Chapter 12- Caring for Pts

Question 1

defensive medicine

Answer 1

doing the minimum number of interventions needed to “meet the letter of the law”

Question 2

Horowitz suicide screening

Answer 2

ask “in the past month, have you had thoughts about suicide? AND “have you ever made a suicide attempt?”
if yes to either, ask “are you having thoughts of suicide right now?”

Question 3

populations at highest risk for suicide

Answer 3

-older adults w depression
-military personnel
-trauma victims

Question 4

screening priorities

Answer 4

trauma
suicide risk
substance use disorders

Question 5

diagnostic overshadowing

Answer 5

phenomenon in which a person’s physical symptoms are attributed to their mental illness

Question 6

depression is a risk factor for…

Answer 6

cardiovascular disease
asthma
diabetes
arthritis
dementia
metabolic syndrome
hyperlipidemia

Question 7

what is the biggest reason stigma occurs?

Answer 7

fear

Question 8

stigma

Answer 8

attitude of devaluing a person because of a particular characteristic or illness

Question 9

NSSIBs

Answer 9

nonsuicidal self-injuring behavior.
typically nonlethal, repetitive acts used to reduce distress rather than end ones life

Question 10

methamphetamine withdrawal is associated with an increased risk for…

Answer 10

suicide

Question 11

SBIRT

Answer 11

substance abuse screening
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment

Question 12

SQ9

Answer 12

screening for depression

Question 13

social distancing

Answer 13

an aspect of stigma that refers to the tendency of healthcare workers and others to avoid people with mental illness or addiction