ATI Comprehensive
NCLEX-RN Review: Mental
Health Questions with
Detailed Answers A+ Grade
2026/2027
,What is mental health? • A state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his own potential,
cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and contribute
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health to the community.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is mental illness? • Refers to all mental disorders with definable diagnoses and includes
developmental, biological, and psychological disturbances in mental functioning.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is mental health nursing? • A type of nursing that employs a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide range
of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health science.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the stages of development according to Sigmund 1. Oral: 0 - 1 year
Freud? 2. Anal: 1 - 3 years
3. Phallic: 3 - 6 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health 4. Latency: 6 - 12 years
5. Genital: 12 years to young adult
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Oral stage of Sigmund Freud's • 0 - 1 year old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Anal stage of Sigmund Freud's • 1 - 3 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Phallic stage of Sigmund Freud's • 3 - 6 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Latency stage of Sigmund Freud's • 6 - 12 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Genital stage of Sigmund Freud's • 12 years to young adult
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What model of psychology did Sigmund Freud focus on? • Psychoanalytic
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the 3 aspects of the self according to Freud? • Id
• Ego
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Superego
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
, What are the stages of growth and development according • Trust vs. Mistrust: 0 - 1 year (Infancy)
to Erik Erikson? • Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt: 1 - 3 years (Early Childhood)
• Initiative vs. Guilt: 3 - 6 years (Preschooler)
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Industry vs. Inferiority: 6 - 12 years (School Age)
• Identity vs. Role Confusion: 12 - 20 years (Adolescence)
• Intimacy vs. Isolation: 20 - 35 years (Young Adult)
• Generativity vs Stagnation: 35 - 65 years (Middle Adult)
• Integrity vs. Despair: 65 years and older (Older Adult)
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are types of psychology theoretical models? • Psychoanalytic
• Behavioral
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Humanistic
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are 2 types of behavioral theoretical models? • Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is an example of a humanistic theoretical model? • Hierarchy of Needs
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What theoretical model did Ivan Pavlov develop? • Classical Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What theoretical model did B. F. Skinner develop? • Operant Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the levels of the Hierachy of Needs according to • Self-actualization
Abraham Maslow? • Self-esteem
• Love and belonging
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Safety and security
• Physiological
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Trust vs. Mistrust? • 0 - 1 year
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt? • 1 - 3 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt? • 3 - 6 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Industry vs. Inferiority? • 6 - 12 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Identity vs. Role Confusion • 12 - 20 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
NCLEX-RN Review: Mental
Health Questions with
Detailed Answers A+ Grade
2026/2027
,What is mental health? • A state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his own potential,
cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and contribute
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health to the community.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is mental illness? • Refers to all mental disorders with definable diagnoses and includes
developmental, biological, and psychological disturbances in mental functioning.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is mental health nursing? • A type of nursing that employs a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide range
of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health science.
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the stages of development according to Sigmund 1. Oral: 0 - 1 year
Freud? 2. Anal: 1 - 3 years
3. Phallic: 3 - 6 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health 4. Latency: 6 - 12 years
5. Genital: 12 years to young adult
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Oral stage of Sigmund Freud's • 0 - 1 year old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Anal stage of Sigmund Freud's • 1 - 3 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Phallic stage of Sigmund Freud's • 3 - 6 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Latency stage of Sigmund Freud's • 6 - 12 years old
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age does the Genital stage of Sigmund Freud's • 12 years to young adult
theory occur?
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What model of psychology did Sigmund Freud focus on? • Psychoanalytic
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the 3 aspects of the self according to Freud? • Id
• Ego
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Superego
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
, What are the stages of growth and development according • Trust vs. Mistrust: 0 - 1 year (Infancy)
to Erik Erikson? • Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt: 1 - 3 years (Early Childhood)
• Initiative vs. Guilt: 3 - 6 years (Preschooler)
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Industry vs. Inferiority: 6 - 12 years (School Age)
• Identity vs. Role Confusion: 12 - 20 years (Adolescence)
• Intimacy vs. Isolation: 20 - 35 years (Young Adult)
• Generativity vs Stagnation: 35 - 65 years (Middle Adult)
• Integrity vs. Despair: 65 years and older (Older Adult)
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are types of psychology theoretical models? • Psychoanalytic
• Behavioral
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Humanistic
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are 2 types of behavioral theoretical models? • Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What is an example of a humanistic theoretical model? • Hierarchy of Needs
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What theoretical model did Ivan Pavlov develop? • Classical Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What theoretical model did B. F. Skinner develop? • Operant Conditioning
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
What are the levels of the Hierachy of Needs according to • Self-actualization
Abraham Maslow? • Self-esteem
• Love and belonging
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health • Safety and security
• Physiological
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Trust vs. Mistrust? • 0 - 1 year
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt? • 1 - 3 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt? • 3 - 6 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Industry vs. Inferiority? • 6 - 12 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
At what age is Erikson's Identity vs. Role Confusion • 12 - 20 years
ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health ATI Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review: Mental Health
