Mild
Moderate
Severe
Panic
Mild Anxiety - ANSWER-Adaptive and motivates for change/Awareness
heightened/Learning enhanced/Seldom a problem
Moderate Anxiety - ANSWER-hyper-alert, complains of being uptight, impaired
problem solving ability.
Severe Anxiety - ANSWER-Feeling that something bad is about to happen
perceptual field marked narrowed,. focus on SINGLE SMALL DETAIL or
SCATTERED detail of a situation, CANNOT CONNECT between events
Panic Anxiety - ANSWER-Unable to focus/Loss of contact with reality is
possible/Wild, desperate actions or extreme withdrawal/Feelings of TERROR or of
"going crazy"
