Chapter 41

Question 1

If a person mentions or talks about suicide, what should you do?

Answer 1

Do not leave the person alone, call for the nurse at once

Question 2

Agencies treating persons with mental health disorders must take what measures? (4)

Answer 2

• Identify specific factors or features that increase or decrease the risk for suicide
• Meet the person’s immediate safety needs
• Provide the most appropriate settings to treat the person
• Provide crisis information to the person and family. Crisis hotline phone number

Question 3

What is addiction?

Answer 3

Chronic disease involving substance-seeking behaviors and use that is compulsive and hard to control despite the harmful effects

Question 4

What does alcohol dependence involve?

Answer 4

• Craving
• Loss of control
• Physical dependence
• Tolerance

Question 5

What is withdrawal syndrome?

Answer 5

Is the physical and mental response after stopping or severely reducing the use of a substance that was used regularly

Question 6

A person trying to cut down or stop using the substance is a sign of?

Answer 6

Addiction

Question 7

________ are a strong painkiller that cause drowsiness. Some can cause intense feeling of well-being, happiness, excitement, and joy

Answer 7

Opiates and other narcotics

Question 8

________ is the most severe form of substance use disorder

Answer 8

Addiction

Question 9

What is antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 9

A person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights and safety of others

Question 10

Setting fires and animal cruelty during childhood are often seen in?

Answer 10

Antisocial personality disorders

Question 11

Flattering and manipulating others for personal gain or pleasure is a symptom of?

Answer 11

Antisocial personality disorder

Question 12

Being witty and charming and repeatedly breaking the law are symptoms of?

Answer 12

Antisocial personality disorder

Question 13

What is borderline personality disorder?

Answer 13

Person has long-term pattern of unstable moods, behaviors, and emotions. Long-term patterns of unstable or explosive emotions

Question 14

To protect yourself from the patient, what three things should you do?

Answer 14

• Call for help, do not try to handle situation yourself
• Keep a safe distane between you and the person
• Be aware of your setting, do not let person block your exit

Question 15

Personality disorders can affect what things in your life?

Answer 15

• Interfere with daily life
• Cause problems at school or work
• Cause problems in relationships

Question 16

What is delusions of grandeur?

Answer 16

Exaggerated beliefs about one’s importance, fame, wealth, power, or talents

Question 17

What is delusional persecution?

Answer 17

False beliefs that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed

Question 18

What’s another name for mood disorders?

Answer 18

Affective disorders

Question 19

What are two examples of mood disorders?

Answer 19

• Bipolar
• Depression

Question 20

T/F: Depression is a normal part of aging

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

What is psychosis?

Answer 21

Describes a condition that affects the mind and causes a loss of contact with reality. Disconnection from reality

Question 22

What are two symptoms of psychosis?

Answer 22

Delusions, hallucinations

Question 23

What disorder causes psychosis?

Answer 23

Schizophrenia

Question 24

What is OCD?

Answer 24

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Occurs when a person has reaccuring thoughts, behaviors, or both that cannot be controlled

Question 25

Age of onset for schizophrenia is between __ and __

Answer 25

16 and 30

Question 26

What is scizophrenia?

Answer 26

Serious brain illness affecting how a person, thinks, feels, and behaves

Question 27

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 27

Fear of open, crowded or public place

Question 28

Whatis mysophobia?

Answer 28

Fear of uncleanliness

Question 29

What is panic?

Answer 29

Intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, or dread

Question 30

What actions can help during panic attacks?

Answer 30

* Help the person to a quiet area * Stay with the person and remain calm * Speak in short, simple sentences * Talk the person through deep-breathing exercises

Question 31

_____ and _____ _____ may help relieve anxiety

Answer 31

Coping and defense mechanisms

Question 32

Mental health involves a person's?

Answer 32

Emotional, psychological, and social well-being

Question 33

What can mental health affect? (6)

Answer 33

How a person: * Thinks * Feels * Acts when coping with life * Handle stress * Relates to others * Makes choices

Question 34

What are the 10 defense mechanisms?

Answer 34

1. Compensation 2. Conversion 3. Denial 4. Displacement 5. Identification 6. Projection 7. Rationalization 8. Reaction formation 9. Regression 10. Repression

Question 35

A person is not good at sports, so they develop another talent, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 35

Compensation

Question 36

A child is not wanting to read outloud, so they complain of a headache, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 36

Conversion

Question 37

A person ignores pain and refuses to see a doctor, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 37

Denial

Question 38

You are angry at your boss, so you yell at your friend, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 38

Displacement

Question 39

A person is fearing rejection, so they act differently around peers, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 39

Identification

Question 40

Not understanding a lesson, a student thinks: "the teacher does not understand it enough to teach it well", what coping mechanism is this?

Answer 40

Projection

Question 41

A student did not study and failed the test. The student thinks "I failed because I wasn't feeling well", what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 41

Rationalization

Question 42

A worker does not like the boss, the worker gives the boss a gift, what defense mechanism is this?

Answer 42

Reaction formation

Question 43

A 3-year old wants a baby bottle when a new baby arrives, what coping mechanism is this?

Answer 43

Regression

Question 44

A child was sexually abused. Now 33 years old, there is no memory of the event, what coping mechanism is this?

Answer 44

Repression

Question 45

T/F: Depression can make an illness worse

Answer 45

True

Question 46

T/F: Bipolar can be passed down through family members

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Anxiety level depends on the ________

Answer 47

Stressor

Question 48

__________ can be unexpected or brought on by a trigger

Answer 48

Panic attack

Question 49

GAD occurs most days for at least __ months

Answer 49

6 months

Question 50

What does GAD stand for?

Answer 50

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 51

_______ has extreme anxiety, fear, or worry

Answer 51

GAD

Question 52

A person has to worry about concern about many things such as health, work, and social situations. What disorder this?

Answer 52

GAD

Question 53

Hand-washing, counting, checking on things, cleaning, hoarding, and doing things in a certain order are all examples of?

Answer 53

Compulsion

Question 54

A person has obsessive thoughts about microbes and dirt, this is an example of?

Answer 54

Obsession

Question 55

An _______ is frequent, upsetting, and unwanted thought, idea, or image

Answer 55

Obsession

Question 56

A ________ is the over-whelming urge to repeat certain rituals, acts, or behaviors

Answer 56

Compulsion

Question 57

What is delusion?

Answer 57

False beliefs

Question 58

__________ is false beliefs that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed

Answer 58

Delusions of persecution

Question 59

What are the two types of delusions?

Answer 59

Grandeur & persecution

Question 60

________ is the set of attitudes, values, behaviors, and traits of a person

Answer 60

Personality

Question 61

What are commonly used substances?

Answer 61

Narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, marijuana

Question 62

Relationship problems and impulsive actions often result from ___________ disorder

Answer 62

Borderline personality disorder