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TEST BANK for Morrison-Valfre’s Foundations of Mental

Health Care in Canada 1st Edition by Boris Bard, Eric

MacMullin, and Jacqueline Williamson A+
Chapter 1: The History of Mental Health Care

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The belief of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato that the rational soul controlled the

irrational soul could be compared with the belief of which more recent psychological theorist?

a. Freud

b. Pinel

c. Fisher

d. Rush

ANS: A

Sigmund Freud believed that mental illness was, in part, caused by forces both within and

outside the personality. Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of mentally ill individuals as human

beings in need of medical assistance. Alice Fisher was a nurse who trained at the Florence

Nightingale Training School and cared for the mentally ill. Dr. Benjamin Rush was the author of

the book Diseases of the Mind.



PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Early Years

OBJ: 1 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Foundations of Practice

2. During the mid-1500s, behaviours associated with mental illness began to be more

accurately recorded by professionals. This practice led to for different abnormal behaviours.

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a. Classifications

b. Diagnosing

c. Treatment

d. Education

ANS: A

Classification of abnormal behaviours did not begin until this time, after the practice of more

accurately recording behaviours had started. Diagnoses, treatment guidelines, and education

regarding mental health disorders were not available during this period.



PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: The Renaissance

OBJ: 1 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Foundations of Practice

3. During the latter part of the eighteenth century, psychiatry became a separate branch of

medicine, and inhumane treatment was greatly diminished by which French hospital director?

a. Dix

b. Beers

c. Pinel

d. Carter

ANS: C

Philippe Pinel advocated acceptance of the mentally ill as well as proper treatment. Dorothea Dix

crusaded for construction of mental health hospitals. Clifford Beers wrote the book A Mind That

Found Itself. President Jimmy Carter established the President’s Commission on Mental Health

in 1978.




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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Eighteenth Century

OBJ: 4 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Foundations of Practice

1.

In 1841, surveyed asylums, jails, and almshouses throughout the United States, Canada,

and Scotland and is credited with bringing about public awareness and reform for the care of the

mentally ill.

a. Sigmund Freud

b. John Cade

c. Florence Nightingale

d. Dorothea Dix

ANS: D

Dorothea Dix spent 20 years surveying facilities that housed mentally ill individuals and is

credited with ushering in major changes in the care of the mentally ill. Sigmund Freud

introduced the concept of psychoanalysis, John Cade discovered lithium carbonate for the

treatment of bipolar disorder, and Florence Nightingale trained nurses in England in the 1800s.



PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Nineteenth Century

OBJ: 4 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Foundations of Practice

2. As a direct result of Clifford Beers’ work and his book, A Mind That Found Itself, the

Committee for Mental Hygiene was formed in 1909 with a focus on the prevention of mental

illness and .

a. Early detection of symptoms of mental illness

b. Education of care providers



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c. Current treatment options

d. Removing the stigma attached to mental illness

ANS: D

In his book, Clifford Beers reflected on his suicide attempt followed by the deplorable care he

received for the next 3 years in mental hospitals. His work and book raised the consciousness of

people throughout the country regarding the prevention and removal of the stigma of having a

mental illness. Early detection of symptoms, education of care providers, and current treatment

options regarding mental illness were not the focus of his book, nor were they a priority for the

Committee for Mental Hygiene.



PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Twentieth Century

OBJ: 4 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: Foundations of Practice

3. During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused patients to fall into a

coma that could last as long as 50 hours?

a. Electroconvulsive therapy

b. Insulin therapy

c. Humoral therapy

d. Amphetamine therapy

ANS: B

Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s.

Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used for severe

depression. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome, was based on the

belief that mental illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire, water, and earth.



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