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PN 103; MENTAL HEALTH EXAM
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Mental Illness - ANSWER Inability to cope with a situation related to adistortion of thought, behaviour and feelings.
Stress - ANSWER Non-specific response to the body for any demand
made of it. (Good and bad)
Coping - ANSWER The way one adapts psychologically, physically and
behaviorally to a stressor.
A patient will feel happier and calmer 2 weeks into an anti-depressant
treatment. True/False. - ANSWER False. A course of anti-depressants
takes at least 3-4 weeks to see a change and 6-8 weeks to determine a
result.
Name 4 Communication Blocks for mental health patients... - ANSWER
*Agreeing/Disagreeing
*Asking "Why?"
*Changing the subject
*Giving advice
*Giving approval/disapproval
*Giving false reassurance
*Focusing on nurse
*Double-bind messages
Anxiety - ANSWER The feeling of dread or uneasiness in response to
extreme or prolonged stress.
Anxiety Disorders - ANSWER Disorders where the central feeling is
anxiety.
*Phobias
*Panic Disorders
*Generalized Anxiety Disorder
*OCD
*PTSD
, *Eating disorders
Mood Disorders - ANSWER *Major depression
*Bipolar disorder
Anhedonia - ANSWER Loss of pleasure
Most at risk population for suicide... - ANSWER Elderly white men.
Second leading cause of death for 15 - 19 year olds... - ANSWER
Suicide.
Schizophrenia - ANSWER Severe chronic brain disorder of thought and
association. Unable to distinguish between reality and not.
Schizoid Personality - ANSWER Loner, indifferent, cold, aloof. Does not
always progress to schizophrenia.
Prodromal Phase of Schizophrenia - ANSWER Behavior becomes
eccentric, perception and ideation changing, poor hygiene, difficulty
communicating. *Usually diagnosed in this phase.*
Schizophrenia Phase - ANSWER Active phase: hallucinating, psychotic,
delusions, impaired relationships.
Residual Phase of Schizophrenia - ANSWER Flat affect. Loner,
indifferent, reserved.
"Positive" Symptoms - ANSWER Added behaviors
"Negative" Symptoms - ANSWER Behaviors that decrease or disappear.
Alogia - ANSWER Lack of speech. "Poverty of Speech."
Avolition - ANSWER No initiative or energy to do anything
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