FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN
CANADA BORIS BARD PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND RATIONALE GUIDE 2026
◉ How would you define someone as mentally ill? Answer:
Individuals experience dissatisfaction with self, relationships and
ineffective coping. Daily life an seem overwhelming of unbearbale.
Individuals may believe that their situation is hopeless
◉ health-illness continuum Answer: description of a person's health
status as a range with anchors that include poor health or imminent
death on one end of the continuum to high-level wellness on the
other end
◉ Mental health Answer: difficult to define; no single, universal
definition; dynamic, ever-changing state
◉ What is the DSM-V? Answer: A taxonomy published by the
American Psychiatric Association (APA) and describes all mental
disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on
clinical experience and research
, ◉ What is a taxonomy? Answer: Mental disorders, outlining specific
diagnostic criteria for each based on clinical experience and
research
◉ What did they think about mental illness in the ancient times?
Answer: Sickness as displeasure of gods: punishment for sins; view
as demonic or divine
◉ Who is Dorothea Dix? What did she do? Answer: During the
Period of Enlightenment (1790's), she opened 32 state hospitals that
offered asylum to the suffering, and believed that society was
obligated to those who were mentally ill and advocated adequate
shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing
◉ Who is Sigmund Freud? Answer: Developed psychoanalytic
theory, scientific study and treatment of mental illness. He
challenged society to view human begins objectively, and studied the
mind, it's disorders and their treatments
◉ What is psychopharmacology and what were the first drugs
developed? Answer: Development of psychotropic drugs;
chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and lithium. Drugs actually reduced
agitation, psychotic thinking, and depression and hospital stays were
shortened, and many people were becoming well enough to go home
CANADA BORIS BARD PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND RATIONALE GUIDE 2026
◉ How would you define someone as mentally ill? Answer:
Individuals experience dissatisfaction with self, relationships and
ineffective coping. Daily life an seem overwhelming of unbearbale.
Individuals may believe that their situation is hopeless
◉ health-illness continuum Answer: description of a person's health
status as a range with anchors that include poor health or imminent
death on one end of the continuum to high-level wellness on the
other end
◉ Mental health Answer: difficult to define; no single, universal
definition; dynamic, ever-changing state
◉ What is the DSM-V? Answer: A taxonomy published by the
American Psychiatric Association (APA) and describes all mental
disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on
clinical experience and research
, ◉ What is a taxonomy? Answer: Mental disorders, outlining specific
diagnostic criteria for each based on clinical experience and
research
◉ What did they think about mental illness in the ancient times?
Answer: Sickness as displeasure of gods: punishment for sins; view
as demonic or divine
◉ Who is Dorothea Dix? What did she do? Answer: During the
Period of Enlightenment (1790's), she opened 32 state hospitals that
offered asylum to the suffering, and believed that society was
obligated to those who were mentally ill and advocated adequate
shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing
◉ Who is Sigmund Freud? Answer: Developed psychoanalytic
theory, scientific study and treatment of mental illness. He
challenged society to view human begins objectively, and studied the
mind, it's disorders and their treatments
◉ What is psychopharmacology and what were the first drugs
developed? Answer: Development of psychotropic drugs;
chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and lithium. Drugs actually reduced
agitation, psychotic thinking, and depression and hospital stays were
shortened, and many people were becoming well enough to go home
