Domain 2 - Psychosocial Concepts and Support Systems Flashcards
What does WHO consider an essential part of health?
“There is no health without mental health”
Promoting mental health is part of case manager’s duty to:
- Advocate for the individual
- In an integrated case management environment, it is especially important to advocate for the client to be treated holistically for behavioral health issues in whatever setting the client presents.
- Facilitate care and services that can ultimately result in improved
behavioral health for the client
What is the difference between behavioral health and mental health?
Behavioral health includes specific actions and an individuals response to emotional triggers.
Mental health is thoughts, feelings, and biological factors.
Who provides 70% of treatment for behavioral health conditions?
Primary care physicians
AMI
Any mental illness
SMI
Serious mental illness
What is the difference between Any Mental Illness (AMI) and Serious Mental Illness (SMI)?
AMI encompasses all recognized mental illnesses. SMI is a smaller and more severe subset of
AMI.
Behavioral health case management
Method of providing cost-effective, quality care by managing the holistic health concerns of individuals, families, and groups in need of extensive services
Self-neglect
Self-neglect results from an adult’s inability to perform essential self-care tasks due to physical and/or mental impairments or diminished
capacity.
Tasks may include:
* providing essential food, clothing, shelter, health care
* obtaining goods and services necessary to maintain physical health, mental health, emotional well-being, and general safety
* managing financial affairs
* adhering to prescribed medications
Self-harm
Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose. One common method is cutting with a sharp object. But any time someone deliberately hurts themself is classified as self-harm. Some people feel an impulse to cause burns, pull out hair or pick at wounds to prevent healing.
Severe mental illness (SMI)
Severe and persistent mental illness describes
those individuals with mental illness that have complex symptoms.
Substance-related and addictive disorders
Formerly referred to as substance dependence or abuse, involve the use of mind-altering substances yielding three basic types of disorders:
*substance intoxication
*substance withdrawal
*what is now called “substance use disorders”
What are some types of behavioral disorders?
*depression
* bipolar affective disorder
*schizophrenia
* psychoses
* dementia
* intellectual disabilities
* developmental disorders including autism spectrum disorders (ASD
What is integrated case management?
Recognizes and focuses on the whole person and the interaction of:
* Physical health/illness
* Behavioral health/illness
* Social determinants
* Inadequacy of social networks
* Health systems
* Limited, poorly controlled access to needed services
Can be provided in a variety of settings
(acute care, clinics, health plans, community, telephonically) by nurses, social workers, and licensed behavioral health professionals
Dual Diagnosis
Coexisting severe behavioral health and substance use disorders
The 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-5) is the
current standard, which uses 3 major components to make a diagnosis:
- diagnostic classification
- diagnostic criteria sets
- descriptive texts