M12 Mental Heatlh Flashcards
Anxiety
Emotional response
Stress
Any external physical, physiological or psychological force that disrupts the equilibrium
Fear
A cognitive response to a threatening stimuli
How many anxiety levels are there
4
Mild anxiety level
increased alertness, open to learning and receiving information
Deadline effectiveness
Test success
Moderate anxiety level
Starting to lose concentration
Increase in HR, sweating, tremors
Severe anxiety level
Inability to focus or communicate
No clear thought, distracted by details
Sense of impending doom
Panic anxiety level
Client is immobilized
Difficulty speaking
Completely unable to function or focus
Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome
GAS ARE
Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion
During Alarm stage of stress what hormones are released
Epinephrine
Cortisol
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Unrealistic and excessive
Worrying for more days than not in a 6m period
Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Restlessness Fatigue Impaired concentration Irritability Muscle tension Sleep disturbance
MUST HAVE 4
GAD develops during _
with a common comorbidity of _
Middlechildhood-adolescence
Depression
Before a panic diagnosis is made
_ develops as a complication of panic disorder
Rule out all other conditions
Agoraphobia - being alone in a public area
Panic disorder s/s
onset age
Dyspnea Palpitation Chest pain SOB/choking Faintness Fear of dying Dizziness
20y/o
OCD
Recurrent thoughts or behaviors that can not be controlled
Anorexia
Not eating enough or starving your self
BMI less than 16
Bulimia
Binging and purging
PTSD
Re-experience traumatic event in recollection or nightmares.
PTSD s/s
Numbness Sleep disturbances Avoidance Depression Violent outbursts Memory impairment Panic Substance abuse
PTSD diagnosing involves having all of the following for at least 1 month
1 reexperience
1 avoidance
2 arousals and reactivities
2 cognition and mood
Meds for anxiety
Benzodiazepines - slow down brain
SSRI - blocks serotonin reuptake
Legal intoxication
Alcohol level greater than 0.08
Alcohol cns depression
Peripheral neuropathy Alcohol myopathy Wernicke's encephalopathy Korsakoff's psychosis Alcohol cardiomyopathy GI-itis Cirrhosis Blood dyscrasia Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal cocaine babies s/s
Low birth weight Premature Small head Short Trembling/jittery D/V High pitched cry
Neonatal abstinence occurs when mother takes
Amphetamines Barbituates Benzos Cocaine Marijuana Opiates
Alcohol fetal syndrome s/s
Small head Low nasal bridge Short eyelids Flat midface Short nose Epicanthal folds Thin upper lip Underdeveloped jaw
Detoxification med
Methadone
