Holistic Concepts of Mental Health

Question 1

What is mental health?

Answer 1

State of wellbeing in which the individual realizes their potential, can cope with stresses of life, work productively, and is able to make a contribution to their community.

Question 2

what is wellbeing?

Answer 2

Individuals sense of being content/happy with life/situations

Question 3

What is a mental disorder?

Answer 3

Health condition that characterized by alteration in mood/affect, behaviour, thinking, and cognition.

Question 4

Classification system for mental disorders?

Answer 4

Identifies criteria required for a diagnosis and provides common language for professionals to use. Can use DSM-5TR or ICD 22.

Question 5

What does recovery mean in mental health?

Answer 5

Gaining and retaining hope, understanding one’s abilities/disabilities, engage in life/autonomy, meaning and purpose in ones life.

Question 6

5 R’s for mental healthcare?

Answer 6

Right care, right person (nurses), right time, right place, right person (patient).

Question 7

What are the 6 areas of recovery orientated practice?

Answer 7

1- create a culture/language of hope
2- recovery is personal
3- recovery occurs in the context of ones life
4- responding to diverse needs of everyone living in canada
5- work with FN/inuit/metis
6-recovery is about transforming services/systems

Question 8

What apart of a comprehensive mental health system?

Answer 8

Crisis response teams, psych emergency, primary care, E-mental health, consumer self help

Question 9

What’s acute inpatient care?

Answer 9

Most intensive treatment, restrictive setting, reserved for acutely ill patients according to 3 criteria (high risk to oneself, high risk to others, inability to care for oneself), admission can be voluntary or involuntary, length kept as short as possible.

Question 10

What’s some principles of psych emergency?

Answer 10

Flexible, portable, person centred, de-escalate, symptom reeducation, stabilize, prevent relapse, crisis stabilization.

Question 11

What is assertive community treatment (ACT)?

Answer 11

Provide intensive treatment/rehab/support for serious mental illness for those who find it difficult to engage in other MHS.

Question 12

What is community treatment order?

Answer 12

Legislative means of ensuring that individual continues to receive treatment in community as much as possible.

Question 13

ETC mental health competences?

Answer 13

Professional responsibility, accountability, knowledge based practice, ethical practice, service to public, self regulation.

Question 14

What does recovery mean?

Answer 14

Process in which people with mental health problems/illness are empowered/supported to engage in their own journey of wellbeing.

Question 15

What is trauma informed care?

Answer 15

Treatment/care carried out with awareness that person may have trauma history. Extreme behaviours/distress could be misinterpreted.

Question 16

4 assumptions of trauma informed care? (4 Rs)

Answer 16

Realization, recognize, respond, resists re-traumatization (triggering other memories)

Question 17

What’s harm reduction?

Answer 17

Evidence based approach to mitigate adverse effects. Be non judgy, human right affirming, values are neutral, reduce harm/risk, empower humans. Meaningful participation of those with lived experiences with substance use.

Question 18

Challenges of PMH Nursing?

Answer 18

Knowledge development, dissemination, application, healthcare delivery system challenges, overcome stigma/discrimination.

Question 19

What is mental health services act?

Answer 19

Can be admitted voluntary/involuntary admission, used for appeal/review procedures, community treatment order, have to see physician by 7 days after admission.

Question 20

Ethical issues in MH?

Answer 20

Threats to dignity, behaviour control, seclusion, restraints, confidentiality, psychiatric advance directives, boundaries, social justice, spiritual care.