Q.P. CODE: 303010 Reg. No: …
Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations
Mental Health NursingOctober 2016
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essays (2×15=30)
1. Mention the indications of behaviour therapy. List the principles underlying behaviour
therapy. Explain any three techniques of behaviour therapy. (3+3+9=15)
2. Enumerate the positive and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia. Explain the clinical features
of Paranoid Schizophrenia and narrate the nursing management of a patient with Paranoid Schizophrenia. (2+5+8=15)
Short Notes (5x5=25)
3. Role of a psychiatric nurse in psycho-social rehabilitation
4. Rights of the mentally ill according to mental health act of India
5. Clinical features of severe depression
6. Types of crisis
7. Nursing management of a patient with suicidal ideation.
Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)
8. Patient should be warned against taking alcohol while on disulfiram
9. Injection succinylcholine is given before ECT
10. Renal function test need to be done before starting lithium
11. Patient who receives atypical antipsychotics may develop frequent infections
12. Suicidal patients are at high risk immediately after discharge from hospital.
Differentiate between (5x2=10)
13. Unilateral and bilateral ECT
14. Positive and negative reinforcement
15. Delirium and dementia
16. Mood and affect
17. Lithium and haloperidol
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