MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS EXAM GRADED A+

MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS EXAM GRADED A+

Which of the following is a true statement regarding Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
a. Self-actualization cannot be effectively achieved if an individual is struggling with unmet safety and security needs.
b. Self-actualized individuals have learned how to have no emotional reactions.
c. Physiological health is the highest achievement in the hierarchy.
d. All of the above. - a. Self-actualization cannot be effectively achieved if an individual is struggling with unmet safety and security needs.

A sociocultural perspective defines mental illness as:
a. A disruption of brain chemicals in response to stress
b. A DSM-5-TR diagnosis
c. Behavior that is incomprehensible within one's culture
d. Any illness that responds to psychotropic medication - c. Behavior that is incomprehensible within one's culture

When an individual remains under stress for a prolonged period, which of the following physiological effects occur? (Select all that apply.)
a. Uncompensated inflammation
b. Decreased immune response
c. Fluid retention
d. Hypotension - a. Uncompensated inflammation
b. Decreased immune response
c. Fluid retention

Which of the following are manifestations of mild anxiety?
a. Less alertness to the environment and emotional numbness
b. Sharp senses and motivation for productivity
c. Ability to focus on only one detail
d. Feeling out of control and exhibiting wild behavior - b. Sharp senses and motivation for productivity

Extended periods of unmanaged or repressed severe anxiety may be associated with which of the following psychiatric symptoms?
a. Panic disorder
b. Phobias
c. Somatic symptoms
d. All of the above - d. All of the above

A client with a history of substance use disorder is sent to the mental health clinic by their employer who expresses concern about their drinking alcohol on the job. The client denies having a problem and reports only drinking a little when the boss is "acting like a jerk". The nurse should document that the client is manifesting which defense mechanisms?
a. Compensation and intellectualization
b. Regression and reaction formation
c. Denial and rationalization
d. Undoing and projection - c. Denial and rationalization

A client with a history of schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department by police who report that they were knocking down food displays at a grocery store and yelling that the food was all poisoned. The client reports to the nurse that they have no idea why they were brought to the emergency department because "there is nothing wrong with me." Which of these actions by the nurse demonstrates good clinical judgment?
a. Instruct the police officer that this client should be incarcerated because there is nothing that can be done in an emergency department.
b. Document that the client is manifesting psychotic symptoms and anosognosia.
c. Ask the doctor to order gastric lavage because the client reports having been poisoned.
d. Instruct the client that the food is not poisoned and there is something very wrong with them. - b. Document that the client is manifesting psychotic symptoms and anosognosia.

During a primary care physician appointment, a client who has been a widow for 7 years reports to the nurse not wanting to wake up in the morning and feeling like there is nothing left to live for. Which of these actions by the n