Test Bank For Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition by
Sheila L. Videbeck All Chapters 1-24 LATEST 2024
Which behaviour would be characteristic of an individual who is displacing anger?
A.Lying
B.Stealing
C.Slapping
D.Procrastinating - D.Procrastinating
A person recently gave up smoking and now talks constantly about how smoking fouls
the air, causes cancer, and "burns" money that could be better spent to feed the poor.
This person is demonstrating which of the following defence mechanisms?
A.Projection
B.Rationalization
C.Reaction formation
D.Undoing - C.Reaction formation
A man continues to speak of his wife as though she were still alive, 3 years after her
death. This behaviour suggests the use of which of the following defence mechanisms?
A.Altruism
B.Denial
C.Undoing
D.Suppression - B.Denial
What can be said about the comorbidity of anxiety disorders?
A.Anxiety disorders generally exist alone.
B.A second anxiety disorder may coexist with the first.
C.Anxiety disorders virtually never coexist with mood disorders.
,D.Substance abuse disorders rarely coexist with anxiety disorders. - B.A second anxiety
disorder may coexist with the first.
Studies of patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder suggest that the stress
response of which of the following is considered abnormal?
A. Brain Stem
B. Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Limbic system - B. Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system
An obsession is defined as which of the following?
A.Thinking of an action and immediately taking the action.
B.A recurrent, persistent thought or impulse.
C.An intense irrational fear of an object or situation.
D.A recurrent behaviour performed in the same manner. - B.A recurrent, persistent
thought or impulse.
Which of the following is a symptom commonly associated with panic attacks?
A.Obsessions
B.Apathy
C.Fever
D.Fear of impending doom - D.Fear of impending doom
Working to help the patient view an occurrence in a more positive light is called which of
the following?
Inability to leave one's home because of avoidance of severe anxiety suggests which of
the following anxiety disorders?
A.Panic attacks with agoraphobia
B.Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C.Post-traumatic stress response
D.Generalized anxiety disorder - A.Panic attacks with agoraphobia
, The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations is
called which of the following?
A. Mortality
B. Prevalence
C.Epidemiology
D.Clinical epidemiology - C.Epidemiology
Which statement best describes the DSM-5?
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
B.It is a compendium of treatment modalities.
C.It offers a complete list of nursing diagnoses.
D.It suggests common interventions for mental disorders. - A.It is a medical psychiatric
assessment system.
Current information suggests that the most disabling mental disorders are the result of
which of the following?
A.Biological influences
B.Psychological trauma
C.Learned ways of behaving
D.Faulty patterns of early nurturance - A.Biological influences
A nurse's identification badge includes the term, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse. A
patient with a history of paranoia asks,
"What does that title mean?" The nurse responds best by answering with which of the
following?
A."Don't be afraid; it means I'm here to help, not hurt, you."
B."Psychiatric mental health nurses care for people with mental illnesses."
C."We have the specialized skills needed to care for people with mental illnesses."
D."The nurses who work in mental health facilities have that title." - C."We have the
specialized skills needed to care for people with mental illnesses."
Which statement about diagnosis of a mental disorder is true?
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