Chapter 1 Voacb

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release of patients with severe and persistent mental illness from the state mental health hospitals into the community for treatment, support, and rehabilitation as the result of a national movement that began in the 1960’s

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Deinstitutionalization

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the forced confinement of individuals for long periods of time in large state hospitals. This was the primary treatment for people with mental illness in the period from 1900 to 1955

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Institutionalization

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an approach to curing mental illness, popular in the 1800’s, that was built on the principles of kindness, compassion, and a pleasant attitude

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Moral treatment

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Safe haven

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Asylum

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a category used by Freud and his followers to define those with less severe mental illness but who were often distressed about their problems

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Neurosis

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the Freudian treatment of choice; therapy focused on repairing the trauma of the original psychological injury through the process of accessing the unconscious conflicts that originate in childhood and then resolving the issues with a mature adult mind. Includes attempts to reconstruct the personality by examining free associations (spontaneous, uncensored verbalizations of whatever comes to mind) and the interpretation of dreams

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Psychoanalysis

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a specialized area of nursing practice committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of human responses to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders

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Psychiatric-mental health nursing

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a category used by Freud and his followers to define those with severe mental illness that impaired daily functioning because of breaks in contact with reality. A state in which the individual is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thoughts, speech, or behavior

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Psychosis