Mental Health Assessment Flashcards

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Mental health assessment is different than a regular assessment because of what?

A

It is much more subjective, and difficult to test in that way

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2
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Mental health

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Finding balance in all aspects of life
-can vary

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3
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Mental disorder

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Cooccuring symptoms involving alterations in through, experience and emotion

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4
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Mental health vs mental illness

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Health: state of wellbeing that we all posses, where we are able to participate fully

Illness: health conditions impacting emotions, cognition, behaviours that produce stress impacting day to day events (depression)

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5
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Examples of stigma

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-labelling
-discrimination
-social exclusion

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6
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Physical limitation can cause

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A decrease in ones mental health
-leads to social isolation, access help/rescources

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7
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Nurses are essential to mental health as

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-create rappor
-nurse patient relationship

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8
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What does the mental status examination document

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Emotional and cognitive functioning

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9
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What are the four main components of a mental health assessment and physical examination

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Appearance, behaviour, cognition and thought process

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10
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Appearance

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General presentation

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Cognition

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Consciousness, orientation, memory, attention/concentration

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Behaviour

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Mood/affect, speech

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13
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Thinking

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Perception, process, judgement

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14
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What should be tested first in an assessment of mental status

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Consciousness

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15
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Objective data of appearance

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-posture
-body movements
-dress
-grooming and hygiene

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16
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Objective data of Behaviour

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-level of consciousness
-facial expression
-mood
-affect

17
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Objective data of cognitive functions

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-orientation
-attention span
-immediate memory
-recent memory
-remote memory
-four unrelated words test

18
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Objective data of higher intellectual functions

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-insight and judgement
-thought processes
-thought content
-perceptions

19
Q

A patient who was recently diagnoses with seizure disorder, plans to continue a career as a pilot. At this time in the interview, the nurse begins to question the patients..

A

Judgment

20
Q

Mini cog test

A

-checking the health of the brain on routine basis
-three words to repeat back to me and remember for later
-make a clock for me
-ask for the words again

21
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Nutritional patterns

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Dietary intake over 24 hours
-dissatisfaction with body image, weighty loss

22
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Sleep/rest changes

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How long it takes to fall asleep, frequency of waking up, sleep hygiene, sleep satisfaction

23
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Activity/mobility

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Withdrawal from usual activists, avolition, excessive pursuit of physical activity

24
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Elimination

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Certain medications may lead to constipation or urinary retention

25
Q

Interpersonal relationships and rescources

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Asses patients role in family and social networks to identity sources of stress and connectedness

26
Q

Important clues and warning sings of suicide

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-precise plan
-prior attempt
-depression
-social withdrawal
-self mutilation
-saying goodbye
-verbal suicide messages