Mental Health Exam 3 – Complete
Questions & Verified Answers
Comprehensive Study Guide
,Contents
1 Introduction 6
2 Mental Health Disorders 6
2.1 Question 1: What is the primary characteristic of Major Depressive
Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Question 2: What are the hallmark symptoms of Generalized Anx-
iety Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Question 3: How is Bipolar Disorder distinguished from Major De-
pressive Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 Question 4: What defines Schizophrenia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 Question 5: What is a key feature of Obsessive-Compulsive Disor-
der (OCD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.6 Question 6: What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? . . . . . 7
2.7 Question 7: How does Social Anxiety Disorder manifest? . . . . . . . 7
2.8 Question 8: What is the primary symptom of Panic Disorder? . . . . 7
2.9 Question 9: What characterizes Borderline Personality Disorder? . 7
2.10 Question 10: What is a common feature of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Totherapeutic Approaches 8
3.1 Question 11: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? . . . . . . 8
3.2 Question 12: How does Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) differ
from CBT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Question 13: What is the goal of Exposure Therapy? . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 Question 14: What is Family Therapy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5 Question 15: What is the primary focus of Psychodynamic Therapy? 8
3.6 Question 16: What is Motivational Interviewing? . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.7 Question 17: How does Group Therapy benefit clients? . . . . . . . . 8
3.8 Question 18: What is the purpose of Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.9 Question 19: What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? 9
3.10 Question 20: What role does psychoeducation play in therapy? . . . 9
4 Pharmacology in Mental Health 9
4.1 Question 21: What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SS-
RIs)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Question 22: What is a common side effect of SSRIs? . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 Question 23: What are Benzodiazepines used for? . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.4 Question 24: What is a risk associated with long-term Benzodiazepine
use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.5 Question 25: What is the purpose of Antipsychotic medications? . . 10
4.6 Question 26: What is a common side effect of Antipsychotics? . . . . 10
4.7 Question 27: What are Mood Stabilizers used for? . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8 Question 28: What is Lithium’s primary use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.9 Question 29: What is a key monitoring requirement for Lithium? . 10
4.10 Question 30: What is the role of Stimulants in mental health treat-
ment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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, 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations 10
5.1 Question 31: What is informed consent in mental health care? . . . 11
5.2 Question 32: What is confidentiality in mental health practice? . . . 11
5.3 Question 33: When can confidentiality be broken? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.4 Question 34: What is the Tarasoff Rule? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.5 Question 35: What is the principle of beneficence? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.6 Question 36: What does non-maleficence mean in mental health? . 11
5.7 Question 37: What is the role of cultural competence in mental
health care? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.8 Question 38: What is an advance directive in mental health? . . . . 11
5.9 Question 39: What is the purpose of the Mental Health Act? . . . . . 12
5.10 Question 40: What is involuntary commitment? . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6 Additional Questions and Answers 12
6.1 Question 41: What is the primary symptom of Anorexia Nervosa? . 12
6.2 Question 42: What distinguishes Bulimia Nervosa from Anorexia
Nervosa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.3 Question 43: What is Binge-Eating Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.4 Question 44: What is a common treatment for eating disorders? . . 12
6.5 Question 45: What is Dissociative Identity Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.6 Question 46: What causes Dissociative Disorders? . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.7 Question 47: What is the purpose of Antidepressant Augmentation? 13
6.8 Question 48: What is a common side effect of Monoamine Oxidase
Inhibitors (MAOIs)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.9 Question 49: What is the role of serotonin in mental health? . . . . . 13
6.10 Question 50: What is the dopamine hypothesis of Schizophrenia? . 13
6.11 Question 51: What is a delusion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.12 Question 52: What is a hallucination? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.13 Question 53: What is the purpose of a Mental Status Examination
(MSE)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.14 Question 54: What does the term “affect” refer to in an MSE? . . . . 14
6.15 Question 55: What is the significance of “insight” in mental health? 14
6.16 Question 56: What is a prodromal phase in Schizophrenia? . . . . . 14
6.17 Question 57: What is a common trigger for panic attacks? . . . . . . 14
6.18 Question 58: What is the fight-or-flight response? . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.19 Question 59: What is the role of the amygdala in mental health? . . 14
6.20 Question 60: What is a cognitive distortion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.21 Question 61: What is the purpose of a safety plan in mental health? 15
6.22 Question 62: What is the difference between acute and chronic
stress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.23 Question 63: What is the role of self-care in mental health? . . . . . 15
6.24 Question 64: What is a common symptom of Autism Spectrum Dis-
order (ASD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.25 Question 65: What is the purpose of Applied Behavior Analysis
(ABA)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.26 Question 66: What is the significance of attachment styles in mental
health? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.27 Question 67: What is a secure attachment style? . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Questions & Verified Answers
