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Module 11
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cognitive: | Refers to the act of or faculty of knowing. |
| Impairment: | Refers to being less in quality and/or strength. |
| Delusion of Grandeur: | Involves a persons high opinion of self worth. |
| The highest level of anxiety is: | Panic |
| Anxiety is: | A vague and uneasy feeling. |
| Obsession is: | A persistent thought or idea. |
| Acute confusion is: | Generally reversable |
| Chronic confusion is: | Not reversable |
| Parkinson's disease: | Is a chronic disorder of the nervous system manifested by tremors and muscle weakness. It generally strikes in middle to late life and can be treated(not cured) with medication and surgery. |
| Affect: | Refers to feelings and emotions. |
| Conscious: | Means to be aware of your environment and experiences. |
| Delusion: | A belief that is not true. |
| Delusion of false persecution: | A false belief that one is mistreated or abused. |
| Emotional Illness: | Is a psychiatric |
| Hallucination | Involves seeing, hearing, or feeling something that is not real. |
| Panic | Is generally sudden onset and involves fear. |
| Paranoia | Is a disorder of the mind involving false beliefs and suspicions about a person or situation. |
| Personality | Involves the set of attitudes, values, beliefs, characteristics and behaviors of a certain person. |
| Phobia | Involves fear, panic and dread. |
| Subconscious | Retains memories, past experiences, and thoughts of which you may not be aware, they can be easily recalled, however sometimes these thoughts are buried very deep inside. |
| Eating disorders: | Anorexia Nervosa and Bulemia |
| Schizophrenia: | Is a type of psychosis, involves inappropriate emotional reactions. Involves being withdrawn from social relationships and can involve delusions and hallucinations. |
| Sundowning: | Typically occurs in afternoon and evening. To help, provide quiet and calm environment, Dont use restraints, promote elimination of bowels and urine. Distract and redirect client calmly. |
| Life Review | Thinking about and reflecting on one's past and what they mean to the person, possibly resolving unresolved issues. |
| Reality Orientation | Orienting someone to person, place and time. Do not try and force reality on a person with dementia. |
| Reminiscence | Systemic review of past happenings and recapturing the emotions and feelings associated with the memories. |
| Rationalization | Giving a logical reason for behaviour. |
| Hallucination | Hearing or seeing things that are not real. |
| Other causes of dementia can be: | Huntington's disease, nutritional deficits, alcohol, diabetes, trauma and mental health issues. |
| Alzheimer disease is confirmed by: | The plaques and tangles in the brain. |
| Confusion can be: | Both acute(delirium) or chronic(dementia) |
| Psychiatric Disorder | Involves mental/emotional disorder or illness. |
| Psychometer | Involves muscle movement that results from a mental process. |
| Psychosis | A serious disorder, not reality. |
| Stress | Is the response or change in the body caused by an emotional, physical, social or/and economical factor. |
| Aggression | Hostile or violent behavior, behavior that is considered threatening. |
| Bipolar | There are different types of Bipolar disease. It is a brain disorder that causes severe shifts in mood, behavior and ability to function. |
| Repression | Keeping unpleasant and painful thoughts from unconscious mind. |
| Displacement | Transfers or directs emotions to safe source, not the source of emotion. |
| Validation Therapy | Is walking with a person in their reality instead of trying to change it. |
| How often should you check someone in restraints? | Every 15 minutes, every 2 hours they need a break and to have the restraints removed. |
| What are behaviors that occur with Alzheimer's? | Aggression, paranoia, repetitious movements, restlessness, sundowning, unusual behavior, non verbal or loss of communication skills and unusual sexual behaviors. |
| What are ways to support someone with dementia who wanders? | Redirect as needed, exercise them, and provide activities to keep them happy and occupied. |
| Reaction formation | When a person acts in a way that is opposite of what they actually feel. |
| Regression | To retreat or move back to an earlier time or condition. |
| Defense Mechanisms | is the unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threatening feelings. |
| Antisocial behavior | Lack of regard for morals and standards of local culture and inability to get along with others. |
| Apathy | Indifference or absence of emotional feeling. |
| Apraxia | Inability to move muscles used to speak, cannot use motor movements needed for speech. |
| Stage One Dementia | Poor judgement, Withdrawn and lack of interest, Loss of initiation. |
| Stage Two Dementia | Impaired senses, cant identify hot or cold for example, Sundowning and behaviors are present. |
| Stage Three Dementia | Totally incontinent, seizures, Cant recognize self in the mirror |
| Stigma | A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. There is alot of stigmas concerning mental health. |
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Katie A
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