Physical/Psychological Connection 🏚 (Lauren) Flashcards
The (hotel/cricket/family) is a dynamic interactive unit that is continually evolving
Family 👪👩👩👧👨👨👧👦👨👨👦👦👩👩👧👦👨👩👧👩👦👦👨👧👧👩👧👧
When one person in a system changes (by choice or by happenstance), the whole system shifts and changes. Systems are (static/not static).
Not static
One out of _____ females has been sexually abused
3
One out of ______ males has been sexually abused
5
You need to develop a network of (plumbers/veterinarians/mental health professionals) for consultation and referral
Mental health professionals 🛋
What is the difference between Trauma and trauma? (Big T vs little t)
Big T Trauma: single major incident like war, car accident, other accidents, homicides, suicides, natural disasters
Little t trauma: stressful incidents that occur over a long period of time. Emotional abuse can be included in this category as can anxiety, depression and stress
Is PA school an example of Trauma or trauma
trauma. Stress, anxiety, and depression over a long period of time
What are the 3 tasks accomplished by our brains while we sleep?
Taking out the trash
Making memories
Making you a more creative problem solver
What is meant by your brain “taking out the trash” while you sleep?
Waste proteins called beta amyloid form plaques in the brain while you’re awake. When you sleep, the brain shrinks and CSF pumps through, cleaning away the plaques
When are long term memories formed>
During sleep. Information from your day gets downloaded into your long-term memory from you hippocampus
How does sleep make you a more creative problem solver?
As your brain loses unecessary details, it focuses on the most important elements of an issue. You are 33% more likely to make new connections between distantly related ideas upon waking
Chronic pain (causes/alleviates) stress, anxiety and depression in most people.
Causes
True or False: Trauma often causes chronic pain
True
The cycle of chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma is (easily broken/hard to break)
Hard to break
What is the primary mental health issue you will see in your primary care office
Depression
Does every patient tell you when he/she is depressed
No, every patient needs to be assessed for depression
What are the treatment options for depression?
Medication
Therapy
Diet
Exercise
(Most patients need all 4. This is when you need to call your homies in mental health to refer them)
What is the second most common mental health issue you will see in your primary care office?
Anxiety
Why can it be difficult to determine if a patient has anxiety that is actually pervasive and delibiltating in their life?
Because they might just be anxious to be at the doctors office
What is the important factor to consider when evaluating a patient for anxiety ?
How the problem affects their ability to function in their daily lives without considerable struggle
What questions do you need to ask when evaluating a patient for anxiety/depression?
How do you take care of the stresses in your life?
How long and how well do you sleep?
Have your experienced any trauma or abuse?
How is your primary relationship? Other important relationships?
Have you had any suicidal thought?
Are you experiencing a lot of anxiety? Or depression?
(Idk if this is important or not, but the header of the slide was red, while the questions were blue)
What kind of therapy is this:
What happens to one of them happens to both. All physical and emotional difficulties that affect one will affect both and also the children if they have any
Couples therapy🤵🏻👰🏻
True or false:
Marriage and Family Systems go through developmental stages just like human development in individuals
True 🧚🏻♀️
What is this:
The term used for traditional talk therapy. The client talks about the trauma and the feelings and emotions and processes how this has changed the client’s perception of reality.
Psychotherapy 📒
