Foundations of Mental Health care (Chapter 1) Exam Questions with Correct Answers How would you define someone as mentally healthy? - Correct Answer A state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective behavior and coping, positive self-concept, and emotional stability How would you define someone as mentally ill? - Correct Answer Individuals experience dissatisfaction with self, relationships and ineffective coping. Daily life an seem overwhelming of unbearbale. Individuals may believe that their situation is hopeless health-illness continuum - Correct Answer description of a person's health status as a range with anchors that include poor health or imminent death on one end of the continuum to high-level wellness on the other end Mental health - Correct Answer difficult to define; no single, universal definition; dynamic, ever- changing state What is the DSM-V? - Correct Answer A taxonomy published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and describes all mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on clinical experience and research What is a taxonomy? - Correct Answer Mental disorders, outlining specific diagnostic criteria for each based on clinical experience and research What did they think about mental illness in the ancient times? - Correct Answer Sickness as
displeasure of gods: punishment for sins; view as demonic or divine
Who is Dorothea Dix? What did she do? - Correct Answer During the Period of Enlightenment (1790's), she opened 32 state hospitals that offered asylum to the suffering, and believed that society was obligated to those who were mentally ill and advocated adequate shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing Who is Sigmund Freud? - Correct Answer Developed psychoanalytic theory, scientific study and treatment of mental illness. He challenged society to view human begins objectively, and studied the mind, it's disorders and their treatments
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