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Chapter 18 Flashcards

1
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Mental Health

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The absence of identifiable diseases

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Orientation

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Refers to a persons awareness of self in the context of a particular time and place

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STM

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Short-term memory loss

Time interval is seconds

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LTM

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Long-term memory

Time interval is measured in minutes and beyond

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5
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The 1st symptom of Alzheimer’s disease

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Is the gradual progressive decline in the ability to learn new information

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Delirium

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Confusion

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Enmeshment

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Interactions between family members that keep them dependent on each other

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8
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Acalculia

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A learning or speech disorder characterized by the inability to perform simple arithmetic operations

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Receptive Aphasia

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The patient can hear but can’t understand what is being said to them, slow to respond. Many only understand a portion of what is being said.

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Expressive Aphasia

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Can’t produce fluent speech. Speech described as halting.

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Total or Global Aphasia

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A deficit of planning, production, and compensation of language. Can speak and understand only a few words.

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Catastrophic reaction

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screaming or laving the room. can happen when a person is pushed beyond their competency levels

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Cognitive Functions

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  • Perceiving
  • thinking
  • remembering
  • communicating
  • orienting
  • calculating
  • problem solving
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14
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1st type of confusion someone with dementia experiences

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Delirium

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15
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The only vehicle (method) for assessing the client’s thought processes

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Communication

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16
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Uses of psychological assessments

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Assess memory, delirium, and depression

17
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The impact of depression on the mental status score

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Depression may be chronic or acute. Symptoms may vary in intensity

18
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3 steps in the memory process

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  • Reception
  • Storage
  • Retrieval
19
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4 levels of consciousness

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  • Alert
  • Lethargic
  • Aroused
  • Comatose
20
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s/s of delirium

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Sudden Confusion and Disorientation

21
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causes of delirium

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Alzheimers disease

22
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4 important things to put into practice when performing a psychological assessment

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  • Timing
  • Privacy
  • no interruptions
  • positive introduction of assesment
23
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s/s of depression in elderly

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Withdrawn
Socially Isolated
Sad Mood 
Lack of interest
Feeling of guilt 
Thoughts of death and suicide
24
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causes of depression in elderly

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Significant losses
physical disabilities
loss of health

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