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Chp 1 Mental Health & Mental Illness Flashcards

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Entails both process of preventing and reducing effects of health disturbance after adversity.

The process of swift recovery from adversity-related Mental ill health

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Resiliency

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the scientific study of mental illness or disorders

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Psychopathology

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Culture affects how mental illness is defined

T or F

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T

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Running Amok

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Southeast Asia teenager males

Violent murderous spree that may end in suicide/death

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Pibloktoq

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Artic circle women will take off clothes

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Which countries have Anorexia

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Europe, North America, Australia

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Which Culture-Bound mental health problems affects the Algonquins

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Wendigo psychosis

Kill, eat human flesh, self-harm

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Stigma or Bias

Negative attitudes & beliefs about patient

Social stereotypes & misconceptions about patient

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Bias
Negative attitudes & beliefs about patient

Stigma
Social stereotypes & misconceptions about patient

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Mistrust in Mental Health Treatment is mostly seen in these types of groups?

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Populations that differ from majority culture

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____ % of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14

___ % by age 24

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50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14

75 % by age 24

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Orgin of most mental disorders occur in ___ abnormalities

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Intercellular

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Diathesis-Stress model

What does Diathesis mean?

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Mental disorder develops when an individual has a vulnerability or predisposition combined with exposure to stressful life events.

Diathesis = predisposition (nurture)

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Mental health parity (equivalence) act (1996)

Did what?

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Required insurance companies to provide equal treatment coverage for psychiatric disorders

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Epidemiology for mental disorders

Incidence vs Prevalence

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Incidence= number of new cases in a given time

Prevalence= number of cases regardless when they began

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DSM & ICD are both resources for…

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Diagnosis, description of mental & behavioral disorders

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According to PowerPoint

Greatest tool is the purposeful use of self. (Psy Nursing)

T or F

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T

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International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) developed by International Council of Nurses (ICN)

Does what…

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Provides standardized nursing diagnoses

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Continuum of Care

Health Promotion
Prevention
Treatment
Recovery

All designed to enhance factors of…

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Resilience

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The recovery model

mental disorder or substance dependence help that emphasizes and supports a person’s potential for recovery.

5 parts

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hope, social inclusion, community participation, personal goal setting and self-management.

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hope, social inclusion, community participation, personal goal setting and self-management.

Are the 5 core principles for…

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Recovery Model

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Recovery model is supported in 4 major dimensions (POWERPOINT)

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Home
Health
Purpose
Community

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Rehab or Recovery

Achieving patients’ goals of their choosing

Managing patients deficits

Helping to learn to live with illness

Patients lead increasingly productive and meaningful lives

Focuses on patients’ strengths

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Rehab
Managing patients deficits

Helping to learn to live with illness

Recovery
Achieving patients goals of their choosing

Patients lead increasingly productive and meaningful lives

Focuses on patients strengths

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uses proactive engagement and provides continuous, rapid, flexible and mobile team based care, 24/7

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Assertive
Community
Treatment

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Mnemonic to remember major depression

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Sleep
Interest
Guilt
Energy
Concentration
Appetite
Psychomotor
Suicide ideation

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First line of medication treatment for anxiety
SSRI
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Somastatin (Up or Down) = Cognitive disease , learning peptides
Down
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A frequent & severe SE of medication is called
Black Box warning
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Most prescribed SSRI
Excitlopram (Lexapro)
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This medication in low doses can help stop smoking. Contradicted in low weight & Seizures
Bupropion
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Lithium has narrow therapeutic range Can reduce suicide SE Polyuria, Drink lots of water. Toxicity looks like drunk with flu Should fine tremors be immediately reported?
No, but gross tremors yes
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Typical antipsychotics Fluphenazine & Haloperidol Have this feature in common
Long term Injectable 1st gen
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Clozapine Most affective Atypical 2nd generation Antipsychotics May lead to neutropenia What is safe number for ANC (Absolute Neutrophil Count)
>1500
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What do these medications have in common besides being 2nd generation Antipsychotics Aripiprazole, Olanzapine, Paliperidone, Risperidone
Long- term Injectable solutions
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Trihayphenidyl Artane Benadryl Cogentin Are used for....
EPS
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Name meds used for EPS
Artane - Trihayphenidyl Benadryl Cogentin
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Valbenasine Deutetrubenzine Are uses for....
Tardive dyskinesia treatment
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Most important factor in resilience
Inherited & biological factora
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Stigma / bias Negative attitudes & beliefs about patient Social stereotype and misconceptions about patients
Bias Negative attitudes & beliefs about patient Stigma Social stereotype and misconceptions about patients
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This level of serotonin Anxiety/ OCD
Low
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This level of serotonin Sexual side effects, Akathisia, EPS
Too much
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Level of NE Pain, memory learning, lack of focus Sex problem, HTN, Tachycardia
Low Pain, memory learning, lack of focus High Sex problem, HTN, Tachycardia
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This neurotransmitter Alzheimer's Injuries Consolidation of traumatic memories Cognitive function Behavior task
Glutamate
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* Altered levels of this neuromodulators are associated with cognitive disease
Somatostatin
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Substances that is released by neuron & transmits info to other neurons which alters their activities
Neuromodulators: Peptides
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Acute mania Therapeutic range 4 - 12 SE: Agranulocytosis/ SJS
Carbamazepine Tegretol
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Common SE of Carbamazepine NOT FOR PREGGERS Serious Side Effects Therapeutic range 4 - 12
Common: Anticholinergic, OH ,itchy, HTN, Ataxia, arrhythmias Serious: Agranulocytosis/ SJS
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Valproate (depakote) NOT FOR PREGGERS Therapeutic range 50 - 100 SE Labs to check
Weight gain, mental dull,tremor, hair loss, libido loss, thrombocytopenia, pancreatitis, liver failure Labs: AST, ALT ,ALBUMIN, CBC, AMMONIA
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Lamotrigine Helpful in depression with bipolar Therapeutic range 3 - 14 SE.....
Dizzy, Ataxia, blurred vision, Anticholinergic, photosensitivty
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What group are 2nd gen antipsychotic Contradicted in...
Dementia, CVA
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Off lable use of these meds include Anorexia Impulsively Refractory hiccups Antiemetics Personality disorders
Antipsychotics
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SE profile Somnolence Weight gain Photo sensitive EPS Anticholinergic Metabolic syndrome Cardiovascular disease QT prolongation Lower seizures threshold
Antipsychotic

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