Exam 1 - Chapter 2 & 25 Flashcards
What is suicide ?
intentional act of killing onself by any means
What is suicidal ideation ?
Thinking about killing oneself
What is completed suicide ?
Suicide successfully resulting in death
Actually carrying out an act or acts with the intention of death which may or may not prove fatal is called what?
Suicide Attempt
What is self-injury directed to the surface of the body to include relief from a negative feeling/cognitive state or to achieve a positive mood state?
Nonsuicidal self-injury
What indicates how quickly a person will die (high or low risk)?
Lethality (stated access to methods= more serious)
What are examples of basic level interventions for patients with nonsuicidal self injury?
- Caring for wounds/injuries
- Establishing a therapeutic alliance
- Teaching coping skills to replace the self-injurious behaviors
What are types of Behavioral Therapy?
- Modeling
- Operant conditioning
- Systematic desensitization
- Aversion therapy
- Biofeedback
What is Behavioral Therapy based on?
The assumption that changes in maladaptive behavior. can occur without insight into the underlying cause.
When does Behavioral therapy work best?
When it is directed at specific problems and the goals are well defined.
What is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy based on?
Both cognitive psychology and behavioral theory
What is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy used for?
To challenge these negative patterns of thinking.
What is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy used to treat?
A variety of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, phobias and pain.
What is a dynamic interplay between individuals and the environment?
Cognitive Theory and Therapies
Thoughts come before feelings and actions in what theory/therapies?
Cognitive Theory and Therapies
What theory/therapies have believe that thoughts about the world and our place in it are based on our own unique perspectives, which may or may not be based on reality?
Cognitive Theory and Therapies
What is the cognitive theory that test distorted beliefs and change way of thinking; reduce symptoms?
Cognitive-behavior therapy (Beck)
What theory states that the purpose of all behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions and to reduce or avoid anxiety?
Interpersonal Theory
What is a painful feeling or emotion that arises from social insecurity or prevents biological needs from being met?
Anxiety
Measures the individual employs to reduce anxiety and enhance security is defined as what?
Security operations
All of the security operations an individual uses to defend against anxiety ensure self-esteem which is defined as what?
Self-system
What is interpersonal theory most effective in treating?
- Grief and loss
- Interpersonal disputes
- Role transition
What are considered automatic thoughts that are irrational and lead to false assumptions and misinterpretations?
Cognitive distortions
What did Hildegard Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relationships in Nursing include?
- The art of nursing
- The science of nursing
In regards to Peplau what is included in the art of nursing?
- Provide care, compassion, and advocacy
- Enhance comfort and well-being
In regards to Peplau what is included in the science of nursing?
Application of knowledge to
- Understand a broad range of human problems and psychosocial phenomena
- Intervene in relieving patient’s suffering and promote growth
Did Peplau discuss the levels of anxiety?
Yes
Did Peplau determine interventions to lower anxiety?
Yes
What did Peplau aim to do?
Improve patient’s ability to think and function
What are Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs? (1=bottom/most important)
- Physiological needs
- safety
- Belonging and love needs
- Esteem needs
- Self - Actualization
Who thought that humans are active participants in life, striving for self-actualization?
Maslow
To Maslow, when lower needs are met what follows?
Higher needs are able to emerge
What are high-risk methods in regards to lethality?
- Using a gun
- Jumping from a high place
- Hanging
- Poisoning with carbon monoxide
- Staging a car crash
What are low-risk (soft) methods in regards to lethality?
- Cutting
- Inhaling natural gas
- Injesting pills
A history of suicide attempts increases the risk of what?
completed suicide
What are levels of intervention?
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Postvention
What are the activities that provide support, information, and education to prevent suicide?
Prevention
What level of intervention includes the treatment of actual suicidal crisis?
Treatment
What are interventions with a circle of survivors left by individuals who completed suicide to reduce the traumatic aftereffects?
Postvention
