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THE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW 4TH EDITION
CARLAT TEST BANK 2026 question and verified
answers
(Chapter 1-Chapter 3)The Initial Interview: A Preview Chapter
2: Logistic Preparations: What to Do Before the Interview
Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why It's
Important, and How to Establish It MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in
the plan of care for a patient living in the community and
diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within
3 months, the patient will:
a. deny suicidal ideation.
b. report a sense of well-being.
c. take medications as prescribed.
d. attend clinic
appointments on time.
✔✔CORRECT
✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER: B
Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing
psychosocial disability, and improving role performance. The
goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental
illness to achieve a sense of meaning and satisfaction in life
and to function at the highest possible level of wellness. The
incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather
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than recovery.
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal
ideation after their spouse asks for a divorce. Select the
nurses most caring comment.
a. Lets discuss some me✔✔CORRECT ANSWER of coping
other than suicide when you have these feelings.
b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I
was devastated too.
c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your
life.
d. How did you get so depressed that
hospitalization was necessary?
✔✔CORRECT ANSWER: A
The nurses communication should evidence caring and a
commitment to work with the patient. This commitment lets
the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are
not helpful or therapeutic interventions.
3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a
patient who wears heavy makeup. Which comment by the
nurse who receives the report best demonstrates advocacy?
a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all
about.
b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of
makeup too.
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c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the
report objective.
d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will
help them get along in society. ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER: D
Accepting patients needs for self-expression and seeking to
teach skills that will contribute to their well-being
demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The
on-coming nurse needs to take action to ensure that others
are not prejudiced against the patient. Humor can be
appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the
expense of respect for patients.
Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create
conflict. Nurses must show compassion for each other.
4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with
major depressive disorder. Which statement is an example of
attending?
a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt
the end of the world.
b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive
treatment for your depression.
c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant
medication started for you.
d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more
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, THE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW 4TH EDITION CARLAT TEST BANK2024 - 2025
QUESTION AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
THE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW 4TH EDITION
CARLAT TEST BANK 2026 question and verified
answers
(Chapter 1-Chapter 3)The Initial Interview: A Preview Chapter
2: Logistic Preparations: What to Do Before the Interview
Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why It's
Important, and How to Establish It MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in
the plan of care for a patient living in the community and
diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within
3 months, the patient will:
a. deny suicidal ideation.
b. report a sense of well-being.
c. take medications as prescribed.
d. attend clinic
appointments on time.
✔✔CORRECT
✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER: B
Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing
psychosocial disability, and improving role performance. The
goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental
illness to achieve a sense of meaning and satisfaction in life
and to function at the highest possible level of wellness. The
incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather
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QUESTION AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
than recovery.
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal
ideation after their spouse asks for a divorce. Select the
nurses most caring comment.
a. Lets discuss some me✔✔CORRECT ANSWER of coping
other than suicide when you have these feelings.
b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I
was devastated too.
c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your
life.
d. How did you get so depressed that
hospitalization was necessary?
✔✔CORRECT ANSWER: A
The nurses communication should evidence caring and a
commitment to work with the patient. This commitment lets
the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are
not helpful or therapeutic interventions.
3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a
patient who wears heavy makeup. Which comment by the
nurse who receives the report best demonstrates advocacy?
a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all
about.
b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of
makeup too.
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c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the
report objective.
d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will
help them get along in society. ✔✔CORRECT
ANSWER: D
Accepting patients needs for self-expression and seeking to
teach skills that will contribute to their well-being
demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The
on-coming nurse needs to take action to ensure that others
are not prejudiced against the patient. Humor can be
appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the
expense of respect for patients.
Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create
conflict. Nurses must show compassion for each other.
4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with
major depressive disorder. Which statement is an example of
attending?
a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt
the end of the world.
b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive
treatment for your depression.
c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant
medication started for you.
d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more
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