Spiritual and Mental health Flashcards

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Mental health continuum column 1

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Healthy:
-Normal flunctuation in mood takes strides good sense of humour consistent performance, physical and social active, confident in self and others

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Mental health continuum column 2:

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Reacting:
-nervous irritable, sad, overwhelmed, displaced sarcasm, procrastination, forgetfulness, low energy, muscle tension, headache, decreased social activity

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Mental health continuum column 3:

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Injured:
Anxiety, anger sadness, tearful, hopeless worthless, negative attitude, difficulty with concentration, trouble making decisions, classes, deadlines, restless, social withdrawal

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mental health continuum column 4:

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Ill:
exessive anxiety, panic attacks, easily enraged, aggressive, depressed, numb, cannot fall asleep or stay awake, suicidal thought, addiction

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mental health effect on the nervous system

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heart beat faster, blood pressure rises to fight threats

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mental health effect on Musckoskeletal system

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muscles tense and can trigger tension

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mental health effect on respiratory system

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heart rate increases

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mental health effect on endocrine system

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signals sent from glands to body causes a release of cortisol into the body to fight preeived threat

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mental health effect on Gastrointestinal system,

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eating habits may change and the feeling of butterflies in your stomach may occur

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Mental Status examination

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Based primarily on observational data gathered by nurses and interview questions, the MSE can be used to establish a baseline, evaluate changes over time, facilitate diagnosis, plan effective care, and evaluate response to treatment in clients with mental health and addiction.

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ABCT stands for

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appearance, behaviour, cognitive, thought process

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when observing patients appearance look for

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general presentation to others. What do they look like.
-Verbal non verbal
-afformation
-observe their posture

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When looking at patients behaviour look at

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mood and affect: expressing the prevailing feelings through mood (a sustained emotion that is being expressed) and affect (a display of feelings or state of mind)
-observe speech

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When observing patent cognition look at

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Consciousness: be aware of feelings, thoughts, and environment
Oritented: aware of objective world
MemoryL ability to set down and store experiences and perceptions
Attention and concentration
Reasoning

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When observing patient thinking look at

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perception, content, process, insight, judgement

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TRUST Spiritual dimensions

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Traditions, reconciliation, understand, search, teachers

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8 dimensions od wellness

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environmental, emotional, financial, social, spiritual , occupational, physical, intellectual

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When interviewing a patient what are 4 important things to implement

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building rapport, enhancing accuracy, ensuring safety, engaging in trauma informed practices

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Reorientation phase of interview

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-Preparation (reading chart; centering self)
-Privacy (ideally a spot of the patient’s choice

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Orientation phase of interview

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-Clear explanation of purpose and length of assessment
-Timely statements of context & relevance prn throughout

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OARS

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Open ended questions, affirmations, reflection, summarization

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Mental health is not just the

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absence of mental health disorders or disabilities

22
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mental health

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a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life,

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Mental illness

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Characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or behaviour associated with significant distress and impaired functioning.