Mental Health Unit 3

When a client has a mild level of anxiety, his or her emotional response is:

• 1.  relaxed and calm

• 1. energized.

• feeling overloaded

• 1. helplessness with loss of control.

A female college student is seeking help from the counseling center for test anxiety. She reports that during an exam, she “freezes,” and says, “It feels like the time I have to take the exam is racing by, and I can’t answer any of the questions when I know the answers.” Which level of anxiety is the client experiencing?

• Mild

• Moderate

• 1. Severe

• 1.  Panic

A learned response to an anticipated event, such as when a person who does not like to fly experiences nausea and sweaty palms before boarding an airplane, is best described as:

• a normal anxiety response

• signal anxiety

• an anxiety state

• 1. an anxiety trait

A client tells the nurse that exercising in the gym helps him keep his stress level reduced. Which type of coping mechanism best describes this situation?

• Spiritual

• 1. Emotional

• 1. Intellectual

• 1. Physical

The charge nurse is angry with another nurse who has arrived 1 hour after the shift begins. Rather than expressing her anger, the nurse avoids confrontation by denying approval of the nurse’s requested vacation day. What does this behavior demonstrate?

• Substitution

• 1. Restitution

• 1. Suppression

• Rationalization

The nurse is aware that several theories have been proposed to explain anxiety. Which theory explains anxiety as a result of interactions with others?

• 1.  Biological model

• 1.  Psychodynamic model

• Interpersonal model

• 1. Behavioral model

Adolescents who ineffectively cope with anxiety often express their anxiety through

•  inappropriate behaviors

• 1.  calm behavior

• 1.  psychotic behavior.

• 1. suicide.

What is the term for physical expression of anxiety by an individual in ways such as nausea or headaches?

• 1. Compensation

• 1.  Somatization

• 1.  Denial

• Fantasy

Which term best describes an individual’s feelings of anxiety that are broad, long-lasting, and excessive?

• 1. Generalized anxiety disorder

• 1. Panic attack

• 1.  Phobic disorder

• 1.  Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  2. 10.

A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every time he leaves his house. This client is experiencing a/an:

• 1.  compulsion.

• 1. phobia.

• 1. obsession.

• 1.  anxiety reaction.