Chapter 5 (E1) Flashcards
Health care differences that occur by gender, race, or ethnicity, education, disability, sexual orientation
Health disparities
What is a sense of responsibility, shame, and being flawed associated with mental health disorders?
Stigma
What is the word for: Disorganize thoughts and impair a person’s ability to recognize the need for care?
Anosognosia
When were asylums created?
Before the Civil War
What was the first antipsychotic medication in the early 1950s that contributed to hospital discharges?
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
A social model that emphasizes and supports recovery and integration into society rather than accepting a medical model of dysfunction?
Psychiatric rehabilitation
Leaving before discharge is also called?
Elopement
One or more disorders that occur along with another condition in the same person at the same time is called?
Comorbid Conditions
Psychiatric emergencies may include what?
Suicidal/homicidal ideation
Acute psychosis
Behavioral responses to drugs
What is psychotherapy?
Talk therapy
Physical illness and loss of independence can be strong precipitants in the development of what?
Depression and anxiety
What type of detoxification can be life-threatening which requires inpatient care for medical management?
Alcohol detoxification
What nonprofit organization encourages self help and promotes the concept of recovery, or self-management of illness?
National alliance on mental illness (NAMI)
President Barack Obama signed an act that helped millions of people who cannot previously afford healthcare insurance. What is this act?
Affordable care act (ACA)
What is an insurance that may be provided to individuals who have worked a required length of time, have paid into Social Security, and are disabled for 12 months or more?
Social Security disability insurance (SSDI)
