ESSENTIAL OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Mental Health Maslow - ANS--Mental health is associated with an individual's motivation toward self-
actualization.
Self-actualization the state of being psychologically healthy, fully human, highly evolved, and fully
mature
Black and Andreasen view about Mental Health - ANS-Successful performance of mental function such
as adaptation to change, coping with stressors,fullfilling relationships with others, and accomplishing
productive activities
Towsen& Morgan define Mental Health - ANS--Successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are and congruent with local
and cultural norms.
Mental Illness (Horwitz) - ANS-The definition of how individual define mental illness is affection by two
elements:
-Incomprehensibility: inability to a general population to understand the motivation behind the behavior
(labeling)
-Cultural relativity: behaviors are conceived within individual by their particular culture or social norms.
The American Psychiatric association definition of Mental Illness/disorder - ANS-Disturbance in an
individual cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological,
biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning. Mental disorder is associated with
significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important activity.
Townsen & Morgan define Mental Illness - ANS-Maladaptive response to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feeling and behaviors that are incongruent with the local
and cultural norms, and interference with the individual's social, occupational, and/or physical
functioning.
Physical and Physiological Responses to Stress (Hans Selye) - ANS-The state manifested by a specific
syndrome which consists of all nonspecifically induced changes within a biological system. "Fight or
Flight syndrome"
Stress reaction ( stages) - ANS--Alarm: Initiation of the fight or flight syndrome (HR and RR+; sweaty
palms)
HEALTH NURSING EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Mental Health Maslow - ANS--Mental health is associated with an individual's motivation toward self-
actualization.
Self-actualization the state of being psychologically healthy, fully human, highly evolved, and fully
mature
Black and Andreasen view about Mental Health - ANS-Successful performance of mental function such
as adaptation to change, coping with stressors,fullfilling relationships with others, and accomplishing
productive activities
Towsen& Morgan define Mental Health - ANS--Successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are and congruent with local
and cultural norms.
Mental Illness (Horwitz) - ANS-The definition of how individual define mental illness is affection by two
elements:
-Incomprehensibility: inability to a general population to understand the motivation behind the behavior
(labeling)
-Cultural relativity: behaviors are conceived within individual by their particular culture or social norms.
The American Psychiatric association definition of Mental Illness/disorder - ANS-Disturbance in an
individual cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological,
biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning. Mental disorder is associated with
significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important activity.
Townsen & Morgan define Mental Illness - ANS-Maladaptive response to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feeling and behaviors that are incongruent with the local
and cultural norms, and interference with the individual's social, occupational, and/or physical
functioning.
Physical and Physiological Responses to Stress (Hans Selye) - ANS-The state manifested by a specific
syndrome which consists of all nonspecifically induced changes within a biological system. "Fight or
Flight syndrome"
Stress reaction ( stages) - ANS--Alarm: Initiation of the fight or flight syndrome (HR and RR+; sweaty
palms)
