Galen MH Final Exam 2 Questions With
100% Correct Answers (2025-2026)
Updated.
Stress - Answer the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
increased stress - Answer increases mental illness
predisposed to mental illness - Answer stress early on in life
fight or flight - Answer a reaction caused by SNS that prepares one to either fight the stressor
or take flight and escape.
general adaptation syndrome (gas) - Answer alarm, resistance, exhaustion
distress - Answer negative draining energy, harmful to physical health, lowers immune system
eustress - Answer positive beneficial energy that motivates and results in feelings of happiness
serotonin - Answer plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality, appetite, metabolism
increased serotonin - Answer =times of high stress
immune stress response - Answer negatively affects bodies ability to produce protective
factors, happens during alarm phase of GAS
physical stressors - Answer environmental conditions
physical stressors examples - Answer physical illness, temp, trauma
psychological stressors - Answer events such as divorce, loss of job, financial issues, even
positive change such as marriage, baby
,temperament
experiences
social support (culture/religion/support groups)
perception - Answer not always the stressor itself that determines a response, but the
perception of the stressor that determines a response of emotional and physchological
reactions to it
individual temperment - Answer all factors combine to form unique personality with specific
strengths and vulnerability
measuring stress - Answer measures level of positive and negative stressful life events over a
1yr period to assess vulnerability to stress related disorders
assessing coping styles - Answer how they have coped in the past
anxiety
depression
pain
health sustaining habits
life satisfaction
effective and healthy responses to stress
relaxation techniques - Answer deep breathing exercises
progressive muscle relaxation
meditation
guided imagery
biofeedback
physical exercise
cognitive reframing
journaling
humor
, meditation - Answer training the mind to develop greater calm and then using that calm to
bring penetrative insight into ones experience
guided imagery - Answer focusing on pleasant images to replace negative or stressful feelings;
trades negative images for healing
biofeedback - Answer the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a
bodily function and possibly gain control over that function
physical exercise thought to - Answer have same effect as SSRI
physical exercise reduces - Answer depressive symptoms, protects from harmful effects of
stress physically and mentally, reduces all mental disorders but bipolar
cognitive reframing - Answer reorganize thoughts, replacing w/ more positive thoughts
journaling - Answer useful in identifying stressors
humor - Answer cognitive protective factor against mental illness
RN role with stress/coping/education - Answer lead stress mang groups & teach
techniques/healthy coping mechanisms
anxiety - Answer a feeling of apprehension, worry, uneasiness, or dread from real or perceived
threat
anxiety will - Answer motivate peiple to make and survive change
protome constructive behavior
affect on deeper level than fear
as anxiety increases - Answer Perceptual fields narrow
100% Correct Answers (2025-2026)
Updated.
Stress - Answer the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
increased stress - Answer increases mental illness
predisposed to mental illness - Answer stress early on in life
fight or flight - Answer a reaction caused by SNS that prepares one to either fight the stressor
or take flight and escape.
general adaptation syndrome (gas) - Answer alarm, resistance, exhaustion
distress - Answer negative draining energy, harmful to physical health, lowers immune system
eustress - Answer positive beneficial energy that motivates and results in feelings of happiness
serotonin - Answer plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality, appetite, metabolism
increased serotonin - Answer =times of high stress
immune stress response - Answer negatively affects bodies ability to produce protective
factors, happens during alarm phase of GAS
physical stressors - Answer environmental conditions
physical stressors examples - Answer physical illness, temp, trauma
psychological stressors - Answer events such as divorce, loss of job, financial issues, even
positive change such as marriage, baby
,temperament
experiences
social support (culture/religion/support groups)
perception - Answer not always the stressor itself that determines a response, but the
perception of the stressor that determines a response of emotional and physchological
reactions to it
individual temperment - Answer all factors combine to form unique personality with specific
strengths and vulnerability
measuring stress - Answer measures level of positive and negative stressful life events over a
1yr period to assess vulnerability to stress related disorders
assessing coping styles - Answer how they have coped in the past
anxiety
depression
pain
health sustaining habits
life satisfaction
effective and healthy responses to stress
relaxation techniques - Answer deep breathing exercises
progressive muscle relaxation
meditation
guided imagery
biofeedback
physical exercise
cognitive reframing
journaling
humor
, meditation - Answer training the mind to develop greater calm and then using that calm to
bring penetrative insight into ones experience
guided imagery - Answer focusing on pleasant images to replace negative or stressful feelings;
trades negative images for healing
biofeedback - Answer the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a
bodily function and possibly gain control over that function
physical exercise thought to - Answer have same effect as SSRI
physical exercise reduces - Answer depressive symptoms, protects from harmful effects of
stress physically and mentally, reduces all mental disorders but bipolar
cognitive reframing - Answer reorganize thoughts, replacing w/ more positive thoughts
journaling - Answer useful in identifying stressors
humor - Answer cognitive protective factor against mental illness
RN role with stress/coping/education - Answer lead stress mang groups & teach
techniques/healthy coping mechanisms
anxiety - Answer a feeling of apprehension, worry, uneasiness, or dread from real or perceived
threat
anxiety will - Answer motivate peiple to make and survive change
protome constructive behavior
affect on deeper level than fear
as anxiety increases - Answer Perceptual fields narrow
