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Mental Health Patient Rights (Voluntary)   They retain all civil rights afforded to all people.  
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Mental Health Pt rights Involuntary   They retain all civil right afforded to all people except leaving the hospital  
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Involuntary admission   Hospitalized against their will until they no longer pose a threat to themselves or others  
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Conservatorship   Gravely disabled, incompetent, cannot provide food clothing and shelter for themselves, cannot act in their own best interest  
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Least restrictive environment   Central to deinstitutionalization movement. Pt does not have to hospitalized for treatment if possible to treat as outpatient or group environment. Pt must be free form restraints and seclusion.  
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Restraints   Direct application of physical force to a person with or with out his permission.  
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Seclusion   Involuntary confinement of a person in a specially constructed room with surveillance abilities  
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Standards of care   Nursing care that meets ot exceed expectations and is what another nurse would do in the same situation.  
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Tort   Wrongful acts that result in injury, loss, or damage  
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Unintentional Tort   Negligence and malpractice  
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Negligence   Causing harm by failing to do what a reasonable and prudent person would do in a similar circumstance.  
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Malpractice   A type of negligence that refers to a professional (nurse, doctors)  
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Malpractice proof   Duty:A legal recognized relationshipBreach of duty:fsiling to conform to standards of careInjury or damage:Suffered some type of loss, damage or injuryCausation:The breach of duty was the direct cause of the injury or damage.  
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Intentional tort   Voluntary acts that result in harm, example is assult, battery, and false imprisonment  
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Assault   Causes a fear of being touched in a way that is offensive, insulting, or physically injurious without consent or authority  
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Battery   Harmful or unwarranted contact with a client, with or without actual injury  
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False imprisonment   Unjustified detention of a clientsuch as inappropriate use of restraint or seclusion  
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Proof of intentional tort   1. Willful and voluntary act2. Intended to bring about consequences or injury3.The act was a substantial factor in causing injury or consequences  
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The best prevention of a lawsuit   documentation  
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Restraint   Application of physical force with or without consent to restrict freedom of movement (Human, mechanical or both types of force)  
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Seclusion   Involuntary confinement of a person in a special constructed , locked room equipped for visual monitoring,  
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Duty to warn Tarasoff VS.Regents of UC   Mental health clinicians have a duty to warn a 3rd party of threats  
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Nursing liability   Standard of care meets expectstions and is what another nurse in the situation would do.  
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Tort   A wrongful act the results in injury, loss, or damage.  
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Unintentional tort   Negligence and malpractice  
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Negligence   An unintentional tort that involves causing harm by failing to do what a reaconable and prudent person would do in a similar situation  
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Malpractice   A type of negligence the refers specifically to professionals such as nurses and doctors  
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Proof of malpractice:   Duty:legally recognized relationshipBreach of duty:fail to conform to standards of care thereby brasching existing dutyInjury or damage:suffered loss, injury, or damageCausation:Breach of duty direct cause of loss, damage or injury  
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Best way to prevent liability suits?   Documentation  
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Self efficacy   The belief that personal abilities and efforts affect the events of our lives  
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4 Main skills to make life changes:   1.Experience success or mastery of overcoming obstacles2.Social modeling3.Social persuasion (persuading people to believe in themselves)4.Reducing stress, building physical strength, and learning how to positively interpret physical sensations  
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Hardiness   The Ability to resist illness when under stress  
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3 components to hardiness:   1.Commitment2.Control3.Challenge  
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Culture   Socially learned behaviors, values, beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking of a population that guides its members views of themselves and the world.  
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Resilience:   Having healthy responses to stressful circumstances or risky situations.  
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Resourcefulness:   Using problem solving abilities and believing that one can cope with adverse ot novel situations  
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Spirituality:   The essence of a persons being and his beliefs about life and the purpose for living  
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Sense of belonging:   The feeling of connectedness with or involvement in a social system or environment of which a person feels an integral part of. A person feels worthwhile within the system.  
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Value:   Refers to feeling needed and accepted. Part of a sense of belonging  
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Fit:   Refers to feeling that one meshes ot fits in with the system or environment. Part of a sense of belonging  
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A sense of belonging was found to promote...   Health  
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A lack of belonging leads to...   Impaired health.  
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Social networks   Groups of people whom one knows and with whom one feels connected.  
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Social support   Emotional sustenance that comes from friends, family members, and even health care providers who help a person when a problem arises.  
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Social contact   Does not always provide social supoort (small talk)  
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Social organization   family structure and organization, religious values and beliefs, ethnicity, and culture  
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Mood disorders are also called...   Affective disorders  
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Euthymic   Average affect and activity  
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Primary mood disorders   Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder  
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Major depressive episode...   lasts for 2 weeks or more and has a depressed moood or loss of pleasure in all activities  
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Mania   A distinct period in which mood is abnormally and persistantly elevated, expansive, or irritable (typically lasts 1 week)  
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Bipolar I disorder   One or more manic episodes usually accompanied by major depressive episodes  
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Bipolar II disorder   one or more major depressive episodes accompanied by at least one hypomanic episode  
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Hypomania   a period os abnormally and persistantly elevated , expansive, or irritable mood lasting 4 days and including 3 or four additional symptoms  
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