Exam 1: week 1 Flashcards
What is the diathesis-stress model
nature AND nurture
diathesis = biology
stress = environmental
mental illness comes from both
What is the mental health parity act
1996
act that requires insurance companies to cover mental health in the same degree as physical health
Who is the mother of psychiatric nursing
Hildegard Peplau
What is the psychoanalytic theory
Freud
mental illness is due to trauma in childhood
talk therapy
free association
levels of awareness
personality structure
What are Freud’s levels of awareness
conscious- aware
peconscious- easily retrieved
unconscious- repressed memories
What is Freud’s personality structure
Id- selfish
Ego- reasoning
Superego- selfless
What is Freud’s theory about anxiety
Anxiety is an inevitable part of life
- defense mechanisms are created by the ego to ward off anxiety
What are Freud’s psychosexual stages of development
oral
anal
phallic
latency
genital
What age is the oral stage of development
birth-1 year
What age is the anal stage of development
1-3 years
What age is the phallic stage of development
3-6 years
What age is the latency stage of development
6-11 years
What age is the genital stage of development
12 and up
What is transference
When a patient puts their feelings about someone in their life on the caregiver
(you remind them of their child so they talk to you like a baby)
What is countertransference
When the caregiver puts their feelings about someone in their life on the patient
(your dad is an alcoholic and sucks so you treat your alcoholic patient as if they suck)
What is psychodynamic therapy
newer model of psychoanalytic therapy
- more input from therapist
- good for intelligent patients who are ready for change
- focuses more on the present
What is the interpersonal theory
harry Stack Sullivan
- personality is behavior observed within interpersonal relationships
- purpose of all behavior is too meet needs and reduce/avoid anxiety
Interpersonal therapy is good for treating which mental health issues
Greif/loss
interpersonal disputes
role transitions