Ch33 Key Terms - Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response

Question 1

Excessive restlessness and increased mental or physical activity.

Answer 1

Agitation

Question 2

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Answer 2

Anxiety

Question 3

A serious mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings, which range from depression to mania. If severe, psychosis can result.

Answer 3

Bipolar disorder

Question 4

A state of emotional turmoil within an individual in which the balance between thoughts and emotions is lost

Answer 4

Crisis

Question 5

A clinical state marked by feelings of sadness and self-loathing.

Answer 5

Depression

Question 6

Abnormal behavior in a person who remains firmly in touch with reality; specific disorders of this type include anxiety, depression, paranoia, agitation, and bipolar.

Answer 6

Mood, adjustment, or affective disorder

Question 7

A condition in which individuals believe they are in imminent danger of being harmed (e.g., physically, emotionally, financially) by others who are plotting against them.

Answer 7

Paranoia

Question 8

A condition in which a person exhibits abnormal behavior and has altered perceptions of reality.

Answer 8

Psychosis

Question 9

The minimum force needed to keep a patient from hurting himself or others.

Answer 9

Reasonable force

Question 10

A psychiatric disorder in which a person cannot distinguish what is real from what is not real.

Answer 10

Schizophrenia

Question 11

A person’s response to environmental demands or pressures. When exposed to stress, the body responds by making a physical, mental, or emotional adjustment

Answer 11

Stress

Question 12

An action taken by someone that leads others to believe it was a suicide attempt to communicate that the person is in distress or to influence the behavior of others in some way.

Answer 12

Suicidal gesture

Question 13

The intentional taking of one’s own lite.

Answer 13

Suicide