FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN
CANADA BORIS BARD EXAM PREPARATION
AND SUMMARY SHEET 2026
◉ Suppression. Answer: Removal of Conflict by Removing Anxiety
from Consciousness;
Example: A woman with a family history of breast cancer "forgets"
her appointment for a mammogram
◉ The Act of Keeping Unpleasant Feelings and Experiences from
Awareness. Answer: Suppression, Example: Frank made a concerted,
conscious effort to put his disappointments out of mind
◉ Symbolization. Answer: Use of an Unrelated OBJECT to Represent
a Hidden IDEA; Example: A girl who feels insignificant draws a
picture of her family in which she is the smallest character
◉ An IDEA or OBJECT used by the conscious mind to represent an
actual event or object. Sometimes the meaning is not clear because
the symbol may be representative of something unconscious..
Answer: Symbolization, Example: Louis carries a four-leaf clover and
rabbit's foot for good luck
,◉ Undoing. Answer: Inappropriate behavior that is followed by acts
to take away or reverse action and decrease guilt and anxiety;
Example: A man physically abuses his wife and then cleans the
wounds and nurses her back to health
◉ A specific action is performed that is considered to be the
opposite of a previously unacceptable action. This action is felt to
neutralize or "undo" the original actions.. Answer: Undoing,
Example: Lady MacBeth rubbing and washing her hands, After losing
his temper at his girlfriend, Daryl brought her flowers
◉ Fixation. Answer: Persistence into Later Life of Interests and
Behavior Patterns Appropriate to an Earlier Age
◉ Affective. Answer: Pertaining to emotion, mood, or feeling
◉ Theory. Answer: Statement that predicts, explains, or describes a
relationship between events, concepts, or ideas; Many theorists use
models to help explain their ideas more simply.
◉ Model. Answer: Example or Pattern that provides a matrix or
framework for a theory; Helps explain theory.
, ◉ Charles Darwin 1809-82. Answer: Concept of Natural Selection,
Nature culls the weak & preserves the strong, Only the fittest
organisms would adapt & survive
◉ Assault. Answer: to make Physical Attack, Threat, or Attempt to
Inflict Offensive Bodily Harm, Slap, Hit another person. Any Behavior
that Presents an Immediate Threat to Another Person
◉ Battery. Answer: Is the Harmful or Offensive Touching of Another,
Unlawful use of Force on a Person
◉ Informed consent. Answer: Providing patient with information
about specific treatments including benefits, side Effects and
possible risk to enable them to make competent voluntary decisions.
Process of presenting clients with information about the benefits,
risks, and side effects of specific treatments, thus enabling clients to
make voluntary and competent decisions about their care.
◉ Malpractice. Answer: Negligence to Perform an Act. Failure to
Exercise an Accepted Degree of Professional skill or learning,
resulting in injury, loss, or damage
◉ Negligence. Answer: Failure to Perform Care that which a
Reasonably Prudent nurse would do. Omission or Commission of an
act that a Reasonable and Prudent person would or would not do.
CANADA BORIS BARD EXAM PREPARATION
AND SUMMARY SHEET 2026
◉ Suppression. Answer: Removal of Conflict by Removing Anxiety
from Consciousness;
Example: A woman with a family history of breast cancer "forgets"
her appointment for a mammogram
◉ The Act of Keeping Unpleasant Feelings and Experiences from
Awareness. Answer: Suppression, Example: Frank made a concerted,
conscious effort to put his disappointments out of mind
◉ Symbolization. Answer: Use of an Unrelated OBJECT to Represent
a Hidden IDEA; Example: A girl who feels insignificant draws a
picture of her family in which she is the smallest character
◉ An IDEA or OBJECT used by the conscious mind to represent an
actual event or object. Sometimes the meaning is not clear because
the symbol may be representative of something unconscious..
Answer: Symbolization, Example: Louis carries a four-leaf clover and
rabbit's foot for good luck
,◉ Undoing. Answer: Inappropriate behavior that is followed by acts
to take away or reverse action and decrease guilt and anxiety;
Example: A man physically abuses his wife and then cleans the
wounds and nurses her back to health
◉ A specific action is performed that is considered to be the
opposite of a previously unacceptable action. This action is felt to
neutralize or "undo" the original actions.. Answer: Undoing,
Example: Lady MacBeth rubbing and washing her hands, After losing
his temper at his girlfriend, Daryl brought her flowers
◉ Fixation. Answer: Persistence into Later Life of Interests and
Behavior Patterns Appropriate to an Earlier Age
◉ Affective. Answer: Pertaining to emotion, mood, or feeling
◉ Theory. Answer: Statement that predicts, explains, or describes a
relationship between events, concepts, or ideas; Many theorists use
models to help explain their ideas more simply.
◉ Model. Answer: Example or Pattern that provides a matrix or
framework for a theory; Helps explain theory.
, ◉ Charles Darwin 1809-82. Answer: Concept of Natural Selection,
Nature culls the weak & preserves the strong, Only the fittest
organisms would adapt & survive
◉ Assault. Answer: to make Physical Attack, Threat, or Attempt to
Inflict Offensive Bodily Harm, Slap, Hit another person. Any Behavior
that Presents an Immediate Threat to Another Person
◉ Battery. Answer: Is the Harmful or Offensive Touching of Another,
Unlawful use of Force on a Person
◉ Informed consent. Answer: Providing patient with information
about specific treatments including benefits, side Effects and
possible risk to enable them to make competent voluntary decisions.
Process of presenting clients with information about the benefits,
risks, and side effects of specific treatments, thus enabling clients to
make voluntary and competent decisions about their care.
◉ Malpractice. Answer: Negligence to Perform an Act. Failure to
Exercise an Accepted Degree of Professional skill or learning,
resulting in injury, loss, or damage
◉ Negligence. Answer: Failure to Perform Care that which a
Reasonably Prudent nurse would do. Omission or Commission of an
act that a Reasonable and Prudent person would or would not do.
