[LH 1024] Sub. Code: 4723 Q.P. Code: 664723
B.Sc. (Nursing) Degree Examination Third Year Paper III
(New Regulations for the candidates admitted from 2006-07 onwards)
Mental Health Nursing
August 2015
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 75 marks
Answer ALL questions
I. Essays: (2 x 15 = 30)
1. a) Define Mental Health and Mental Illness.
b) Explain the characteristics of a mentally healthy person.
c) State the principles of Mental Health Nursing.
2. a) Define Mental Retardation.
b) Discuss in detail the etiology, signs and symptoms, and types of Mental Retardation.
c) Explain the management of a child with Mental Retardation.
II. Write notes on: (5 x 5 = 25)
1. Nurse – Patient relationship.
2. Antipsychotic.
3. Family therapy.
4. Rights of Mentally ill patients.
5. Obsessive compulsive disorders.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 2 = 20)
1. Define Dementia.
2. What is Transference?
3. What is delusion?
4. Mention the clinical features of Opioid withdrawal syndrome.
5. List the types of Mood Disorder.
6. List any four goals of Occupational therapy.
7. Define Perception.
8. List four types of Hallucination.
9. Define Antabuse therapy.
10. List two mood stabilizers.
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