WKU Nursing Mental Health Exam -1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

WKU Nursing Mental Health Exam #1
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What is the successful performance of mental functions, resulting
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in the ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling
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relationships, adapt to change, and cope with adversity? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mental health |\ |\ |\




What are medical conditions (dysfunctions of the brain and
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neurotransmitters) that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


ability to relate to others, and daily functioning? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Mental illnesses |\ |\




What is the current guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing
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psychiatric mental health disorders in the US? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔DSM-5 |\




What does the DSM-5 provide clinicians, researchers, regulatory
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agencies, health insurance companies, pharmacological
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companies, and policy makers with? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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standard language and criteria for the classification of mental
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disorders


What evolves over time and reflects changes in cultural norms,
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society's expectations and values, professional biases, individual
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differences, and the political climate of the time? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Psychiatry's definition of mental health
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,What is the ability to recover from or adjust successfully to
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trauma or change? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Resiliency
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What is the study of the distribution of disorders in human
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populations? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Epidemiology |\ |\ |\ |\




What is the proportion of a population with a mental disorder at a
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given time? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prevalence
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Many individuals have more than one mental disorder at a time,
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known as? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dual diagnosis or co-
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occurring disorders |\




What legislation required insurers to offer mental health benefits
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at the same level provided for medical coverage? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Mental Health Parity Act |\ |\ |\ |\




What is the continuum of happiness? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Finds life enjoyable; Optimistic about needs being met to...
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Loss of interest or pleasure; Discouraged or hopeless mood
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What is the continuum of control over behavior? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Ability to recognize cues and act appropriately to...
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Aggressive or violent behavior |\ |\ |\

, What is the continuum of appraisal of reality? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Sees environment accurately; Understands
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consequences to...Inaccurate perception of environment;
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Hallucinations or delusions |\ |\




What is the continuum of effectiveness in work? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Performs within abilities; Recovery from minor fail
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to...
Deterioration in work performance; Inability to maintain steady
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employment


What is the continuum of healthy self-concept? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Reasonable self-confidence; Resourcefulness to...
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Lacks self-confidence; Inability to function independently
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What is the continuum of satisfying relationships? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Stable, strong relationships; variety of social
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supports to... |\




Unstable or intense relationships; Lack of support
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What is the continuum of effective coping strategies? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Ability to problem solve and cope in ways that are
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not harmful (deep breathing, meditation) to... Poor coping that
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creates further dysfunction (substance abuse, self-harm)
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What is a painful symptom? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Distress
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