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Lesson #26 Flashcards

1
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Anxiety

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Uneasiness Or fear of a situation

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Apathy

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Lack of interest

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Bipolar disorder

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Psychiatric diagnoses that describes mood disorder define my presence Of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels,cognition, and mood with one or more depressive episodes

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Claustrophobia

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Fear of having no escape and being in small spaces

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Defense mechanisms

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Unconscious behavior used to release tension or cope with stress or uncomfortable situations

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Depression

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Persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest

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Intellectual disability

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Development disability that causes below average mental functioning

Present at birth

No cure

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Manic depression

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Fluctuating between deep depression to extreme activity like high energy or big speeches

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9
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Mental health

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Level of cognitive or emotional well-being or absence of mental illness

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Mental illness

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Disruption in a persons ability to function at a normal level in a family, Home, community, often producing inappropriate behaviors

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Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD

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Uncontrollable need to repeat or perform actions in a repetitive or sequential manner

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Panic disorder

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Fearful, scared or terrified for no reason

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Paranoid schizophrenia

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Schizophrenic disorder in which the person has a false belief that somebody or some people are plotting against them

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Phobia

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An extreme form of anxiety or fears about some thing

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Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD

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Anxiety related to a disorder caused by a traumatic experience

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16
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Psychotherapy

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Sessions with mental health professionals during which the resident discusses problems or issues

17
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Psychotropic medications

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Drugs taking which affect a mental state and are used to treat mental disorders

18
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Schizophrenia

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Complex mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell between real and unreal experiences, think logically and to behave and normal in social situations

19
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What causes mental illness

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Physical factors

Environmental factors

Heredity

Stress

20
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How to respond to behaviors of mental illness

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Remain calm

Do not treat as child

Be aware of body language and facial expression

Maintain a normal distance

Use clear language

Avoid arguments

Maintain eye contact

Listen carefully

Show respect and concern

21
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What are the different kinds of defense mechanisms

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Denial

Projection

Displacement

Rationalization

Repression

Regression

22
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Anxiety related disorders

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Anxiety

Panic disorder

OCD

PTSD

Phobias

23
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What are symptoms of anxiety disorders

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Sweating, dizziness, choking, joy mouth, racing heart, fatigue, shakiness common cold, shortness of breath

24
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Symptoms of clinical depression

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Depressed mood

Loss of interest

Significant weight loss or gain

Sleeping too much

Fatigue or low energy

Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt

Loss of concentration

Recurring thoughts of death or suicide

25
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What are symptoms of schizophrenia

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Delusions

Hallucinations

Disorganize behavior

Loss of interest in every day activities

Lack of emotion

Lack of motivation

Not caring about personal hygiene

Social withdrawal

26
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What is combative behavior

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Hitting, kicking, spitting pinching, pushing, pulling hair and cursing

27
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Interventions for combative behavior

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Remain calm

Don’t take personal

Step out of the way

Remove residence

Never strike back

D escalate

Report to nurse

28
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What is anger behavior

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Showering, yelling, threatening, throwing things, pacing, with drawl and sulking

29
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Interventions for anger

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Remain calm, do not argue, try to understand what triggered anger, empathize with the resident, listen, stay safe distance and explain what you’re doing

30
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What are sexual behaviors

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Sexual advancements, comments, sexual words or gestures, removing clothes, inappropriate touching of self or others, exposing body parts

31
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What are interventions for Sexual behaviors

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Do not overreact, try to redirect, move to private area, report to nurse and maintain safe distance for self and others

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What are the treatments for mental

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Psychotropic Medications and psychotherapy

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