Overview Of Psychiatric Nursing

Question 1

HEALTH

Answer 1

The state of complete physical, mental and social wellness, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Mental Health

Answer 2

A state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationship, effective behavior and coping, or even changing state.

Question 3

Mental health is Relative

Answer 3

Mental health is not the same to all people.

Question 4

Mental health is Dynamic

Answer 4

Means that mental health changes at different point in time.

Question 5

Personality

Answer 5

Totality of the inner character of a person on how he perceive things and deal with problems that comes in our way.

Question 6

Characteristics of a Mentally Healthy Person

Answer 6

•Self Acceptance
•Perceive reality accurately
•Exhibit environmental mastery
•Self-determination or autonomy
•Unifying integrated outlook in life.

Question 7

Mental Disorder

Answer 7

A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with present distress…