Chapter 23

Question 1

Activities of daily living

Answer 1

The basic activities a person usually accomplishes during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing.

Question 2

Altered Mental Status

Answer 2

A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease.

Question 3

behavior

Answer 3

how a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment.

Question 4

Behavioral crisis

Answer 4

the point at which a person’s reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency. when it causes a major life life interruption, such as attempted suicide.

Question 5

Behavioral health emergency

Answer 5

An emergency in which abnormal behavior threatens a person’s own health and safety.

Question 6

depression

Answer 6

A persistant mood of sadness despair and discouragement may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders.

Question 7

excited delirium

Answer 7

a Serious behavioral condition in which a person exhibits agitated behavior combined with disorientation.

Question 8

functional disorder

Answer 8

a disorder in which there is no known physiologic reason for the abnormal functioning of an organ or organ system.

Question 9

organic brain syndrome

Answer 9

Temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain caused by a disturbance in the physical or physiologic functioning of brain tissue.

Question 10

positional asphyxia

Answer 10

restriction of chest wall movements and/or airway obstruction; can rapidly lead to sudden death.

Question 11

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Answer 11

a delayed reaction to a prior incident. Often the result of one or more conditions concerning the incident, and may relate to an incident that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm.

Question 12

Psychiatric disorder

Answer 12

An illness with psychological or behavriol symptoms and/or impairment in functioning caused by a social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, or biologic disturbance.

Question 13

Psychosis

Answer 13

A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality.

Question 14

Schizophrenia

Answer 14

A complex difficult-to-identify mental disorder whose onset typically occurs during early adult hood. Symptoms typically become more prominent over time and include delusions, hallucinations, a lack of interest in pleasure, and eratic speech