Exam 2 Flashcards
What are the admission criterias
Something acute and very serious, such as hurting yourself or someone else, or extremely disabled in need of long term care
Assertive Community Treatment
People in the community who help to keep people from reentering the hospital
- works with patients in home, hospitals, agencies, or clinics
- provides support and resources
- on call 24/7
What are some patient rights
Right to vote
Right to send and receive mail
Right to confidentiality
Right to informed research
Right to least restrictive means of treatment
Right to keep personal belongings unless dangerous
Right to participate in religious worship
A treatment strategy aimed at support and preventing further declines in psychiatric functioning
Stabilization
The process of sorting people based on their need for immediate treatment as compared to their chance of benefiting from such care
Triage
A civil wrong for which money damages or other reliefs may be obtained by the injured party (plaintiff) from the wrongdoer (defendant)
Used by the patient for a sum of money. Damages include and must include pain and/or suffering. Nurses are to be educated and current as to what they are responsible for.
Tort
Deterioration of mental health and loss of control due to an inability to compensate for mental illness due to stress
Decompensation
A program that coordinates services for individual patient care
Psychiatric case management
A setting that places the least restrictions are choices and freedom
Least restrictive environment
Legislation that resulted in the mass movement of severely mentally ill (SMI) persons from state hospitals to outpatient care
Deinstitutionalization
What are some barriers to mental health treatment
Stigma associated with mental health disorders
Scarcity of care in rural areas
Inability to afford health insurance
Fragmented care for children and adults with mental illness
High unemployment/disability among seriously mental ill
Under treatment of older adults
Lack of mental health being a national priority
What is the main difference between Eastern and Western Traditions?
Eastern: Family is the basis for everything
Western: Autonomy, independence, and self reliance are the basis for everything
Ethnopharmacy
Occurs because different cultures/ethnicity react to medications differently
Pharmacogenetics
A new field of study focusing on how genes affect individual responses to medications
(Some individuals have altered drug metabolisms)
The expression of psychological stress through physical symptoms
Somatization
