M12 Mental Heatlh Flashcards

1
Q

Anxiety

A

Emotional response

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Stress

A

Any external physical, physiological or psychological force that disrupts the equilibrium

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Fear

A

A cognitive response to a threatening stimuli

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

How many anxiety levels are there

A

4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Mild anxiety level

A

increased alertness, open to learning and receiving information

Deadline effectiveness
Test success

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Moderate anxiety level

A

Starting to lose concentration

Increase in HR, sweating, tremors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Severe anxiety level

A

Inability to focus or communicate
No clear thought, distracted by details
Sense of impending doom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Panic anxiety level

A

Client is immobilized
Difficulty speaking
Completely unable to function or focus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome

GAS ARE

A

Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

During Alarm stage of stress what hormones are released

A

Epinephrine

Cortisol

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

A

Unrealistic and excessive

Worrying for more days than not in a 6m period

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

A
Restlessness
Fatigue
Impaired concentration
Irritability
Muscle tension
Sleep disturbance

MUST HAVE 4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

GAD develops during _

with a common comorbidity of _

A

Middlechildhood-adolescence

Depression

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Before a panic diagnosis is made

_ develops as a complication of panic disorder

A

Rule out all other conditions

Agoraphobia - being alone in a public area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Panic disorder s/s

onset age

A
Dyspnea
Palpitation
Chest pain
SOB/choking
Faintness
Fear of dying
Dizziness

20y/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

OCD

A

Recurrent thoughts or behaviors that can not be controlled

17
Q

Anorexia

A

Not eating enough or starving your self

BMI less than 16

18
Q

Bulimia

A

Binging and purging

19
Q

PTSD

A

Re-experience traumatic event in recollection or nightmares.

20
Q

PTSD s/s

A
Numbness
Sleep disturbances
Avoidance
Depression
Violent outbursts
Memory impairment
Panic 
Substance abuse
21
Q

PTSD diagnosing involves having all of the following for at least 1 month

A

1 reexperience
1 avoidance
2 arousals and reactivities
2 cognition and mood

22
Q

Meds for anxiety

A

Benzodiazepines - slow down brain

SSRI - blocks serotonin reuptake

23
Q

Legal intoxication

A

Alcohol level greater than 0.08

24
Q

Alcohol cns depression

A
Peripheral neuropathy
Alcohol myopathy
Wernicke's encephalopathy
Korsakoff's psychosis
Alcohol cardiomyopathy
GI-itis
Cirrhosis
Blood dyscrasia
Fetal alcohol syndrome
25
Q

Fetal cocaine babies s/s

A
Low birth weight
Premature
Small head
Short
Trembling/jittery
D/V
High pitched cry
26
Q

Neonatal abstinence occurs when mother takes

A
Amphetamines
Barbituates
Benzos
Cocaine
Marijuana
Opiates
27
Q

Alcohol fetal syndrome s/s

A
Small head
Low nasal bridge
Short eyelids
Flat midface
Short nose
Epicanthal folds
Thin upper lip
Underdeveloped jaw
28
Q

Detoxification med

A

Methadone