Deck 29: Caring for Persons With Mental Health Disorders

Question 1

Which are used to block unpleasant or threatening feelings?

A) Withdrawal syndrome
B) Delusions of grandeur
C) Delusions of persecution
D) Defense mechanisms

Answer 1

Defense mechanisms

Question 2

Signs and symptoms of anxiety include the following except

A) Urinary frequency and urgency
B) A "lump" in the throat or "butterflies" in the stomach
C) Low pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
D) Dry mouth, sweating, and poor attention span

Answer 2

Low pulse, respirations, and blood pressure

Question 3

Which statement about anxiety is correct?

A) Mentally healthy people are free of anxiety.
B) It usually occurs when needs are met.
C) The person senses real or imagined danger or harm.
D) The person always knows the source or cause of the anxiety.

Answer 3

The person senses real or imagined danger or harm.

Question 4

You are unhappy with your supervisor. You call in sick because of a headache. Which defense mechanism are you using?

A) Denial
B) Conversion
C) Substitution
D) Reaction formation

Question 5

Phobia is

A) A false belief
B) An intense fear
C) A persistent thought or idea
D) Fear, panic, or dread

Question 6

Paranoia is

A) A persistent thought or idea
B) False beliefs and suspicion about a person or situation
C) Fear, panic, or dread
D) Not being able to correctly view or interpret reality

Question 7

A delusion is

A) Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real
B) A false belief
C) A persistent thought or idea
D) An intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror, or dread

Question 8

A person's ability to cope and adjust to stress is disturbed. Behavior and function are impaired. Which is correct?

A) The person has a mental illness.
B) The person has false beliefs.
C) The person has severe mood swings.
D) The person has paranoia.

Question 9

The need to repeat an act over and over again is

A) An obsession
B) Paranoia
C) A phobia
D) A compulsion

Question 10

Anxiety is

A) A vague, uneasy feeling in response to stress
B) A false belief
C) Feelings and emotions
D) A persistent thought or idea

Question 11

Which is not a cause of mental health disorders?

A) Inability to cope or adjust to stress
B) Chemical imbalances
C) Genetics
D) Schizophrenia and anxiety

Question 12

Stress is

A) A mental illness or mental disorder
B) The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor
C) A state of severe mental impairment
D) Not being able to view or interpret reality correctly

Question 13

Which statement about defense mechanisms is incorrect?

A) They are unconscious reactions.
B) Some use of defense mechanisms is normal.
C) They block unpleasant feelings.
D) They reflect the highest level of anxiety.

Question 14

A delusion of grandeur is

A) A false belief that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed
B) An exaggerated belief about one's importance, wealth, power, or talents
C) An intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror, or dread
D) Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real

Question 15

A hallucination is

A) A false belief
B) An exaggerated belief
C) Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real
D) A persistent thought or idea

Question 16

Panic is

A) A persistent thought or idea
B) False beliefs and suspicion about a person or situation
C) An intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror, or dread
D) Not being able to correctly view or interpret reality

Question 17

Mental relates to

A) Stress
B) The mind
C) Knowledge
D) Personality

Question 18

A person is able to cope with and adjust to everyday stresses in ways accepted by society. The person

A) Is mentally healthy
B) Has a mental illness
C) Has an emotional illness
D) Has a psychiatric disorder

Question 19

A new resident waits at the front door for her daughter to take her home. Which defense mechanism is she using?

A) Denial
B) Conversion
C) Regression
D) Repression

Question 20

An obsession is

A) The uncontrolled performance of an act
B) A false belief
C) A mental illness
D) A recurrent, unwanted thought, idea, or image

Question 21

Over time heavy drinking of alcohol damages the brain, central nervous system, liver, heart, kidneys, and stomach.

