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Health Differences Across the Lifespan 2 Study Guide 6. Which statement about mental illness is true? a. Mental illness is a matter of individual nonconformity with societal norms b. Mental illness is present when individual irrational and illogical behavior occurs c. Mental illness is defined in relation to the culture, time in history, political system,and group in which it occurs d. Mental illness is evaluated solely by considering individual control over behavior and appraisal of reality 7. A nursing student new to psychiatric nursing asks a peer what resource to use to figure out which symptoms are part of the picture of a specific psychiatric disorder. The best answer would be: a. Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) b. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) c. NANDA-I nursing diagnoses d. DSM-IV-TR 8. Why is it important for the nurse to be aware of the multiple factors that can influence an individual’s mental health? a. Rates of illness differ among various groups b. The DSM-IV-TR cannot be used without information on multiple factors c. The nurse diagnoses and treats human responses, which are influenced by many factors d. The nurse must contribute this data for epidemiological research 9. Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals withmental disorders by: a. Providing information about effective nursingtechniques b. Identifying risk factors that contribute to the development of a disorder c. Identifying who in the general population will develop a specific disorder d. identifying which individuals will respond favorably to a specific treatment 10. Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis anda nursing diagnosis? a. There is no functional difference between the two. Both serve to identify a human deviance. b. The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosistakes culture into account. c. The DSM-IV-TR is associated with present distress or disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems. d. The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis distinguishes a person’s specific psychiatricdisorder, whereas a nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a patient is experiencing.

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