Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1
Questions and Answers(RATED A+)
Behavioral Therapy - ANSWER-Attempts to correct or eliminate maladaptive (bad)
behaviors/responses by rewarding & reinforcing adaptive (good) behavior
Pavlov - ANSWER-Theorist that believed in classical conditioning
Example: baby cries and mom has milk, "let-down" reflex
Watson - ANSWER-Theorist that believed personality traits and responses were
learned (conscious) behavior
Skinner - ANSWER-Theorist that believed in operant conditioning in which behaviors
are learned through positive and negative reinforcement
Example: studying hard results in good grades
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - ANSWER-Combines both behavioral and cognitive
theory and seeks to modify negative thoughts that lead to dysfunctional emotions
and actions.
This is useful for those patients who feel incompetent, abandoned, evil or vulnerable.
Example: "Matt had a car accident. He now refuses to drive and says, "I shouldn't be
allowed on the road". (This is distorted thinking and rationalization of his car
accident).
Milieu Therapy - ANSWER-Creating a SAFE, structured inpatient/outpatient setting
where the mentally ill can test new behaviors and coping mechanisms with others.
Creating a SAFE, structured inpatient/outpatient setting where patients with mental
illness can test new behaviors and interactions.
Climate is essential to healing: paint color, relaxed environments are conducive to
the healing process.
Florence Nightingale believed that the environment helps
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER-Basic needs on the bottom of the pyramid
have to be met before the top (self-actualization) can be attained
Physiological Needs - ANSWER-Bottom tier of Maslow's Hierarchy
Most basic needs that a human needs (food, water, O2, sleep, sex, body
temperature, elimination, voiding)
This level takes priority over all others.
Safety Needs - ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy
Security, protection, and freedom from fear/anxiousness/chaos, law, order, and
limitations
Belonging and Love Needs - ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy
, The need for love, affection, intimate relationships and belonging will see to
overcome feelings of loneliness and alienation. (Having a Family and a Home is very
important)
Esteem Needs - ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy
If this need is met, we feel confident, valued and valuable
If this need is NOT met, we feel inferior, worthless and helpless
Self-Actualization - ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy
What we strive to become as humans
Fulfillment of this need brings inner peace and contentment with one's self
Dopamine - ANSWER-Controls emotional responses, the brain's reward, and
pleasure centers, stimulates heart and increases blood flow to organs
Cocaine - ANSWER-This drug allows more dopamine to stay active for longer
resulting in increased hear rate, etc.
Haloperidol - ANSWER-Also known as Haldol, a dopamine blocker
EPS - ANSWER-This is a serious, adverse effect caused by dopamine blockers
These symptoms include dystonia (continuous spasms and muscle contractions),
akathisia (motor restlessness), parkinsonism (characteristic symptoms such as
rigidity), bradykinesia (slowness of movement), tremor, and tardive dyskinesia
(irregular, jerky movements)
Schizophrenia and Mania - ANSWER-Disorders with HIGH levels of dopamine
Depression and Parkinson's - ANSWER-Disorders with LOW levels of dopamine
Serotonin - ANSWER-Neurotransmitter that egulates mood, arousal, attention,
behavior, and body temperature. Most anti-depressants increase production
Muscle relaxants block production
Release by platelets play important role in homeostasis
Serotonin - ANSWER-High levels of this neurontransmitter causes restlessness,
shivering, diarrhea, muscle rigidity, fever, and seizures
Anxiety - ANSWER-Disorder with HIGH levels of serotonin
Depression - ANSWER-Disorder with LOW levels of serotonin
Norepinephrine - ANSWER-Neurotransmitter that regulates mood
A deficiency can cause Depression and excess can cause Mania
Mania, Anxiety, and Schizophrenia - ANSWER-Disorders with HIGH levels of
norepinephrine
Depression - ANSWER-Disorder with LOW levels of norepinephrine
