Author Question: The landmark project undertaken to investigate the prevalence of major psychiatric diagnoses was ... (Read 21 times)

RRMR · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The landmark project undertaken to investigate the prevalence of major psychiatric diagnoses was the:

a. Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory Study
b. President's Commission on Mental Health
c. Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study
d. Carter Center for Critical Analysis

Question 2

The nurse is presenting a community educational program focusing on older adults and mental health protective factors. One of the participants asks what the influence of co-parenting one's grandchild has on the mental health of the grandparent.

Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) The well-being of grandmothers is statistically more significant when they co-parent their grandchildren.
B) Although there are stresses involved with grandparenting, the positive benefits appear to outweigh the negatives.
C) White grandmothers experience less well-being when they co-parent their grandchildren.
D) The perceived well-being of grandfathers who co-parent their grandchildren significantly changes in a positive direction.

Hikerman221 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study was the landmark project undertaken to investigate the prevalence of major psychiatric diagnoses. This study was an outgrowth of the President's Commission, which required that the definition of mental disorders be sufficiently standardized so that information collected was equivalent and comparable regardless of in which city or state it was collected.

Answer to Question 2

B