Comprehensive Study Guide
,Contents
1 Introduction 6
2 Mental Health Disorders 6
2.1 Question 1: What is the primary characteristic of Major Depressive
Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Question 2: What are the hallmark symptoms of Generalized Anx-
iety Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Question 3: How is Bipolar Disorder distinguished from Major De-
pressive Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 Question 4: What defines Schizophrenia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 Question 5: What is a key feature of Obsessive-Compulsive Disor-
der (OCD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.6 Question 6: What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? . . . . . 7
2.7 Question 7: How does Social Anxiety Disorder manifest? . . . . . . . 7
2.8 Question 8: What is the primary symptom of Panic Disorder? . . . . 7
2.9 Question 9: What characterizes Borderline Personality Disorder? . 7
2.10 Question 10: What is a common feature of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Totherapeutic Approaches 8
3.1 Question 11: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? . . . . . . 8
3.2 Question 12: How does Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) differ
from CBT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Question 13: What is the goal of Exposure Therapy? . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 Question 14: What is Family Therapy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5 Question 15: What is the primary focus of Psychodynamic Therapy? 8
3.6 Question 16: What is Motivational Interviewing? . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.7 Question 17: How does Group Therapy benefit clients? . . . . . . . . 8
3.8 Question 18: What is the purpose of Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.9 Question 19: What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? 9
3.10 Question 20: What role does psychoeducation play in therapy? . . . 9
4 Pharmacology in Mental Health 9
4.1 Question 21: What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SS-
RIs)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Question 22: What is a common side effect of SSRIs? . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 Question 23: What are Benzodiazepines used for? . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.4 Question 24: What is a risk associated with long-term Benzodiazepine
use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.5 Question 25: What is the purpose of Antipsychotic medications? . . 10
4.6 Question 26: What is a common side effect of Antipsychotics? . . . . 10
4.7 Question 27: What are Mood Stabilizers used for? . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8 Question 28: What is Lithium’s primary use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.9 Question 29: What is a key monitoring requirement for Lithium? . 10
4.10 Question 30: What is the role of Stimulants in mental health treat-
ment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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, 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations 10
5.1 Question 31: What is informed consent in mental health care? . . . 11
5.2 Question 32: What is confidentiality in mental health practice? . . . 11
5.3 Question 33: When can confidentiality be broken? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.4 Question 34: What is the Tarasoff Rule? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.5 Question 35: What is the principle of beneficence? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.6 Question 36: What does non-maleficence mean in mental health? . 11
5.7 Question 37: What is the role of cultural competence in mental
health care? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.8 Question 38: What is an advance directive in mental health? . . . . 11
5.9 Question 39: What is the purpose of the Mental Health Act? . . . . . 12
5.10 Question 40: What is involuntary commitment? . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6 Additional Questions and Answers 12
6.1 Question 41: What is the primary symptom of Anorexia Nervosa? . 12
6.2 Question 42: What distinguishes Bulimia Nervosa from Anorexia
Nervosa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.3 Question 43: What is Binge-Eating Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.4 Question 44: What is a common treatment for eating disorders? . . 12
6.5 Question 45: What is Dissociative Identity Disorder? . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.6 Question 46: What causes Dissociative Disorders? . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.7 Question 47: What is the purpose of Antidepressant Augmentation? 13
6.8 Question 48: What is a common side effect of Monoamine Oxidase
Inhibitors (MAOIs)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.9 Question 49: What is the role of serotonin in mental health? . . . . . 13
6.10 Question 50: What is the dopamine hypothesis of Schizophrenia? . 13
6.11 Question 51: What is a delusion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.12 Question 52: What is a hallucination? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.13 Question 53: What is the purpose of a Mental Status Examination
(MSE)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.14 Question 54: What does the term “affect” refer to in an MSE? . . . . 14
6.15 Question 55: What is the significance of “insight” in mental health? 14
6.16 Question 56: What is a prodromal phase in Schizophrenia? . . . . . 14
6.17 Question 57: What is a common trigger for panic attacks? . . . . . . 14
6.18 Question 58: What is the fight-or-flight response? . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.19 Question 59: What is the role of the amygdala in mental health? . . 14
6.20 Question 60: What is a cognitive distortion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.21 Question 61: What is the purpose of a safety plan in mental health? 15
6.22 Question 62: What is the difference between acute and chronic
stress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.23 Question 63: What is the role of self-care in mental health? . . . . . 15
6.24 Question 64: What is a common symptom of Autism Spectrum Dis-
order (ASD)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.25 Question 65: What is the purpose of Applied Behavior Analysis
(ABA)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.26 Question 66: What is the significance of attachment styles in mental
health? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.27 Question 67: What is a secure attachment style? . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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