MI-Exam #1

Which was the first antipsychotic medication to be used?

Which is NOT indicative of overinvolvement?

Which Model of Care focuses on healing the "whole" person?

Which is an example of a nonverbal communication technique?

Which most closely represents the % of people in the US diagnosed with mental illness?

Which term means to perceive a situation from the patient's perspective?

Which of the following is NOT a role of the mental health nurse?

Which is NOT a nursing approach to manipulation?

Which member of the treatment team helps secure services for the patient after discharge?

Conflicts between internal and external stresses resulting in anxiety is called _______.

Which is NOT a characteristic of a therapeutic relationship?

Who was the first trained mental health nurse?

Which is placing a client in a controlled environment in an emergency?

Who believed in compassion toward the mentally ill?

Which level of anxiety is natural and motivating?

Which Act prevented inappropriate placement of mentally ill in nursing homes?

Which requires disclosure of client information?

Which speech pattern involves coining a new word or phrase?

Which Act was signed by Bill Clinton and provided insurance benefits to mentally ill?

Which is NOT descriptive of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)?

Which is NOT a verbal communication technique?

Which is an example of distress?

Who was known as the "Father of American Psychiatry?"

Therapy that involves training a client to control involuntary functions before anxiety occurs?

According to the Patient Bill of Rights, the client has the right to:

Which type of individual therapy involves identifying and correcting distorted thinking?

If a client is incompetent, who can receive information and sign informed consent?

Which type of anxiety is physically and emotionally exhausting?

Which speech pattern involves stopping in the midst of a sentence?

Which is an example of Eustress?

The DSM-IV-TR classifies disorders according to:

Which is NOT a type of adaptive coping strategy?

Which is NOT a cause of mental illness?

Who believed that mental illness was result of excessive bile in body?

Which is a type of external stressor?

Which of the following is not a type of therapy to treat the mentally ill?

Which phase of the therapeutic relationship allows the client to depend on own strengths?

Which speech pattern involves repeating the last word over and over?

Which speech pattern involves describing in too much detail?

Max amount of time a client may be detained involuntarily during an emergency?

Which of the following health team members provides help with everyday living, such as cooking?

Which of the following is characteristic of mental health?

The "fight or flight" response is controlled by the:

Which is an appropriate measure to take with a violent or aggressive patient?

Which is NOT a characteristic of mental illness?