psych exam 1 Flashcards
(106 cards)
what is token economy
reward system
explain the difference between biologic, psychological, and social assessments
biologic- all about the person and their hx and physical wellbeing
psychological- abt mental health and mental status
social- influences on social forces like friends and fam and status of life
what are 4 steps of the nursing process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Intervention
Evaluation
suicide definition
voluntary act of killing oneself, a fatal, self-inflicted destructive act
suicidality definition
all suicide-related behaviors and thoughts of completing or attempting
suicidal ideation definition
thinking about or planning ones death
suicidal attempts definition
nonfatal self-inflicted destructive act
parasuicide definition
attempt but with the real intention to not be death
lethality definition
probability of success of completed suicide
what are some short term goals for the patient
maintain pt safety & use pt resources
what are some long term goals for the patient
maintaining pt psychiatric treatment and widening the pts support system
what is psychobiology
the study of the biological foundations of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes
frontal lobe functions
cognitive functioning
working memory
personality
temporal lobe functions
hearing, language, emotional responses
parietal lobe functions
feeling and spacial awareness
occipital lobe functions
vision and voluntary movements- basal ganglia (bundle of nerves)
“gyroscope balancer”
cerebellum
“pleasure center”
limbic system
limbic system functions
basic emotions
needs and drives
instinct
“relay station”
thalamus
“homeostasis regulator”
hypothalamus
“emotional brain”
amygdala
personality disorders come from the disregulation of what
amygdala
“memory center”
hippocampus