Dorothea Dix is remembered in the history of psychiatry for:

Campaigning for state mental hospitals

Describing the therapeutic community

Starting the first psychiatric nursing school

Introducing electroconvulsive therapy

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 repealed and replaced the:

Persons with Disabilities Act 1995

Hildegard Peplau is called the mother of psychiatric nursing mainly for her:

Theory of interpersonal relations

Section 95 of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 prohibits all of the following EXCEPT:

ECT with anaesthesia for an adult

Chaining a patient in any manner

ECT for a minor without approval

Mental health concepts, programmes and legal aspects

30 Kerala PSC Staff Nurse Gr II practice questions on Mental health concepts, programmes and legal aspects, part of Mental Health Nursing. The first 25 are below; the first 5 with answers and explanations (tap Show answer after you have chosen), the rest in Learn with a free account.

Question 1 · Easy
Dorothea Dix is remembered in the history of psychiatry for:
1. ADescribing the therapeutic community
2. BStarting the first psychiatric nursing school
3. CIntroducing electroconvulsive therapy
4. DCampaigning for state mental hospitals
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Answer: D · Campaigning for state mental hospitals
Dorothea Dix was a teacher and social reformer in the USA in the 1800s. She found mentally ill people kept in jails and poorhouses and campaigned for state-funded hospitals for them. Many state mental hospitals were opened because of her work. She is a landmark in the move towards humane care.
- A: The therapeutic community was described by Maxwell Jones.
- B: The first nursing school in a mental hospital is linked with Linda Richards.
- C: ECT was introduced by Cerletti and Bini in 1938.
Question 2 · Easy
Who is known as the first American psychiatric nurse?
1. AHildegard Peplau
2. BLinda Richards
3. CFlorence Nightingale
4. DDorothea Dix
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Answer: B · Linda Richards
Linda Richards, the first trained nurse in the USA, set up nursing services and a training school in a mental hospital in the 1880s. She held that the mentally ill should get the same quality of nursing as the physically ill. For this she is called the first American psychiatric nurse. Peplau later gave psychiatric nursing its theory.
- A: Peplau is called the mother of psychiatric nursing for her interpersonal theory.
- C: Nightingale founded modern nursing but did not work in psychiatry.
- D: Dix was a social reformer, not a nurse leader in mental hospitals.
Question 3 · Easy
The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 repealed and replaced the:
1. APersons with Disabilities Act 1995
2. BIndian Lunacy Act 1912
3. CNDPS Act 1985
4. DMental Health Act 1987
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Answer: D · Mental Health Act 1987
The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 replaced the Mental Health Act 1987. The 1987 Act had itself replaced the Indian Lunacy Act 1912. The new Act is rights-based and follows the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It came into force in 2018.
- A: The disability law of 1995 was replaced by the RPwD Act 2016, not by MHCA.
- B: The Lunacy Act 1912 had already been replaced by the 1987 Act.
- C: The NDPS Act deals with narcotic drugs and is still in force.
Question 4 · Easy
Hildegard Peplau is called the mother of psychiatric nursing mainly for her:
1. ASelf-care deficit theory
2. BHierarchy of human needs
3. CTheory of moral treatment
4. DTheory of interpersonal relations
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Answer: D · Theory of interpersonal relations
Peplau published her theory of interpersonal relations in nursing in 1952. She saw the nurse-patient relationship itself as the therapeutic tool. Her work gave psychiatric nursing a theory of its own. Her phases of the relationship are still taught in every nursing course.
- A: Self-care deficit theory belongs to Dorothea Orem.
- B: The hierarchy of needs was described by Abraham Maslow.
- C: Moral treatment was Pinel's approach.
Question 5 · Medium
Section 95 of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 prohibits all of the following EXCEPT:
1. ASterilisation as a treatment
2. BChaining a patient in any manner
3. CECT with anaesthesia for an adult
4. DECT for a minor without approval
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Answer: C · ECT with anaesthesia for an adult
Section 95 bans ECT without muscle relaxants and anaesthesia, ECT for minors except with special approval, sterilisation as a treatment for mental illness, and chaining in any manner. Modified ECT under anaesthesia for an adult with informed consent is allowed. These rules protect dignity and prevent abuse. A nurse must refuse to take part in any prohibited practice.
- A: Sterilisation may never be used as a treatment for mental illness.
- B: Chaining is banned in every form and setting.
- D: ECT for minors is barred unless the Board permits it.
Question 6 · Easy
India's first National Mental Health Policy was announced in:
1. A2017
2. B2014
3. C2022
4. D1982
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Question 7 · Medium
Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, which group is entitled to free mental health treatment in government facilities?
1. AOnly government employees
2. BOnly persons aged above 60
3. COnly persons with schizophrenia
4. DHomeless and below-poverty-line persons
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Question 8 · Hard
A PHC nurse screens every mother with a depression scale at the six-week postnatal visit and refers those with high scores to the psychiatrist. This is:
1. ASecondary prevention
2. BPrimary prevention
3. CTertiary prevention
4. DRehabilitation
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Question 9 · Medium
A day-care centre that gives vocational training to people with long-standing schizophrenia is an example of:
1. ASecondary prevention
2. BTertiary prevention
3. CHealth promotion
4. DPrimary prevention
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Question 10 · Hard
A man admitted as an independent patient asks at 10 pm to go home at once. The duty psychiatrist finds him agitated, talking of killing himself and unable to weigh up his choices. Under MHCA 2017 he may be kept in hospital for up to:
1. A72 hours, as emergency treatment
2. B7 days, until the family arrives
3. C24 hours, to assess for supported admission
4. D30 days, without any assessment
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Question 11 · Hard
Police find a confused, unkempt man wandering on a highway at night who cannot say where he lives. Under MHCA 2017, the police must take him to the nearest public health establishment within:
1. A72 hours
2. B48 hours
3. C24 hours
4. D7 days
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Question 12 · Hard
A brother brings a 30-year-old man who has not slept for a week, hears voices and has threatened neighbours with a knife. The man refuses admission and cannot understand his condition. Which admission is appropriate under MHCA 2017?
1. ASupported admission under Section 89
2. BA magistrate's reception order
3. CAdmission by the brother's consent alone
4. DIndependent admission under Section 86
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Question 13 · Easy
World Mental Health Day is observed every year on:
1. A26 June
2. B7 April
3. C10 September
4. D10 October
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Question 14 · Easy
Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, admission of a person with high support needs under Section 89 can last up to:
1. A90 days
2. B180 days
3. C72 hours
4. D30 days
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Question 15 · Medium
According to Marie Jahoda, a sign of positive mental health is:
1. AAbsence of any stress
2. BAccurate perception of reality
3. CAgreeing with others always
4. DFreedom from all anxiety
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Question 16 · Easy
The toll-free number of India's national tele-mental health helpline, Tele-MANAS, is:
1. A14416
2. B1098
3. C108
4. D1056
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Question 17 · Medium
Which patient is suitable for an independent admission?
1. AA man brought by police while wandering
2. BA severely psychotic man refusing care
3. CAn adult with capacity who asks to be admitted
4. DA 15-year-old whose parents want admission
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Question 18 · Medium
The introduction of chlorpromazine in the 1950s changed psychiatric care mainly by:
1. AEnding the use of psychotherapy
2. BAllowing many patients to leave long-stay hospitals
3. CCuring schizophrenia permanently
4. DReplacing the need for psychiatric nurses
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Question 19 · Medium
A TV channel asks a ward nurse for photographs of a well-known patient admitted with depression. Under MHCA 2017 the nurse should:
1. AGive them if the face is blurred
2. BRefuse unless the patient consents
3. CGive them if the family agrees
4. DGive them after discharge
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Question 20 · Easy
The District Mental Health Programme was first tried as a pilot project in which district?
1. AVellore, Tamil Nadu
2. BBellary, Karnataka
3. CKozhikode, Kerala
4. DPune, Maharashtra
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Question 21 · Easy
Who removed the chains from mentally ill patients in Paris in the 1790s and is called the father of modern psychiatry?
1. AEmil Kraepelin
2. BSigmund Freud
3. CPhilippe Pinel
4. DBenjamin Rush
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Question 22 · Easy
The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 came into force in the year:
1. A2016
2. B2019
3. C2018
4. D2017
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Question 23 · Medium
The central strategy of the District Mental Health Programme is to:
1. ATreat patients only in medical colleges
2. BKeep chronic patients in custodial care
3. CBuild a large mental hospital in every district
4. DIntegrate mental health care with general health services
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Question 24 · Medium
By the definition in the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, which condition is NOT included as a mental illness?
1. ABipolar affective disorder
2. BSchizophrenia
3. CAlcohol use disorder
4. DIntellectual disability
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Question 25 · Medium
Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, appeals against a supported admission are heard by the:
1. AChief Judicial Magistrate Court
2. BIndian Nursing Council
3. CDistrict Medical Officer
4. DMental Health Review Board
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Mental health concepts, programmes and legal aspects