Question 22

A person relives a traumatic event during the day and in nightmares during sleep. These are

A) Hallucinations
B) Delusions
C) Day and night terrors
D) Flashbacks

Question 23

The following are common in persons with schizophrenia except

A) Poor communication
B) Withdrawal and lack of interest in others
C) Sitting for hours without moving, speaking, or responding
D) Violent acts

Question 24

The person with an antisocial personality

A) Alternates between depression and paranoia
B) Is suicidal
C) Is very sad
D) Lacks responsibility and is hostile

Question 25

A resident washes her hands over and over many times during the day. This behavior is a

A) Hallucination
B) Defense mechanism
C) Phobia
D) Compulsion

Question 26

The effects of alcohol vary with age.

Question 27

Schizophrenia involves the following except

A) Obsessive-compulsive behaviors and severe mood swings
B) Psychosis and paranoia
C) Delusions and hallucinations
D) Delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution

Question 28

Which statement about substance abuse is incorrect?

A) It occurs when a person overuses or depends on drugs or alcohol.
B) The person's physical health and mental health are affected.
C) The welfare of others is affected.
D) Only illegal drugs and alcohol are abused.

Question 29

The person with a borderline personality

A) Alternates between mania and depression
B) Has intense bouts of rage, depression, and panic
C) Lacks morals and ethics
D) Hallucinates and is delusional

Question 30

A person has depression. Which is incorrect?

A) Suicide is a risk.
B) Violent behaviors are common.
C) The person is extremely sad.
D) Body functions are depressed.

Question 31

The person with bipolar disorder

A) Has severe extremes in mood, energy, and ability to function
B) Abuses others
C) Has poor judgment and is hostile
D) Cannot interpret reality correctly

Question 32

You forgot to assist a resident with ambulation. You blame the nurse for not reminding you. Which defense mechanism are you using?

A) Projection
B) Identification
C) Rationalization
D) Substitution

Question 33

Which statement about depression in older persons is incorrect?

A) Depression is uncommon in older persons.
B) Depression in older persons is often overlooked.
C) Older persons with depression are often thought to have a cognitive disorder.
D) Depression in older persons is often untreated.

Question 34

Which statement about alcoholism is incorrect?

A) Alcoholism is a chronic disease.
B) The person has a strong need to drink.
C) The person cannot stop drinking once drinking has begun.
D) There is no treatment.

Question 35

The following may occur in the manic phase of bipolar disorder except

A) Rapid speech
B) Extreme irritability
C) Little sleep
D) Feelings of worthlessness and helplessness

Question 36

Post-traumatic stress syndrome occurs

A) After a terrifying event
B) After taking illegal drugs
C) In persons with mental illness
D) In persons with dementia

Question 37

A person has agoraphobia. This means that the person has an intense fear of

A) Being in pain or seeing others in pain
B) The slightest uncleanliness
C) Being in an open, crowded, or public space
D) Being trapped in an enclosed or narrow space

Question 38

Fear of the slightest uncleanliness is

A) Aquaphobia
B) Mysophobia
C) Claustrophobia
D) Nyctophobia

Question 39

A person's eyeglasses break. Your supervisor blames you. At home, you scold your family for not helping with dinner. Which defense mechanisms are you using?

A) Conversion
B) Displacement
C) Projection
D) Reaction formation

Question 40

To regress means to

A) Be very sad and withdrawn
B) Move back to an earlier time or condition
C) Have violent behaviors
D) Lack interest in others

Question 41

Exposure to suicidal behaviors within one's family, one's peer group, or media reports of suicide is known as

A) Suicide contagion
B) Tolerance
C) Suicide
D) Impulsiveness

Question 42

A person has a drug addiction. Which is correct?

A) The person has a chronic brain disease.
B) The person can stop taking the drug without treatment.
C) Higher doses of the drug are not needed for the same effects.
D) The person takes the drug to treat medical symptoms only.

Question 43

The overuse of a drug for non-medical or non-therapy effects is

A) Drug tolerance
B) Drug addiction
C) Drug abuse
D) Therapeutic drug use

Question 44

Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease in which the person has an overwhelming desire to take a drug.

Question 45

If a person mentions or talks about suicide, do the following except

A) Take the person seriously
B) Tell the person not to talk that way
C) Call for the nurse at once
D) Stay with the person