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3rd Test Flashcards

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Offen _______ are the first responders.

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Police

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Mental health is defined as:

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condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.

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Mental Health includes

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Emotional, psychological, and social well-being

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Mental health affects

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How we think, feel and act, and determines how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices

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Mental illness is

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condition that impacts a persons thought, perception of reality, emotional process or judgement or grossly impairs a persons behavior as manifested by recent disturbance behavior.

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Mental illness means a

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Illness, disease or condition

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Mental illness is illness, disease or condition other than?

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Epilepsy, dementia, substance abuse or intellectual disability

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Five prominent categories

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-Mood disorder
-Schizophrenia/psychotic disorder
-Dementia
-Anxiety Disorder
-Eating Disorders

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Mood disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a persons mood such as depression or bipolar disorder

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Two most common mood disorders encountered by jailers are?

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-Depression
-Bi-Polar Disorder

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Depression

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A common, widespread disorder

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Major depressive disorder is defined as

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A depressed mood or list of interest for at least TWO WEEK DURATION

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How many symptoms are present within the 2 week of major depressive syndrome?

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Five or more symptoms are present

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In 2014 what percentage of adults had Major Depressive Episodes and what ages?

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6.6% of adults at the age of 18 or older

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Bipolar Disorder

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A mental illness involving mania (an intense enthusiasm) and depression

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Schizophrenia

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Is a brain disorder that impacts the way a person thinks (“thought disorder”) and is characterized by a range of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional experiences

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Characteristics of schizophrenia

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Delusion, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized or abnormal behavior, and negative symptoms

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Symptoms of schizophrenia typically manifest between the ages of

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16 and 30

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Dementia is

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An umbrella term used to describe a decline in memory or brain function that impacts an individuals daily life

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Symptoms of Dementia

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-Memory Problems
-Confabulation
-Impaired Thinking
-Impaired Judgment

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Anxiety Disorder are

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A group of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a central or core symptom

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Anxiety is associated with

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physical illnesses, medication side affects, and other psychiatric disorders

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Eating Disorder are

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Serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, your emotions, and your ability to function in important areas of life

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What Mental illness doesn’t impact jails as severely?

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Eating Disorders

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25
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What is DSM-5

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Diagnostic and Static Manual of Mental Disorder

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Co-occurring Disorder

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The coexistence of both mental and substance use disorder, co-occurring disorders were previously referred to as dual diagnosis.

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People with mental health disorders are more likely to

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alcohol or substance use disorder

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Symptoms of substance withdrawal are

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Emotional, and physical withdrawal symptoms.

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29
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Psychosis is

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distortion of reality that may be accompanied by delusions and/or hallucinations

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30
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Hallucinations are

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Seeing, hearing, or feeling things that aren’t there

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Delusions are strong beliefs that are not consistent with a persons culture unlikely to be true and may seem irrational to others such as the following:

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-Believing external forces are controlling thoughts, feeling and behaviors
-Believing that tribal remarks, events, or objects have personal meaning or significance
-Thinking that they have special powers, on a special mission, or that they are God

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Behavioral characteristics of a person in psychosis

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-Inappropriate or bizarre attire
-Body movements are lethargic or sluggish
-Impulsive repetitious body movement
-Responding to Hallucinations
-Causing injury to self
-Home environment
-Unusual attachment to childish object or toy

33
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Excited Delirium (Overdose)

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A serious and potentially deadly medical condition involving psychotic behavior, elevated temperature, and an extreme fight or flight response by the nervous system

34
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What is the appropriate responses to Excited Delirium?

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-Notify Medical Staff rapid chemical sedation can be life saving
-Remove physical restrains when feasible
-when using restraints, monitor the subject for positional asphyxiation

35
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Personality Disorder

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A deeply ingrained, inflexible pattern of relating perceiving, and thinking serious enough to cause distress or impaired functioning is a personality disorder.

36
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What are the three most common Personality Disorder

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-Paranoid
-Antisocial: most commonly in men
-Borderline: most commonly in females

37
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People with Personality Disorder have difficulty

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Dealing with other people

38
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People with Personality Disorder may use

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Alcohol and illegal substances as a form of self- medication. They often need TREATMENT CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY OR DEPRESSION

39
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Intellectual disability means

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Significant sub-average general intellectual functioning that is concurrent with deficits in adaptive behavior and originates during the development period.

