Week 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness

Question 1

What are the criteria for someone with good mental health?

Answer 1

Able to recognize own potential, cope with normal stress, work productively, make contribution to community.

Question 2

What are some traits mental health?

Answer 2

Think rationally, communicate appropriately, learn, grow emotionally, be resilient, have healthy self esteem, realistic goals.

Question 3

What can metal illness be defined as?

Answer 3

Significant dysfunction in mental functioning related to: development, biological, physiological. It is also culturally defined.

Question 4

What can temporarily cause mental illness?

Answer 4

UTI, head trauma, hormone levels

Question 5

What is resilience?

Answer 5

Ability and capacity to secure resources needed to support well being.

Question 6

What is resilience characterized by?

Answer 6

Optimism, sense of mastery, competence.

Question 7

What are risk and protective factors against mental illness?

Answer 7

Individual attributes and behaviors, social and economic factors, environmental factors

Question 8

What is diathesis?

Answer 8

Biological predisposition. Environmental stress or trauma related.

Question 9

What are most psychiatric disorders a result from?

Answer 9

Genetic vulnerability and environmental stressors.

Question 10

What are some examples of mental health care?

Answer 10

Consumer movement/recovery
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Surgeon General’s report on mental illness
Human Genome Project
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
BRAIN
Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDoC) Initiative

Question 11

What does the Mental Health Parity Act (1996) fund?

Answer 11

Parity=equivalence. Requires insurance to provide equal treatment coverage for psychiatric disorders.

Question 12

What does the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act offer?

Answer 12

Coverage for uninsured Americans, “Insurance mandate” for coverage.

Question 13

What is the leading cause of disability?

Answer 13

Major depressive disorder at 6.7% of prevalence.

Question 14

Groups that treated for mental illness studied for what?

Answer 14

Natural history of illness, diagnostic screening tests, and interventions.

Question 15

What does DSMV stand for?

Answer 15

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness

Question 16

What is the DSMV?

Answer 16

The official medical guidelines of the APA (American Psychiatric Association), for diagnosing psychiatric disorders.

Question 17

What is the DSMV based on?

Answer 17

Multi professional field traits.

Question 18

What does ICD-10-CM stand for?

Answer 18

The International Classification of Diseases 10e

Question 19

What is the ICD-10-CM?

Answer 19

The clinical description of mental and behavioral disorders including 2 classifications.

Question 20

What do mental health nurses do?

Answer 20

Promoting mental health through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.

Question 21

What 3 reference books do physic nurses typically use?

Answer 21

NANDA, NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classification) and NIC (I Nursing Interventions Classification).

Question 22

What are the two levels of psychiatric nursing?

Answer 22

Basic and advanced.

Question 23

What does basic level psychiatric level nursing entail?

Answer 23

PMH-RN, 2 years full time work, 2000 clinical hours, 30 hours continuing education, followed by exam to add “BC” to the RN title.

Question 24

What does advanced psychiatric nursing entail?

Answer 24

PMH-APRN, Master of science or doctorate

Question 25

What are some future challenges and roles?

Answer 25

Education, aging population, science/tech, legislation, patient advocacy.