18. Community Mental Health Flashcards
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Strategies for Effective community based mental health services:
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- A recovery-based approach: that supports individuals with mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities in achieving their aspirations.
- Use evidence-based protocols and practices: including early intervention, human rights principles, respect for individual autonomy, and protection of people’s dignity.
- Increased collaboration with “informal” mental health care providers: such as families, religious leaders, faith healers, traditional healers, school teachers, police officers, and local non-governmental organizations.
- Responsiveness to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups: including those socioeconomically disadvantaged.
2
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TRUE/FALSE
- An aggregate group has at least one commonality among its members.
- Aggregate mental health means the ways in which families and groups in a given environment contribute to, enhance, or intensify interactions among people along the mental health–illness continuum.
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TRUE
3
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Which mental health professionals Work at Community Mental Health Centers? The mental health professionals include:
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- psychiatrists
- counselors
- psychologists and peer support specialists
- Social workers
4
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Services at community mental health centers:
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- Outpatient mental health services
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Screening for potential admission to a mental health facility
- Emergency care
- Crisis intervention services
- Psychotherapy
- Partial hospitalization or day treatment
- Psychosocial rehabilitation
- Medication management
- Substance abuse treatment
In addition nontraditional services such as:
- Mobile crisis units
- Vocational and educational services
- Consultation services involving coordination with entities like clergy members, schools, and social service agencies.
- Training services for mental health staff
5
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Primary Level of Prevention:
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- Prevent problem from occurring.
- Primary prevention consists of two concepts:
health promotion and disease prevention. - The aims of primary prevention are to stop mental disorders from occurring and to reduce identified cases of psychiatric disorders and disabilities within a population.
- Nurse promotes self-esteem, teaches alternatives to violence, and encourages political involvement for clients.
6
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Secondary Level of Prevention:
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- Early diagnosis and treatment and limitation of any disabilities.
- Nurse holds conflict management classes, teaches gun safety, conducts mental health screenings, and makes necessary referrals.
7
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Tertiary Level of Prevention:
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- Continued support and rehabilitation.
- Nurse leads support groups, holds refresher courses on conflict management, and supports and reinforces nonviolent behavior.
8
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Health promotion aims to:
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- ensure the continued well-being of people or communities already considered healthy.
9
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Disease prevention focuses on:
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- protecting against any potentially harmful threat. Its goal is to protect as many people as possible from any harmful consequences of a specific health threat.
10
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A community support system is:
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- A network of people committed to helping a vulnerable population meet its needs and reach its potentials without unnecessary isolation or exclusion.
11
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Principles basic to all Community Support Programs, include the following:
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- The primary focus is to improve the capabilities and competence of the person with mental illness.
- Alleviation of symptoms is secondary.
- Insight is not a primary goal.
- The focus is on the person’s ability to function.
- Provision of services is eclectic and uses various therapeutic constructs.
12
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TRUE/FALSE
- The goals of psychiatric home care are to help clients regain, maintain, or improve psychological well-being to enhance their overall health status.
- Indicators of achieving these goals are decreased incidences of psychiatric hospitalization and maintenance of a stable state at home.
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TRUE
