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