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NURS 3121- Week 4 Exam Study
Questions and Answers
anxiety is characterized by.... - Ans:✔✔-a mix of physiological, psychological, behavioural, and cognitive
symptoms
are all anxiety disorders are the same? - Ans:✔✔-no.... each disorder has distinctive characteristics
overarching theme of ALL anxiety disorders - Ans:✔✔-excessive irrational fear and dread
4 types of anxiety - Ans:✔✔--mild
-moderate
-severe
-panic
mild anxiety - Ans:✔✔--everyone has it
moderate anxiety - Ans:✔✔--begins to impact functioning
-you may be able to do some teaching here
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severe anxiety - Ans:✔✔--you can no longer do any teaching
panic - Ans:✔✔-everything is dyregulated
-talk calmly
-model breathing
-keep patient safe
-keep yourself safe
most common mental illness - Ans:✔✔-anxiety
-11.6% of Canadians over 18 have it
fear - Ans:✔✔-reaction to real of perceived danger
normal anxiety - Ans:✔✔-necessary for survival
ex: anxiety before an exam or presentation
defence mechanisms: levels - Ans:✔✔-3 different levels
1. primitive
2. mid-level
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3. mature
defence mechanisms: primitive characteristics - Ans:✔✔--regression
-dissociation
-denial
-projection
-acting out
-reaction formation
-compartmentalization
defence mechanisms: mid level characteristics - Ans:✔✔--displacement
-intellectualization
-rationalization
-undoing
-repression
defence mechanisms: mature characteristics - Ans:✔✔--self assertion
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