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Mental Health Quiz 1

Intro to Mental Health

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What is the universal definition of psychiatric mental health? There isn't one
What does it mean that symptomology fluctuates dynamically? The patient can be fine one day and bad the next
What did Dorothea Dix do? Improved care for those that were in asylums
Who was Linda Richards? The first American trained mental health nurse
What did Harriet Bailey do? She wrote the first nursing textbook mental health nursing
When were the first mental health medicines created? Around 1950
What is the DSM Classifies mental illness and presents guidelines and diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders; - can be used to understand what is going on with the pt
What are some factors that impede mental health care? -Access to care -Ability to pay for care -Availability of care
What is ethnocentrism? The tendency to believe that one's way of thinking, believing and behaving is superior
Physical & Psychological Responses -Fight or Flight response - Anxiety - Ineffective Coping - Use of defense mechanisms - Denial - Guilt - Grief
Care Settings - Inpatient hospital - Outpatient hospital - Outpatient clinic -Day or night care - Shelters - Assisted Living centers - Nursing homes
Average length of stay in mental health hospital 5-7 days
Freud Theory Id: the pleasure principle; what makes you want to have fun Ego: the rational self; keeps the id in check Super Ego: the perfection principle; can cause distress if you have an inability to function unless it's perfect
Erikson Theory Psychological development; the only theorist that covers lifespan (childhood-adulthood)
Piaget Theory Cognitive development in children
Peplau Theory Interpersonal; development of problem-solving skills in children
Stages at birth-18 month Erikson: Trust vs Mistrust Freud: Oral stage or infancy Piaget: Sensorimotor
Normal findings at birth-18 months attachment to primary caregiver; develops simple motor skills; moves from instant gratification to coping with anxiety; learns about self through the environment
Stages at 18mo-3yr Erikson: Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt Freud: Anal stage or toddlerhood Piaget: Preoperational
Normal findings at 18mo-3yr Learns to manipulate environment; learns self control in toilet training; parallel play and develops expressive language and symbolic play
Stages at 3yr-6yr Erikson: Initiative vs Guilt Freud: Phallic Stage or preschool Piaget: Preoperational Intuitive
Normal findings at 3yr-6yr Learns symbols and concepts; assertiveness, against environment; learns sex role identity
Stages at 6yr-12 yr Erikson: Industry vs Inferiority Freud: Latency stage or school age Piaget: Concrete operational
Normal Findings at 6yr-12yr Sees cause and effect and draws conclusions; develops allegiance to friends; uses energy to industriously create and perform tasks; shows competency in school and with friends
Stages at 12yr-18yr Erikson: Identity vs Role Diffusion Freud: Genital stage or adolescence Piaget: Formal operational
Normal Findings at 12yr-18yr Thinks abstractly; uses logic, reason and scientific reason; masters independence through rebellion; develops firm sense of self; is strongly influenced by peers; develops sexual maturity; explores sexual relationships
Erikson: Intimacy vs Isolation 18-30 years Develops lasting intimate relationships and good work relationships
Erikson: Generativity vs Stagnation 30-65 years Establishes a family and oversees next generation; is productive; shows concern for others
Erikson: Integrity vs Despair 65 years - death Sees own life as meaningful; is productive; accepts physical changes
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