BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING REVIEW GCU
FINAL 2026 EXPERT SCRIPT PREPARATION
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◉ mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Answer: refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses
◉ Epp Report - mental health continuum. Answer: this depiction of
mental health and mental illness allows for 4 possible outcomes:
1. maximal mental disorder and optimal mental health
2. optimal mental health and absence of mental disorder
3. absence of mental disorder and minimal mental health
4. minimal mental health and maximal mental disorder
◉ mental health determinants. Answer:
◉ 10 components of recovery (SAMHSA, 2011). Answer: 1. self-
directed
2. individual- and person -centred
3. empowering
4. holistic
,5. nonlinear
6. strengths-based
7. peer-supported
8. respect
9. responsibility
10. hope
◉ epidemiology. Answer: the quantitative study of the distribution
of mental disorders in human populations
◉ incidence. Answer: the number of new cases of mental health
disorders in a healthy population within a given period of time
◉ prevalence. Answer: the total number of cases, new and existing,
in a given population during a specific period of time, regardless of
when the subjects became ill
◉ dual diagnosis. Answer:
◉ comorbidity. Answer: more than one (mental) disorder at a time
◉ Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: - advanced the first
theory of personality development
, - articulated levels of awareness (unconscious, preconscious and
conscious) and demonstrated the influence of our unconscious
behaviour on everyday life, as evidence by use of defence
mechanisms
- identified 3 psychological processes of personality (id, ego,
superego)
- 5 stages of psychosexual stages articulate developmental theories
of personality
◉ Erikson's Ego Theory. Answer: - expanded on Freud's
developmental stages to include middle age through old age
- called his stages psychosocial stages and emphasized the social
aspect of personality development; development extended beyond
the Mother/Father/Child triangle and included society that occurred
throughout the lifespan
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory. Answer: the
foundation of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory of interpersonal
relationships
FINAL 2026 EXPERT SCRIPT PREPARATION
NOTES
◉ mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Answer: refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses
◉ Epp Report - mental health continuum. Answer: this depiction of
mental health and mental illness allows for 4 possible outcomes:
1. maximal mental disorder and optimal mental health
2. optimal mental health and absence of mental disorder
3. absence of mental disorder and minimal mental health
4. minimal mental health and maximal mental disorder
◉ mental health determinants. Answer:
◉ 10 components of recovery (SAMHSA, 2011). Answer: 1. self-
directed
2. individual- and person -centred
3. empowering
4. holistic
,5. nonlinear
6. strengths-based
7. peer-supported
8. respect
9. responsibility
10. hope
◉ epidemiology. Answer: the quantitative study of the distribution
of mental disorders in human populations
◉ incidence. Answer: the number of new cases of mental health
disorders in a healthy population within a given period of time
◉ prevalence. Answer: the total number of cases, new and existing,
in a given population during a specific period of time, regardless of
when the subjects became ill
◉ dual diagnosis. Answer:
◉ comorbidity. Answer: more than one (mental) disorder at a time
◉ Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: - advanced the first
theory of personality development
, - articulated levels of awareness (unconscious, preconscious and
conscious) and demonstrated the influence of our unconscious
behaviour on everyday life, as evidence by use of defence
mechanisms
- identified 3 psychological processes of personality (id, ego,
superego)
- 5 stages of psychosexual stages articulate developmental theories
of personality
◉ Erikson's Ego Theory. Answer: - expanded on Freud's
developmental stages to include middle age through old age
- called his stages psychosocial stages and emphasized the social
aspect of personality development; development extended beyond
the Mother/Father/Child triangle and included society that occurred
throughout the lifespan
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory. Answer: the
foundation of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory of interpersonal
relationships
