Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by Videbeck

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Chapter Study Guide

➤ MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Select the best answer for each of the following
questions.

1. Approximately how many Americans have a
   diagnosable mental illness?
   A. 26 million

B. 42 million

C. 56 million

D. 83 million

2. The Department of Health and Human Services
   estimates that of the 750,000 homeless persons
   in the United States, the prevalence of mental
   illness is:
   A. Less than one-fourth
   B. One-third
   C. One-half

D. Three-fourths

3. Hospitals established by Dorothea Dix were de-
   signed to provide which of the following?

A. Asylum

B. Confinement

C. Therapeutic milieu

D. Public safety

4. Hildegard Peplau is best known for her writing
   about which of the following?
   A. Community-based care
   B. Humane treatment
   C. Psychopharmacology
   D. Therapeutic nurse–client relationship.


5. How many adults in the United States who need
   mental health services actually receive care?
   A. 1 in 2
   B. 1 in 3
   C. 1 in 4
   D. 1 in 5

➤ FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS

Indicate what type of information is recorded for each axis of the DSM-IV.

Axis I

Axis II

Axis III

Axis IV

Axis V

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