Mental health nursing worksheet with answers

What are the core features of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

1. ALow mood, loss of interest and poor sleep
2. BObsessions, compulsions and repeated checking
3. CInattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity
4. DDelusions, hallucinations and disorganised speech

What is systematic desensitisation?

1. AA medicine that reduces anxiety within minutes of being taken
2. BSudden and prolonged exposure to the most feared situation at once
3. CGradual exposure to a feared situation, step by step, while using relaxation
4. DTeaching the patient to avoid the feared situation completely, so that the anxiety never has to be felt again

According to DSM-5, which feature is needed for a diagnosis of Tourette's disorder?

1. ASeveral motor tics and at least one vocal tic for over a year, starting before 18
2. BInvoluntary swearing in almost every sentence as the main and only symptom
3. CSeizures with loss of consciousness during sleep
4. DA single motor tic that lasts for 2 weeks in an adult

When is the risk of suicide particularly high for patients after psychiatric inpatient care?

1. AThere is no change in risk after discharge
2. BIn the first weeks after discharge
3. COnly after one year at home
4. DOnly while the patient is asleep in hospital

Which feature helps distinguish normal grief from major depression?

1. AIn grief, the person cannot feel any positive emotions or enjoy any memories of the person who died
2. BIn grief, the person feels worthless and hopeless all the time
3. CIn grief, painful feelings come in waves and self-esteem is usually kept
4. DGrief always lasts less than 2 weeks

Which US legal case is associated with the duty of mental health professionals to protect people who are threatened by a patient?

1. ATarasoff v Regents of the University of California
2. BMiranda v Arizona
3. CRoe v Wade
4. DBrown v Board of Education

A patient taking valproate has severe abdominal pain spreading to her back, with nausea and vomiting. What should the nurse suspect?

1. ASimple indigestion
2. BSerotonin syndrome
3. CLithium toxicity
4. DPancreatitis

A man with schizophrenia who has been well for 2 years wants to stop his antipsychotic. Which approach best reflects recovery-oriented care?

1. ATell him he must take it for life and refuse to discuss it
2. BAdvise him to stop it suddenly on his own and see what happens over the next month
3. CDiscuss benefits and risks, decide together with the prescriber and agree a relapse plan
4. DReport him to the police and his employer for non-adherence to treatment