Mental Health Terms

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Aphasia

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Absence or impairment of ability to communicate through writing, speech or signs.

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Agnosia

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Inability to interpret sensations hence not able to recognize things.

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Loss of Executive Function

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Impairment to think abstractly, plan, initiate, sequence, monitor and stop complex behaviors.

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Catatonic Behaviors

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Behavior characterized by muscular tightness or rigidity and lack of response to the environment.

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Negative Symptoms

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A lack of behaviors or feelings that usually are present, such as:

• Losing interest in everyday activities, like bathing, grooming, or getting dressed.
• Feeling out of touch with other people, family, or friends.
• Having little emotion or inappropriate feelings in certain situations.

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Paranoid Type Definition

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Involves false beliefs of being persecuted or plotted against.

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Catatonic Type Definition

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All movements stop due to muscle stiffness or they maybe overexcited or hyperactive.

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Undifferentiated Type Definition

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Symptoms fluctuate around.

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Delirium

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A disoriented reaction with restlessness and confusion. It may be associated with fear/hallucinations.

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Body Image

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The overall mental picture of what one’s body looks like not how one feels about their body’s appearance.

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Self-Image

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Impression of ‘who one is’ based on thoughts and feelings about oneself.

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Behavior Modification

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Based on operant conditioning. Behavior is shaped by connecting a positive or negative reinforcement and rewards.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Theory (CBT)

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That distorted thinking leads to the behavioral and emotional problems related to mental illness. The focus is to increase awareness and eventually change cognitive distortions.

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Kawa Model

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Shows how culture has an impact on mental health intervention. Presents cultural safety as a key component of the model.

-Healing must come from within a safe cultural context is emphasized as the foundation for practice w/clients w/mental illness.

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Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)

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Describes the impact of volition, performance and habituation on engagement in occupations.

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Intentional Relationship Model

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Therapeutic use of self and the impact the therapist-client relationship has on improving function.

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Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance (PEOP) Model

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Interaction among the person; performance of a desired, meaningful occupation; and the context in which the person engages in the occupation.

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Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theory

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Improving self-identity and improving interpersonal relationships.

-They are useful for exploring deep-seated origins of human emotion and motivations.

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Narrative Reasoning

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Used to make sense of people’s particular circumstances.

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Therapeutic Use of Self Definition

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The use of one’s self in a therapeutic manner to enter into a relationship that has a therapeutic outcome.

-OTs who are aware of their own personality, leadership, and communication styles are better able to establish rapport w/clients in a helping relationship.

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Substance abuse individuals often have issues with

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time management

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Reducing distractions and keeping lighting low may be useful environmental adaptations for individuals with

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mania or hyperactivity

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Providing a stimulating environment and real life activities is recommended for individuals experiencing

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delusions

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OT practitioners should leave doors open and avoid being alone with individuals who are

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hostile or violent

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Becoming familiar with an environment in advance and knowing what to expect can help reduce

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anxiety

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Time use assessments examine how individuals spend their time in

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work, leisure and self-care activities

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The most appropriate type of activities to begin treatment for a person with severe depression are

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repetitive, structured and simple enough to ensure success such as housework, folding laundry, simple cooking, sanding, clerical tasks and sewing.

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The psychoeducational model utilizes a

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teacher-student format as opposed to learning by doing approach and often includes a homework component.

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Activities that provide increased vestibular input (such as rocking) can help what?

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reorganize the way the central nervous system organizes and interprets sensory input, which can help decrease agitation

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A cooking group would support the experience of preparing and consuming normal size portions of food for individuals

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with eating disorders.

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Behavioral therapy approaches to OCD include

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helping the client overcome the tendency toward compulsive behavior by identifying the triggers to a compulsive episode, planning a strategy for overriding the compulsion and continuing to do the activity or task.

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A Role Checklist gathers information on the client’s what?

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former and current roles and the value the client places on these roles, consistent with the Model of Human Occupation.

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A projective test such as the House-Tree-Person is not designed to evaluate roles or role behavior but rather to reveal what?

