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mental health 2013
mental health 2013 nursing 165
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Denial means | Unconscious refusal to accept an unacceptable idea or behavior |
| An alcoholic doesn’t acknowledge he/she has a problem. example of | denial |
| Rationalization means | Explaining away an unacceptable behavior in a way that superficially makes sense, but actually avoids the true explanation for the behavior |
| I drink because it’s the only way I can deal with my job.” example of | rationalization |
| Suppression means | Voluntary exclusion of anxiety-provoking thoughts |
| “I’ll think about that later.” example of | suppression |
| Repression means | Unconscious forgetting of painful events |
| An accident victim remembers nothing about the accident: example of | Repression |
| Intellectualization means | An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual process of logic, reasoning, and analysis. |
| An individual is told he has a life threatening disease & focuses exclusively on the statistical percentages of recovery. example of | Intellectualization |
| Identification means | An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires |
| A man, unable to accept that he has competitive or hostile feelings about an acquaintance, says, “He doesn’t like me.” :example of | Projection |
| Projection means | Feelings or impulses unacceptable to one’s self are attributed to another person. |
| A parent taking on the mistakes of their child as a reflection of their own competency: example of | Introjection |
| Introjection means | Beliefs and values of another individual are internalized and symbolically become a part of the self, to the extent that the feeling of separateness or distinctness is lost. |
| Compensation means | Involves over achieving in one area to compensate for failures or inadequacies in another. |
| A baseball player with a poor batting average may step up and improve his game defensively, example of | Compensation |
| Reaction formation means | Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors |
| Jane hates her mother who ignored her when growing up. Jane tells everyone “I have a wonderful mother whom I love very much.” example of | Reaction formation |
| Displacement | Feelings are transferred from one target to another that is considered less threatening or neutral. |
| A nursing student who is angry at the instructor scolds his/her child. example of | displacement |
| Conversion means | An unconscious physical response to anxiety, involving one of the senses. |
| Ex: On the day a man is to deliver a speech, he is unable to speak. | conversion |
| Undoing means | Engaging in behavior to atone or make up for an undesirable behavior |
| Ex: An abusive husband brings home flowers to make up for a fight the night before. | undoing example of |
| Isolation means | The separation of a thought or a memory from the feeling, tone, or emotions associated with it. |
| Ex: A bank teller appears calm and cool while frustrating a robbery but afterward is tearful and tremulous. | isolation |
| Sublimation means | Re-channeling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are more tolerable and constructive. |
| Ex: Turning the painful loss of a child into a campaign to increase child safety laws. | sublimation |
| Regression means | A retreat to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning. |
| Ex: A ten-year-old sucking his thumb when he gets sick | regression |
| Maturational (developmental) crises | associated with the normal phases of growth and development |
| Situational crises | occur in response to an event which can range from job change to catastrophic events. |
| Substance abuse | excessive use of a chemical substance and the resulting physical and psychological dependence that interferes with life’s activities |
| Dependence | condition that causes a habitual, compulsive, and uncontrollable urge to use a substance |
| Substance use | taking a chemical for pleasure without dependence |
| Substance misuse | use of chemicals for reasons other than their intended action |
| Addiction | negative outcomes after abusers stop using substances |
| Withdrawal syndrome | symptoms that may result if the drug is eliminated suddenly |
| Antidepressants :SSRIs | • Fluoxetine (Prozac®), • Sertraline (Zoloft®), • Escitalopram (Lexapro®), |
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