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Chapter 41 Flashcards

Mental Health Disorders

1
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If a person mentions or talks about suicide, what should you do?

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

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

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  • 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
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What is addiction?

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

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What does alcohol dependence involve?

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  • Craving
  • Loss of control
  • Physical dependence
  • Tolerance
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What is withdrawal syndrome?

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

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

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Addiction

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

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Opiates and other narcotics

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________ is the most severe form of substance use disorder

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Addiction

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What is antisocial personality disorder?

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

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

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Antisocial personality disorders

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

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Antisocial personality disorder

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

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Antisocial personality disorder

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What is borderline personality disorder?

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

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

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  • 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
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Personality disorders can affect what things in your life?

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  • Interfere with daily life
  • Cause problems at school or work
  • Cause problems in relationships
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What is delusions of grandeur?

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

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What is delusional persecution?

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

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What’s another name for mood disorders?

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Affective disorders

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19
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What are two examples of mood disorders?

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  • Bipolar
  • Depression
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20
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T/F: Depression is a normal part of aging

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FALSE

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What is psychosis?

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

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What are two symptoms of psychosis?

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Delusions, hallucinations

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What disorder causes psychosis?

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Schizophrenia

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What is OCD?

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  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Occurs when a person has reaccuring thoughts, behaviors, or both that cannot be controlled
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Age of onset for schizophrenia is between __ and __

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16 and 30

26
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What is scizophrenia?

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

27
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What is agoraphobia?

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Fear of open, crowded or public place

28
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Whatis mysophobia?

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Fear of uncleanliness

29
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What is panic?

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Intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, or dread

30
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What actions can help during panic attacks?

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  • 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
31
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_____ and _____ _____ may help relieve anxiety

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Coping and defense mechanisms

32
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Mental health involves a person’s?

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Emotional, psychological, and social well-being

33
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What can mental health affect? (6)

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

34
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What are the 10 defense mechanisms?

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  1. Compensation
  2. Conversion
  3. Denial
  4. Displacement
  5. Identification
  6. Projection
  7. Rationalization
  8. Reaction formation
  9. Regression
  10. Repression
35
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A person is not good at sports, so they develop another talent, what defense mechanism is this?

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Compensation

36
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A child is not wanting to read outloud, so they complain of a headache, what defense mechanism is this?

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Conversion

37
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A person ignores pain and refuses to see a doctor, what defense mechanism is this?

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Denial

38
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You are angry at your boss, so you yell at your friend, what defense mechanism is this?

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Displacement

39
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A person is fearing rejection, so they act differently around peers, what defense mechanism is this?

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Identification

40
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Not understanding a lesson, a student thinks: “the teacher does not understand it enough to teach it well”, what coping mechanism is this?

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Projection

41
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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?

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Rationalization

42
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A worker does not like the boss, the worker gives the boss a gift, what defense mechanism is this?

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Reaction formation

43
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A 3-year old wants a baby bottle when a new baby arrives, what coping mechanism is this?

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Regression

44
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A child was sexually abused. Now 33 years old, there is no memory of the event, what coping mechanism is this?

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Repression

45
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T/F: Depression can make an illness worse

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True

46
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T/F: Bipolar can be passed down through family members

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True

47
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Anxiety level depends on the ________

A

Stressor

48
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__________ can be unexpected or brought on by a trigger

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Panic attack

49
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GAD occurs most days for at least __ months

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6 months

50
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What does GAD stand for?

A

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

51
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_______ has extreme anxiety, fear, or worry

A

GAD

52
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A person has to worry about concern about many things such as health, work, and social situations. What disorder this?

A

GAD

53
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Hand-washing, counting, checking on things, cleaning, hoarding, and doing things in a certain order are all examples of?

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Compulsion

54
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A person has obsessive thoughts about microbes and dirt, this is an example of?

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Obsession

55
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An _______ is frequent, upsetting, and unwanted thought, idea, or image

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Obsession

56
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A ________ is the over-whelming urge to repeat certain rituals, acts, or behaviors

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Compulsion

57
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What is delusion?

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False beliefs

58
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__________ is false beliefs that one is being mistreated, abused, or harassed

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Delusions of persecution

59
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What are the two types of delusions?

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Grandeur & persecution

60
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________ is the set of attitudes, values, behaviors, and traits of a person

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Personality

61
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What are commonly used substances?

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Narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, marijuana

62
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Relationship problems and impulsive actions often result from ___________ disorder

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Borderline personality disorder

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