De-escalation and use of force

Question 1

Any situation in which a person’s mental state endangers them or the others around them.

Answer 1

Mental Health Crisis

Question 2

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Answer 2

DSM-5

Question 3

An action or speech used to deliberately aggravate or annoy someone.

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Provocation

Question 4

A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

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Schizophrenia

Question 5

A mental condition signified by alternating periods of excitement and depression.

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Bipolar Disorder

Question 6

A disorder characterized by excessive or unrealistic anxiety about two or more aspects of life (work, social relationships, financial matters, etc.), often accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, or dizziness.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 7

A condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 8

Involves repeated, sudden episodes of impulsive, aggressive, violent behavior or angry verbal outbursts in which you react grossly out of proportion to the situation.

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Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Question 9

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.

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Clinical Depression

Question 10

Recognition or affirmation that a person or their feelings or opinions are valid or worthwhile.

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Validation

Question 11

Excessive use of psychoactive drugs, such as alcohol, pain medications, or illegal drugs. It can lead to physical, social, or emotional harm.

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Substance Abuse

Question 12

A chronic, progressive disease characterized by significant impairment that is directly associated with persistent and excessive use of a psychoactive substance.

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Substance Dependence

Question 13

Avoiding the use of judgement

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Non-Judgmental

Question 14

An unrealistic distrust of others or a feeling of being persecuted.

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Paranoia

Question 15

A belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence or agreement to the contrary, generally in reference to a mental disorder.

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Delusion

Question 16

When someone sees, hears, smells, tastes or feels things that don’t exist outside their mind.

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Hallucination

Question 17

The capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference.

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Empathy

Question 18

The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

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Reasoning

Question 19

A short-term management technique designed to reduce potential permanent damage to an individual affected by a crisis.

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Crisis Intervention

Question 20

A medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety.

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Anxiolytics

Question 21

Anti-psychotic medications work by altering brain chemistry to help reduce psychotic symptoms like hallucinations, delusions and disordered thinking.

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Anti-psychotic Medication

Question 22

An institution where patients with psychiatric disorders live while receiving treatment.

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Psychiatric Hospital

Question 23

Breaks mental illness into four categories. Loss of reality, loss of hope, loss of control, and loss of perspective.

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LOSS Model in Mental Illness