Dorothea Dix is remembered in the history of psychiatry for:

Who is known as the first American psychiatric nurse?

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 repealed and replaced the:

Hildegard Peplau is called the mother of psychiatric nursing mainly for her:

Section 95 of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 prohibits all of the following EXCEPT:

India's first National Mental Health Policy was announced in:

Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, which group is entitled to free mental health treatment in government facilities?

A PHC nurse screens every mother with a depression scale at the six-week postnatal visit and refers those with high scores to the psychiatrist. This is:

A day-care centre that gives vocational training to people with long-standing schizophrenia is an example of:

A man admitted as an independent patient asks at 10 pm to go home at once. The duty psychiatrist finds him agitated, talking of killing himself and unable to weigh up his choices. Under MHCA 2017 he may be kept in hospital for up to:

Police find a confused, unkempt man wandering on a highway at night who cannot say where he lives. Under MHCA 2017, the police must take him to the nearest public health establishment within:

A brother brings a 30-year-old man who has not slept for a week, hears voices and has threatened neighbours with a knife. The man refuses admission and cannot understand his condition. Which admission is appropriate under MHCA 2017?

World Mental Health Day is observed every year on:

Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, admission of a person with high support needs under Section 89 can last up to:

According to Marie Jahoda, a sign of positive mental health is:

The toll-free number of India's national tele-mental health helpline, Tele-MANAS, is:

Which patient is suitable for an independent admission?

The introduction of chlorpromazine in the 1950s changed psychiatric care mainly by:

A TV channel asks a ward nurse for photographs of a well-known patient admitted with depression. Under MHCA 2017 the nurse should:

The District Mental Health Programme was first tried as a pilot project in which district?

Who removed the chains from mentally ill patients in Paris in the 1790s and is called the father of modern psychiatry?

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 came into force in the year:

The central strategy of the District Mental Health Programme is to:

By the definition in the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, which condition is NOT included as a mental illness?

Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, appeals against a supported admission are heard by the: