Chapter 32: Chronic Mental Health Disorders

Chapter 32: Chronic Mental Health Disorders

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1. Periods of mental illness or dysfunction marked by an increase in the signs, symptoms, and seriousness of a problem or disorder are called:

ANS:  D

Exacerbations are periods of dysfunction that are accompanied by an increase in the signs, symptoms, and seriousness of a problem. Chronic refers to the long duration of an illness that can have periods of remission or exacerbation. Acute refers to short duration. Remissions are times of partial or complete disappearance of symptoms.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 358        OBJ:   1

TOP:   Definition of Terms                         KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

2. Persons with chronic mental health problems have much higher rates of:

ANS:  B

Individuals with chronic mental health problems have much higher rates of suicide because they often cannot see a bright future for themselves and find it difficult to meet basic needs.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 358        OBJ:   1

TOP:   Scope of Mental Illness                   KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

3. The process of emptying state mental hospitals and placing mentally ill persons in the community is known as:

ANS:  D

State psychiatric hospitals discharge long-term patients into the community through a practice called deinstitutionalization. Recidivism refers to a pattern of short hospital admissions and discharges; and exacerbation is a period of dysfunction accompanied by an increase in the signs, symptoms, and seriousness of a problem.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 359        OBJ:   2

TOP:   Effects of Deinstitutionalization       KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

4. The experience and suffering of living with mental illness:

ANS:  B

Each client is a unique individual; therefore, even if clients share the same diagnosis, the experiences are unique.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 359        OBJ:   2

TOP:   Characteristics of Chronic Mental Illness

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity