ATI CAPSTONE MENTAL HEALTH
PROCTORED EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Palpitations, chest pain, SOB, nausea, feeling of depersonalization,
fear of dying or insanity.
Answer: PANIC DISORDER
◉ Horror, intense fear, flashbacks, irritability, difficulty with
concentrating and sleep disturbance.
Answer: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
◉ Engages in ritualistic, compulsive behaviors and recurrent thoughts.
Answer: OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
◉ The planned, progressive, or graduated exposure to anxiety-provoking
stimuli in real-life situations, or by imagining events that cause anxiety.
During this exposure, the anxiety response is suppressed through the use
of relaxation techniques.
Answer: SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION
◉ Positive rewards are given for positive behavior (positive
reinforcement)..
Answer: OPERANT CONDITIONING
,◉ A therapist or treatment team may use unpleasant stimuli, such as
bitter taste or mild electric shock, as punishment for behaviors such as
alcoholism, violence, self-mutilation, and thumb sucking..
Answer: AVERSION THERAPY
◉ Can be used in the acute care milieu to help clients improve
interpersonal skills. The therapist demonstrates appropriate behavior in a
stressful situation with the goal of having the client imitate the behavior..
Answer: MODELING
◉ Used to help the client focus on what is actually happening and to
dispel delusions, hallucinations, or faulty beliefs..
Answer: PRESENTING REALITY
◉ Used to determine if the message received was accurate and uses
techniques such as restating, reflecting, paraphrasing, exploring.
Answer: CLARIFYING TECHNIQUES
◉ Allows time for meaningful reflection..
Answer: SLIENCE
◉ Demonstrates a willingness to spend time with the client. Limited
personal information may be shared, but the focus should return to the
client as soon as possible. Relevant self-disclosure by the nurse allows
the client to see that his experience is shared by others and understood..
, Answer: OFFERING SELF
◉ Emphasizes important points and reviews what has been discussed..
Answer: SUMMARIZING
◉ Bradykinesia, rigidity, shuffling gait, drooling, tremors..
Answer: PARKINSONISM
◉ Inability to sit or stand still; Continual pacing and agitation..
Answer: AKATHISIA
◉ Sudden high fever; Blood pressure fluctuations; Dysrhythmias;
Muscle rigidity; Changes in level of consciousness; Coma..
Answer: NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
◉ Severe spasm of the tongue, neck, face, and back..
Answer: ACUTE DYSTONIA
◉ Involuntary movements of the tongue and face, such as lip smacking;
Involuntary movements of the arms, legs, and trunk..
Answer: TADIVE DYSKINESIA
◉ The tension becomes too much to bear and serious abuse takes place..
Answer: ACUTE BATTERING PHASE
PROCTORED EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Palpitations, chest pain, SOB, nausea, feeling of depersonalization,
fear of dying or insanity.
Answer: PANIC DISORDER
◉ Horror, intense fear, flashbacks, irritability, difficulty with
concentrating and sleep disturbance.
Answer: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
◉ Engages in ritualistic, compulsive behaviors and recurrent thoughts.
Answer: OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
◉ The planned, progressive, or graduated exposure to anxiety-provoking
stimuli in real-life situations, or by imagining events that cause anxiety.
During this exposure, the anxiety response is suppressed through the use
of relaxation techniques.
Answer: SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION
◉ Positive rewards are given for positive behavior (positive
reinforcement)..
Answer: OPERANT CONDITIONING
,◉ A therapist or treatment team may use unpleasant stimuli, such as
bitter taste or mild electric shock, as punishment for behaviors such as
alcoholism, violence, self-mutilation, and thumb sucking..
Answer: AVERSION THERAPY
◉ Can be used in the acute care milieu to help clients improve
interpersonal skills. The therapist demonstrates appropriate behavior in a
stressful situation with the goal of having the client imitate the behavior..
Answer: MODELING
◉ Used to help the client focus on what is actually happening and to
dispel delusions, hallucinations, or faulty beliefs..
Answer: PRESENTING REALITY
◉ Used to determine if the message received was accurate and uses
techniques such as restating, reflecting, paraphrasing, exploring.
Answer: CLARIFYING TECHNIQUES
◉ Allows time for meaningful reflection..
Answer: SLIENCE
◉ Demonstrates a willingness to spend time with the client. Limited
personal information may be shared, but the focus should return to the
client as soon as possible. Relevant self-disclosure by the nurse allows
the client to see that his experience is shared by others and understood..
, Answer: OFFERING SELF
◉ Emphasizes important points and reviews what has been discussed..
Answer: SUMMARIZING
◉ Bradykinesia, rigidity, shuffling gait, drooling, tremors..
Answer: PARKINSONISM
◉ Inability to sit or stand still; Continual pacing and agitation..
Answer: AKATHISIA
◉ Sudden high fever; Blood pressure fluctuations; Dysrhythmias;
Muscle rigidity; Changes in level of consciousness; Coma..
Answer: NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
◉ Severe spasm of the tongue, neck, face, and back..
Answer: ACUTE DYSTONIA
◉ Involuntary movements of the tongue and face, such as lip smacking;
Involuntary movements of the arms, legs, and trunk..
Answer: TADIVE DYSKINESIA
◉ The tension becomes too much to bear and serious abuse takes place..
Answer: ACUTE BATTERING PHASE
