[LP 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 2019
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 75 Marks
I. Elaborate on: (2 x 15 = 30)
1. a) Define Schizophrenia.
b) Discuss the causes, clinical features and types of Schizophrenia.
c) Explain in detail the nursing care of patients with schizophrenia.
2. Discuss the nursing management of child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder.
II. Write notes on: (5 x 5 = 25)
1. Phases of Nurse – patient relationship.
2. Mental health act, 1987.
3. Psychodrama.
4. Lithium toxicity.
5. Rights of mentally ill patients.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 2 = 20)
1. List any three types of behavior therapy.
2. What is thought insertion?
3. Mention any four clinical features of withdrawal syndrome.
4. Narcolepsy.
5. What is kleptomania?
6. List any three goals of occupational therapy.
7. Puerperal mood disorders.
8. Define Tangentiality.
9. What is Alzheimer’s disease?
10. Mention any four causes of Organic Mental disorders.
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