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Factors affecting Mental health   inherited characteristics, life circumstances, nurturing  
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Life circumstances can be either:   positive or negative  
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ways to maintain mental health   interpersonal communication, ego defense mechanisms, significant others/support, personal strategies  
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3 ways for an adult to admitted psychiatrically   voluntary, emergency or involuntary  
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voluntary psychiatric admission   client requests or is willing to be admitted and accepts treatment  
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involuntary admission   client is admitted against their will when less drastic measures are not appropriate; legal process involving a formal petition and a determination made in court  
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emergency admission   occurs when the client acts in a way that indicates they are mentally ill and pose a danger to themselves or others; each state differs on the procedure, but typically it is a set amount of time a person can be held.  
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areas of potential liability for a nurse with mental health patients   homicide, controlled substance violation, fraud, theft, defamation, assault, battery, invasion of privacy, false imprisonment, negligence  
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elopement   client runs away from facility; caregivers may be held liable if injury occurs to anybody  
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duty to warn   in situations where harm or death may occur, mental health care workers have a duty to protect potential victims from harm or death.  
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what is added and focused on in an assessment of a patient in a mental health facility   Mental status exam; includes: general description, emotional state, experience/perceptions, thinking, sensorium/cognition, intellectual ability, judgment  
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nursing diagnosis this semester related to mental health   anxiety, dist. body image, impaired verbal comm., acute/chronic confusion, ineffective coping, R/F injury, impaired memory, chronic low self-est, social isolation, disturbed sensory perception, R/F suicide, R/F (other/self) directed violence, wandering  
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