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Mental Health
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pts with chronic/progressive illness are more prone to | Depression and suicide |
| REBT states | People are accepted unconditionally |
| Type of therapy that enforces that we can't change the past and need to develop socially acceptable behavior | Reality therapy |
| Major concern for psychiatric pts | Safety |
| Hyperviligence and flashbacks are common with | PTSD |
| The phobia of open spaces | Agoraphobia |
| This personality has a major concern for self-injury and has a history of unstable relationships | Borderline |
| This personality lacks empathy, have a need for admiration and a sense of entitlement | Narcissistic |
| This personality lacks social relationships and a range of emotions, and are discomforted by interpersonal relationships | Schizoid |
| Includes racing thoughts and forced speech | Mania |
| Pt displays depressed mood for at least two years to receive a diagnosis of this | Dysthymia |
| Pts with disturbed sleep, depressed mood and thoughts of death may be suffering a what | Major depressive episode |
| Axis 1 | Psychiatric syndromes |
| Axis 2 | Personality disorders and mental retardation |
| Axis 3 | General medical conditions |
| Axis 4 | Psycho-social and environmental problems |
| Axis 5 | Global assessment of functioning |
| A pt refusing to discuss an issue is using what as a defense mechanism | Repression |
| Pts taking neuroleptics may develop ticks (ex: lip smacking), this is known as | Tardive dyskinesia |
| What should a nurse do with a paranoid pt | Explain all procedures before performing |
| This personality engages in attention seeking behaviors | Histrionic |
| This personality has social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation | Avoidant |
| Ritualistic or repetitive behaviors that a pt carries out continuously | Compulsions |
| Occurs when a person inflicts illness or injury on someone else to gain attention | Munch-howsens |
| Repeating | Echolalia |
| Mirroring of movements | Echopraxia |
| Refusing to speak | Mutism |
| Statue-like state | Catalepsy |
| Loss of interest in hobbies | Anhedonia |
| Manic pts benefit from a reduction of what | Environmental stimuli |
| Life threatening reaction r/t neuroleptic meds. Exhibited by: rigidity, fever, diaphoresis, sudden altered LOC | Neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
| Involves using opposite behavior from what would be expected for a given situation | Reaction formation |
| Clients suffering from mental illness have a higher incidence of _1_ and the nurse should watch for _2_ symptoms upon admission | 1. Substance abuse 2. Withdrawl |
| S/S of withdrawl | Tweaking, formication, hallucinations, delirium tremens |
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