ANCC Review Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Review test

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale - evaluates for the presence and degree of subjective anxiety HEEADASS Assessment Scale - Assesses adolescent issues HOME and environment, Education and employment, Eating, Activities, Drugs, Suicide, and Sexuality Johari Window - Assessment tool that helps a person become more self-aware, by considering perceptions of others Global Assessment Functioning Scale - measures from 100 (highest functioning) to 1 (lowest functioning) when making a psychiatric diagnosis Psychoanalysis - Old, yet relevant technique, developed by Freud. It prompts patients to tap into unconscious experiences that may be affecting current perceptions and behaviors. Systematic Desensitization - Technique that gradually exposes a person to a feared stimulus to help him or her control that fear Behavior Modification - operant and classical conditioning concepts to shape more adaptive, less maladaptive behaviors Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Specialized approach for patients with borderline personality disorders Benzodiazepines - medications that work to induce relaxation and are used in alcohol withdrawal. Neuroleptics target - neuroleptics target both negative and positive symptoms of psychotic conditions. Flooding - An intense type of desensitization therapy that directly and repeatedly exposes a person to a feared stimulus. Which of the following is a tricyclic antidepressant? - marplan (MAOI), oxazepam (benzodiazepine), tofranil (tricyclic), buspar(nonaddicting anxiolytic) Socratic questioning - Technique proposed by cognitive behavioral therapists as a means of logically challenging one's perception about belief's. Multimodal Therapy - variants of different theories used to facilitate positive change. Family Therapy - Many variations, the family is the center of the psychotherapeutic intervention. Play Therapy - specialized form of practice that illuminates issues of concern within children who, because of developmental ages or issues, have not attained sophisticated language skills.