Chapter 23 Flashcards
Activities of daily living
The basic activities a person usually accomplishes during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing.
Altered Mental Status
A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease.
behavior
how a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment.
Behavioral crisis
the point at which a person’s reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency. when it causes a major life life interruption, such as attempted suicide.
Behavioral health emergency
An emergency in which abnormal behavior threatens a person’s own health and safety.
depression
A persistant mood of sadness despair and discouragement may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders.
excited delirium
a Serious behavioral condition in which a person exhibits agitated behavior combined with disorientation.
functional disorder
a disorder in which there is no known physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system.
organic brain syndrome
Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue.
positional asphyxia
restriction of chest wall movements and/or airway obstruction; can rapidly lead to sudden death.
Posttraumatic stress disorder
a delayed reaction to a prior incident. Often the result of one or more conditions concerning the incident, and may relate to an incident that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm.
Psychiatric disorder
An illness with psychological or behavriol symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by a social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biologic disturbance.
Psychosis
A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality.
Schizophrenia
A complex difficult-to-identify mental disorder whose onset typically occurs during early adult hood. Symptoms typically become more prominent over time and include delusions, hallucinations, a lack of interest in pleasure, and eratic speech
