Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 0

A specific therapy technique that can be applied to individuals , groups, or systems. The aim is to reinforce desired behaviors and extinguish undesired ones

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Behavior modification

Question 1

An expression of mood manifest in a persons outward emotional expression; varies considerably both within and among different cultures

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Affect

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Interventions that reinforce or promote desirable behaviors or alter undesirable ones

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Behavior therapy

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The use of provider-assigned books and other assigned reading materials to help individuals gain therapeutic benefit

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Bibliotherpay

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How each individual perceives his or her own body, including such dimensions as size and attractiveness

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Body image

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Use of medication to control patients or manage behavior

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Chemical restraint

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A high level of intellectual processing in which perceptions and information are acquired, used, or manipulated

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Cognition

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A specific type of counseling in which the nurse helps the patient resolve a disagreement or dispute

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Conflict resolution

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The process of providing safety and security; involves a patients access to food and shelter

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Containment

Question 9

Specific time limited interactions between a nurse and a patient, family, or group experiencing intermediate or ongoing difficulties related to their health or well being

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Counseling

Question 10

Act of bridging, linking, or mediating between groups or individuals of different cultural systems for the purpose of reducing conflict or producing change

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Cultural brokering

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An interactive process of calming and redirecting a patient who has an immediate potential for violence directed at others or self

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De-escalation

Question 12

The purposeful focusing of attention away from undesirable sensations

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Distraction

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Depressed, disquieted, or restless

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Dysphoric

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An elated mood

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Euphoria

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A normal mood

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Euthymic

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The purposeful use of imagination to achieve relaxation or direct attention away from undesirable sensations

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Guided imagery

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Delivery of nursing care in a person living environment

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Home visits

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The ability of the individual to be aware of his or her own thoughts and feelings and to compare them with thoughts and feelings of others

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Insight

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The ability to reach a logical decision about a situation and to choose a course after looking at and analyzing various possibilities

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Judgement

Question 20

Changeable mood

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Labile

Question 21

An approach that provides a stable and coherent social organization to facilitate an individuals treatment , often used interchangeably with therapeutic environment

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Milieu therapy

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The prominent, sustained, overall emotions a person expresses and exhibits; influences ones perception or the world and how one functions

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Mood

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Staff and patient willingly share information about relevant topics

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Open communication

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The opening assessment of the patients mental status to identity and subvert any potential problem

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Patient observation

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Knowing “who I am” formed through the numerous biologic, physiological, and social challenges and demands faced throughout the stages of life

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Personal identity

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An educational approach used to enhance knowledge and shape behavior by adapting teaching strategies to a patients disorder-related deficits

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Psychoeducation

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Thinking about or relating past experiences

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Reminiscence

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The use of any manual, physical, or mechanical device or material that when attached to the patients body restricts the patients movements

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Restraint

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Characteristics, conditions, situations, or events that increase the patients vulnerability to threats to safety or well being

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Risk factors

Question 30

Solitary confinement in a full protective environment for the purpose of safety or behavior management

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Seclusion

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The ability to perform ADLs successfully

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Self-care

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The sum of beliefs about oneself, which develops over time. Includes three interrelated items: body image, self-esteem, and personal identity

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Self-concept

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Attitude about oneself

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Self-esteem

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Interventions that encourage and elicit relaxation to decrease undesirable signs and symptoms

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Simple relaxation techniques

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Assisting patients to feel balance and connection within relationships, involves listening to expression of loneliness, using empathy, and providing patients with desired spiritual articles

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Spiritual support

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Purposeful interaction that allows patients to interact with others in a useful way

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Structured interaction

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The application of behavior modification techniques to multiple behaviors

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Token economy

Question 38

A process that affirms patient individuality and reflects the staff member respect for a patient in any interaction

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Validation

Question 39

Using Web resources related to mental health issues to help patients gain insight into their problems through acquiring new knowledge and interacting with others in the privacy of their own surroundings

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Webotherapy