40
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Development Disability means

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A severe chronic disability

41
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Intellectual Disability are chronic disabilities that:

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-Attribute to mental or physical impairment or both combined
-Manifest before 22years of age
-Is likely to continue indefinitely

42
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What are the two characteristics associated with intellectual and developmental disorders?

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-Speech/Language
-Social Behavior

43
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Mental illness is unrelated to

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Intelligence

44
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Metal illness develops at

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Any point I anyone’s life

45
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Developmental Disability occurs before age of

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22

46
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Does mental illness have a cure?

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No mental illness has no cure but medication can control the symptoms

47
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Does Intellectual Disability have a cure?

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Intellectual Disability is a permanent intellectual impairment. No medications can help.

48
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TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

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Is a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain.

49
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TBI

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-Injury may range from a mild concussion to severe closed or open head injury
-Injury may not be reported or diagnosed
- Symptoms may not appear for months or years

50
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Delirium is a

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Serious disturbance in mental abilities that result in confusing thinking and reduced awareness of your environment. The start of delirium is usually rapid within hours or a few days

51
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What are the four symptoms of Delirium

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-Reduced awareness of environment
-Poor thinking skills
-Behavioral changes
-Emotional disturbances

52
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What are crisis related to mental health

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-The individual presents a immediate danger to himself or others
-Mental and physical health risk of serious deterioration

53
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What are the three communication techniques for de-escalation?

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-Empathy ability to accurately describe emotionally state of another
-Sensitivity, staying with person until crisis is resolved
-Communication

54
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Promoting Communication

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-Listening
-Clarification
-Respond Effectively
-Maintain Personal Space

55
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Basic Communication Guidelines

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-Use short, clean direct sentences
-Keep the “stimulation level” as low as possible
-Instructions and directions will often have to be repeated. Be patient

56
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Nonverbal communication speaks volumes. A ________ may be more affective.

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Cooperative and open stance

57
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An inmate with compromised coping capacity who is experiencing a crisis may have ________ behavior which can be mistake for noncompliance with your commands.

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Unpredictable

58
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Safety is compromised any time jailers ________ .

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Goes hands on

59
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Jailers should use _______________to talk them down versus taking them down

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No confrontational, verbal de-escalation skills

60
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Inmates deaths occurred within the first

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7 days of admission

61
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What percentage of suicided occurs within the first 24 hours of incarceration in Texas jails?

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24%

62
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What percentage of suicides involve victims who are intoxicated occurs in Texas jails?

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20%

63
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What percentage of suicides happen with the hanging method in Texas jails?

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93%

64
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Myths about suicide

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-People who make suicidal statements or threaten suicide don’t commit suicide
-Suicide happens suddenly and without warning
-People who attempt suicide have gotten it out of their system and won’t attempt again
-Asking about and probing the inmate about suicidal thoughts or actions will cause him to kill himself

65
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What are risk factors of potential suicide?

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-First time arrestee or insignificant arrest
-Harsh, condemning, rejecting attitudes of jailers or an authoritarian environment regimentation
-Recent excessive drinking or used of drugs/ withdrawal
-Lost if stabilizing resources
-Rape or threat of it
-Mental illness, poor health, terminal illness

66
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Segregation increased risk of psychological difficulties, especially in

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Mentally ill and juveniles

67
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Key times to observe signs or symptoms of suicide

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-At arrest and booking
-Sentencing court appearance
-Holidays

68
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Warning signs and symptoms of suicide

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Excessive self blaming

69
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Everything happens at ____________before admitting inmates.

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Intake area

70
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Intake screening is the first step and is crucial to determine

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Which inmate required more specialized mental health assessment

71
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What form must be completed on all inmates upon admission into the facility?

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An intake screening

72
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The intake form should be completed by

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Trained booking jailer or medical/mental health personnel

73
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If an inmate is ________________, notify supervisor and place the inmate on ___________until form can be completed.

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Unable to or refuses to answer question/
Suicide watch

74
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Cells for inmates in suicide watch

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-Violent Cells
-Administrative Separation
-Single Cell

75
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Violent Cell

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A single occupant padded cell for the temporary holding of inmates harmful to themselves or others

76
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Administrative Seperation

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The assignment of an inmate to special housing unit, usually a separation or single cell, when staff determines that such close custody is needed for the safety of inmates or staff, for the security of the facility, or to promote order in the facility

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Single Cell

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A cell designed to accommodate 1 inmates. The cell minimally contains 1 bunk, toilet, lavatory, table and seat.

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