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Mental Health Module Flashcards

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Define Confusion

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Cognitive impairment- not seeing things the way they truly are

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Define Cognition

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Everything to do with your brain- how the brain works

Memory, thinking, reasoning, ability to understand, behaviour

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Define Cueing

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Prompting to a ct in order to assist them to complete a task

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Define Delirium- always treat as an emergency

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A state of temporary mental confusion that can occur suddenly- caused by infection in body, trauma, UTI’s, medication, etc

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Define Delusion

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A fixed, false belief that is not based on reality

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Define Dementia

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A general term that describes the progressive loss of brain functions which include cognitive and social functions

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Define Hallucination

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Seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting, or feeling something that is not real

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Define Reality Orientation

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White board with today’s date on it, time, today’s weather

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Define Reministing

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To discuss the past

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Define Life Review

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To talk about life events in order

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3 Stages of Dementia

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Mild Stage- early stage- usually effects mental abilities - ie
Mild forgetfulness, can’t learn new things, limited attention, occasional confusion
Moderate Stage(middle stage) - mental and physical abilities and moods and emotions effected
Ie- forgetting personal history, sleep problems, Gait problems, anxiety, rudeness, anger, confusion, depression

Stage 3- Severe(late stage)- mental abilities effected
Eh capable of remembering, performing self care, communicating, loss of control of body functions, bedridden, result in death

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Define Sundowning

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Occurs when signs, symptoms and behaviours of dementia increase during the hours of darkness- late afternoons and evenings

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Freud definition- Conscious

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Being aware of our surroundings

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Freud definition- Sub Concious

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Memories, past experiences

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Freud Definition- Unconscious

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Past experiences buried deep within

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Freud Definition- ID

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Actively need to be fulfilled now, instant

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Freud definition- Ego

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Our reasoning, common sence

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Freud definition- Super Ego

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Works to suppress the urges of the “id” and tries to make the ago behave morally, rather then realistically
Suppresses any urges to do do wrong

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Types of Schizophrenia

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Paranoid- extreme suspicion, have delusions of persecution
Disorganized-huge disruption in thought process- afraid of water
Catatonic- disturbance in movements
Undifferentiated -combination of all

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Signs of a Stroke-NCWDH

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Numbness
Confusion
Weakness
Dizzy
Headache
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What is Mental Health

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A state of mind in which a person copes with and adjusts to the stresses of everyday life

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