Week 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What is the definition of mental health?
State of well-being in which everyone can realize thier own potential, cope with the normal stress of life, work productively, and contribute to the community.
What does mental health provide people with?
Capacity for rational thinking, communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem
What is considered emotional problems or concerns?
Mild to moderate distress
Mild or temporary impairment
What is considered mental illness?
Markes distress
Moderate, disabling, or chronic impairment
What attributes contribute to mental health?
Rational thinking
Effective coping
Resiliency
Self-control
Self-awareness
Developmentally on task
Happiness
Positive self-concept
Learning and productivity
Effective communication
Meaningful relationships
Spiritual satisfaction
Fight stigma:
Talk…
openly about mental health
Fight stigma:
Educate yourself…
and others on mental health
Fight stigma:
Be conscious …
of your language
Fight stigma:
Show empathy and…
compassion for those living with mental illness
Fight stigma:
Stop the criminalization…
of those living with mental illness
Fight stigma:
Push back against…
the way people who live with mental illness are portrayed in the media
Fight stigma:
Advocate…
for mental health reform
Fight stigma:
Encourage equality in…
how people perceive physical and mental health
Fight stigma:
See the…
person not the illness
What is the purpose of mental health parity?
Parity = equivalence
How can we achieve mental health parity?
Require insurance companies to provide equal treatment coverage for psychiatric disorders
Barriers to mental health access:
mental health need…
is increasing
Barriers to mental health access:
Long waits such as…
60-90 days for appt, delay in follow up care
Barriers to mental health access: Cost such as…
Income
Insurance parity
Barriers to mental health access: Knowledge and
STIGMA
Barriers to mental health access: feeling like…
just a number
Client rights:
Receive…
treatment
Client rights: Refuse…
treatment
Client rights: Be treated with…
dignity
Client rights: be involved…
in treatment and planning decisions
Client rights: leave the hospital…
against medical advice
Client rights: be protected.,,
against harming self or others
Client rights: a timely…
evaluation in the event of involuntary
Client rights: hospitalization and…
legal counsel
Client rights: communicate privately…
by telephone and in person
Client rights: informed…
consent
Client rights: least restrictive…
means of treatment
Client rights: participate in…
religious worship
Client rights: have…
confidentiality
Least restrictive means of treatment: access the patient…
to see what’s wrong
Least restrictive means of treatment: encourage the patient…
to go to their room to decrease stimulation
Least restrictive means of treatment: offer…
PRN medications orally
Least restrictive means of treatment: escort…
to a secluded area
Least restrictive means of treatment: administer…
PRN medications IM
Least restrictive means of treatment: restraints…
only used if patient is danger to self or others
What is a therapeutic milieu?
Refers to the surroundings and physical environment of the inpatient hospital unit
What does a therapeutic milieu provide?
Since of security/safety
Real life training ground for practicing communication and coping skills
Activities
RULES
Reality orientation
What is containment?
Provision of basis needs, such as food, shelter, safety and security
What is support?
offer encouragement, praise, positive feedback
What is validation?
respecting privacy, cultural needs, feelings lead to the client’s holistic health
What is structure?
Control and limitation of maladaptive behaviors and settings limits
What is involvement?
Promoting the self-efficacy of the client
What are the 5 parts of therapeutic milieu?
Containment
Support
Validation
Structure
Involvement
What is deinstitutionalization?
Legislation that resulted in the mass movement of severely mentally ill persons from state hospitals to outpatient care
What is the definition of stigma?
Widespread fear and misunderstanding of mental illness
What is stigma heightened by?
focus on extraordinary symptoms in film and literature
What is the diathesis-stress model?
Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Diathesis-stress model:
What is stress?
environmental stress or trauma
What model is the most accepted explanation for mental illness?
diathesis-stress model
Diathesis-stress model: What is the diathesis?
Biological predisposition
What does NAMI stand for?
National Alliance for Mental Illness
What are the goals of NAMI?
Communicating
Eliminating
Advocating
Improving
Integrating
Services
NAMI goals: Communicating…
that mental illnesses are brain disorders
NAMI goals: Eliminating…
stigma and discrimination
NAMI goals: Advocating…
for people with mental illness
NAMI goals: Improving…
access to treatment services
NAMI goals: Integrating…
mental illness into community life
NAMI goals: Services…
Support groups
Educational programs
Public Awareness events
Family to family
In our own voice
Participation station
Warm line
NAMI Walk
What is victimization?
Verbal abuse, bullying, threats, theft, physical assaults, rape
What is dual diagnosis?
co-occuring mental illness and substance use disorder
What is an acute care hospital?
Highly structured setting that optimizes safety and addresses crisis intervention
Average length of acute care hospital stay?
3-7 days
What is voluntary admission?
Both the individual and the health care professionals agree with the need for treatment and hospitalization. The individual signs a consent for treatment
How long can an individual be involuntarily held?
72 hrs against will
During a 72 hour hold…
Pt may become better with treatment and sign themselves in thus becoming voluntary
After 72 hour hold and patient still doesn’t want to be in hospital…
Healthcare professionals deem it necessary, court system must be petitioned for further care
Medication adherence def:
Managing one’s own care based on the plan of care developed as part of the health care team. Sticking to this developed plan of care
Recovery definition:
process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
Partial hospitalization definition:
Alternative for those that continue to need some supervision but are not appropriate for inpatient hospitalization
When is long-term hospitalization recommended?
Recommended if patient requires longer than 7 days for illness/symptom stabilization
Resilience definition:
Ability and capacity to secure resources needed to support well-being
What is resilience characterized by?
Optimism; Sense of mastery; Competence; Essential to recovery
What is the parietal lobe responsible for?
Receive and identify sensory information
Concept formation and abstraction
Proprioception and body awareness
Reading, mathematics
Right and left orientation
What is the frontal lobe responsible for?
Personality
Formulate goals
Initiate, plan, terminate actions
Decision making
Insight
Motivation
Social judgment
Voluntary motor ability starts in frontal lobe
What is the temporal lobe responsible for?
Language comprehension
Stores sounds into memory
Connects with limbic system “the emotional brain”
What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
Interprets visual images
Visual association
Visual memories
Language formation
What does damage to the frontal lobe cause?
• Paralysis, Inability to plan sequence of steps/actions; Persistence of a single thought (Perseveration) ***); Inability to focus on task (Attending); Mood changes (Emotionally Labile); Personality changes; Difficulty with problem solving; Inability to express language (Broca’s Aphasia)
What is inability to express language term?
Broca’s Aphasia
What is Broca’s aphasia?
Inability to express language
What does damage to the parietal lobe cause?
Problems with reading, naming objects, drawing, & math.; Difficulty in distinguishing left from right. Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space. Apraxia: difficulty controlling fine and gross motor movement; (Schizophrenia & nihilistic delusions: things or even everything does not exist
What is apraxia?
difficulty controlling fine and gross motor movement
Apraxia is associated with damage to the…
parietal lobe
Schizophrenia and nihilistic delusions are associated with damage to the…
parietal lobe
What does damage to the temporal lobe cause?
Prosopagnosia: Difficulty in recognizing faces ; Wernicke’s Aphasia: Difficulty in understanding spoken words; Difficulty with identification of, and verbalization about objects.; Short term memory and long-term memory loss.; Manic symptoms such as: Increased or decreased interest in sexual behavior, persistent talking.; Increased aggressive behavior.
What is difficulty in recognizing faces?
Prosopagnosia
What is Wernicke’s aphasia?
Difficulty in understanding spoken words
What two conditions are associated with damage to the temporal lobe?
Wernicke’s aphasia
Prosopagnosia