Test Review Flashcards
Etiology of mental disorders
Abnormal response to stress- stuck in a fight or flight stage
Define mental disorder
Maladaptive response to stressors from internal or external environment evidenced by thoughts, feelings, or behaviors incongruent with local or cultural norms
General adaptation syndrome- stages
Alarm stage
Resistance stage
Stage of exhaustion or death
Types of admissions
Voluntary
Involuntary
Voluntary admission
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Initiated by patient
Formal agreement to be hospitalized
Involuntary admission
Not requested by patient
Need for emergency evaluation
Must be formally discharged
When you can force Meds
Mentally incompetent
In emergency
Endangers another person
DSM IV
1- clinical disorders 2- personality disorders 3- general medical conditions 4- psychosocial problems 5- global assessment of functioning (#s)
Phases of nurse patient relationship
Preinteraction
Orientation phase
Working phase
Termination phase
Confidentiality
Need trust and rapport, be honest
Trust
Necessary to develop any relationship, must be earned, keep promises, be honest, be confidential
Therapeutic use of self
Ability to use ones personality consistently and to full awareness in attempt to establish relatedness and structure interventions
Being supportive in nurse to relationship
Empathy and genuineness
Ethical treatment
Christian values- do to others as you would have done to you
Types of therapeutic communication
Silence, accepting, recognition, offering yourself, offer general lead, restate, reflect, focus, explore present reality
Non therapeutic communication
Reassurance, rejection, giving your opinion or advice, defending, belittling, denial, interpreting
Erik Ericsson
Basic assumption that social factor is more important in personality development, critical tasks must be achieved at each stage
Harry stack Sullivan
Personality and experiences relate to anxiety- good me, bad me, not me
Need for family therapy
Preferred unit of treatment, framework views pt as expressing pathology within his or her family
Benefits of group therapy
Explores patients goals, insights, problem solving strategies, concerns, and feelings, modeling