What is a Stigma - Answer views of mental illness based on historical views
When did the first mental health plan happen - Answer 2009 (Toward Recovery and
Wellbeing)
Define Mental Health - Answer ability to recognize own potential, cope with stress, work
productively and make contributions to the community
What are 3 measures of positive mental health - Answer Emotional, Social and
Psychological
Define mental illness - Answer process of thought and emotion that brings distress,
suffering and impairment everyday
T/F: All mental disorders have a definable diagnosis - Answer True
How does culture influence mental illness? - Answer Different cultures deem different
things acceptable i.e. suicide bombers
What is the mental health and mental illness continuum - Answer Epp report: shows
ranges between the two
What is resilience? - Answer how one copes and recovers with hard times
What is #1 in the mental health vs illness continuum - Answer optimal mental health w/
mental illness
What is #2 in the mental health vs illness continuum - Answer optimal mental health
without mental illness
What is #3 in the mental health vs mental illness continuum - Answer Poor mental health
without mental illness
What is #4 in the mental health vs mental illness continuum - Answer Poor mental health
w/ mental illness
Why is saying "its all in the head" wrong? - Answer Because mental illness is something
that cannot be controlled i.e. brain function, chemical nature
How did germ theory explain mental illness - Answer Believed it was caused by
something in the environment i.e. virus
, T/F Mental illness can be corrected with self awareness - Answer False!
What was the first medication used that helped mental illness - Answer Largactil
How does the diathesis-stress model explain psychological disorders? - Answer come
from both genes and negative environment
What are some goals for mental health in canadians - Answer Reduce inequities,
increase prevention, enhance coping
What is epidemiology? - Answer study of distribution of mental health disorders in a
population
What is incidence? - Answer new cases in a time period
What is prevalence - Answer new and existing cases in a time period
What is the DSM-5 - Answer helps diagnose mental disorders
what is the ICD-10 - Answer looks at mortality and morbidity
What does an MSE do and look at? (6) - Answer observations of a patient to form a
working diagnosis; Looks at appearance, behavior/speech, affect (objective) and mood
(subjective), thought and cognition
What is Milieu Therapy? - Answer making the patient feel comfortable, respected and
safe through the environment an interview takes place
What is a social relationship? - Answer initiated for purpose of friendship, socialization
and enjoyment
What is a therapeutic relationship? - Answer nurse enhances pts growth by effective
communication and background medical knowledge
What helps the nurse-patient relationship? - Answer self awareness, pacing, listening,
promoting pt's needs, trust, empathy
Why do we establish boundaries - Answer protect pt from harm
What is blurring boundaries - Answer relationship becomes social and the needs of the
nurse overtake the relationship
What is transference? - Answer nurse reminds pt of a figure in the past and displaces
those feelings onto the nurse
What is countertransference - Answer nurse displaces feeling onto pt about someone
from their past
What happens during orientation phase - Answer establish trust, routine, a contract and
plan for termination
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