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a client’s personality

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The Worker Role Interview is associated with

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the Model of Human Occupation and would yield valuable information but is too narrowly focused on the worker role.

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The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure helps clients identify what?

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their perceptions of their own occupational performance

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conversion disorder

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a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways. The condition was so named to describe a health problem that starts as a mental or emotional crisis — a scary or stressful incident of some kind — and converts to a physical problem.

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factitious disorder

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are conditions in which a person deliberately and consciously acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.

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histrionic personality disorder

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pattern of attention seeking behavior and extreme emotionality. Someone with histrionic personality disorder wants to be the center of attention in any group of people, and feel uncomfortable when they are not.

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___________ has been shown to improve a sense of well-being in the caregiver and offers a suitable context for caregiving.

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Embracing everyday occupations

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Most substance abuse programs include or or more self-help groups that use a

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classic 12-step process. Most substance abusers seek help through self-help groups. Occupational therapy practitioners working with this population are likely to become involved in facilitating or supporting these groups.

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Project MAINSTREAM is

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intended for education of professionals providing services for substance abuse clients

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occupational deprivation

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a state of prolonged preclusion from engagement in occupations of necessity or meaning due to factors outside the control of an individual (external), such as through geographic isolation, incarceration, or disability

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Simple and concrete activities are most appropriate for clients hospitalized with

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Depression. For the trivet activity, the solid color removes the need to make decisions about color and pattern, the trivet provides clear physical boundaries and gluing the tile onto the backing is simple and concrete. Participation in a parallel group minimizes the need for social interaction but allow physical proximity to others.

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Free-form clay projects of their choice would be too overwhelming for most patients hospitalized with

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depression, who have difficulty making decisions and initiating activity.

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A cooperative group is not a good choice for most people hospitalized for

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depression because it requires the individuals to interact and problem solve with each other, which can be difficult.

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Painting a watercolor would not provide enough structure and might overwhelm patients with

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severe depression

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Many people response well to relaxation with guided imagery, but guided imagery alone is contraindicated for people with

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hallucination potential such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychosis or schizoaffective disorder.

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Clients in the acute phases of multiple personality disorder require opportunities for

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safe and supportive exploration of new personalities. Clients with multiple personality disorder will tend to show more severe symptoms when provided with more opportunities to self-express, such as in nondirective verbal groups.

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Agoraphobia

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a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed

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Panic Disorder

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is a serious condition that strikes without reason or warning. Symptoms of panic disorder include sudden attacks of fear and nervousness, as well as physical symptoms such as sweating and a racing heart.

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OCD

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where people feel the need to check things repeatedly, have certain thoughts repeatedly, and feel they need to perform certain routines repeatedly. People are unable to control either the thoughts or the activities

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Social Phobia

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have great distress in a wide range of social situations

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substance-induced anxiety disorder

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A substance-induced anxiety disorder that begins during substance use can last as long as the drug is used. A substance-induced anxiety disorder that begins during withdrawal may first manifest up to four weeks after an individual stops using the substance.

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Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

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The essential feature include a pattern of impulsivity and instability of behaviors, interpersonal relationships, and self-image. The pattern is present by early adulthood and occurs across a variety of situations and contexts

Other symptoms usually include intense fears of abandonment, intense anger, and irritability, the reason for which others have difficulty understanding.[1][2] People with BPD often engage in idealization and devaluation of others, alternating between high positive regard and great disappointment. [3] Self-harm, suicidal behavior, and substance abuse are common.[4]

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Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD)

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when they display a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and avoidance of social interaction.[2] Individuals afflicted with the disorder tend to describe themselves as ill at ease, anxious, lonely, and generally feel unwanted and isolated from others.

often consider themselves to be socially inept or personally unappealing and avoid social interaction for fear of being ridiculed, humiliated, rejected, or disliked

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Dependent personality disorder (DPD)

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is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. This personality disorder is a long-term (chronic) condition in which people depend on others to meet their emotional and physical needs, with only a minority achieving normal levels of independence.