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Incomprehensibility

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The inability of the general public to understand the motivation behind behavior, regardless of cultural norm.

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Cultural relativity

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Determination of normal and abnormal behavior as defined by one’s cultural or societal norms.

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Describe Maslow’s

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1-Physiological 2-Safety3-love/belonging 4-esteem 5-self actualization

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Enculturation

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Gradual acquistinon of cultural norms

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Acculturalization

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assimilation to a different culture while maintaining cultural uniqueness

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Assimilation

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Process in which a minority culture begins to resemble a society’s major group

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What is General adaptation syndrome and what are the stages?

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Flight or fight
Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

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Compensation

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Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers desirable

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Rationalization and example

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Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasoning to justify unacceptable feelings or behavior
Turned down by a date- They were not interested anyway

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Denial

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I don’t have a drinking problem

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Reaction formation

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Preventing undesirable thoughts or behaviors by exaggerating opposite thoughts or behaviors
a father hating being a dad but dotting on his son

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Displacement ex

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Stress and jaden

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Identification

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AN attempt to increase self worth by acquiring certain attributes as an individual that one admires
Student failing a test and dressing like SF

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repression vs suppression

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R is involuntary

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intellectualization

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an attempt to avoid emotions by using logic

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Sublimation ex

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re channeling of drives or impulses that are socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive
Someone wanting to fight but playing sports instead

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Introjection

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integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into ones own ego structure.
boys don’t cry

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Isolation

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Separating thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or emotion associated with it
rape example

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undoing

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Negating or cancelling out an event

Thinking badly of someone and then being super kind to them

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projection

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Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable
to one to another person
ryan

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Five grief stages

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Denial, Anger, Bargaining, depression, acceptance

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Definition of crisis

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A sudden event in one’s life that disturbs homeostasis during which the usual coping mechanisms cannot resolve the problem

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Phases of a crisis

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1-exposure to stress
2-failure of coping
3-New ideas or problem solving
4 is prior phase is not successful panic or despair can result

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Dispositional crisis

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Come from lack of info
Who to ask
what to do
what job to take

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Crisis of anticipated life transition
events that take place in life
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Maturation crisis
Erickson
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Difference between crisis reflecting psychopathology and psychiatric emergency
a person can't deal because of mental health vs harm to self or others
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What is the crisis response | blueprint 7
Safety, communication, what happened, what is the plan, how do we get there, do it, review it.
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Roberts 7 stage crisis model
Psy and lethality assessment, rapidly establish rapport, identify major problems, deal with feelings, explore alternatives, implement action plan, follow up.
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What is the mental health first aid action plan
``` Assess risk for suicide/homicide Listen without judgment Give reassurance Encourage appropriate professional help Encourage self-help ```
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What is milieu therapy?
Structuring the therapeutic environment in order to improve the psychological health and well-being of the person or people involved.
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what are skinners basic assumptions for a therapeutic community
the health in each individual is to be realized and encouraged to grow Each interaction is an opportunity to grow owns environment owns behavior peer pressure is powerful inappropriate behavior is felt with as they occur restrictions and punishment are to be avoided
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in milieu ,what is promoting a therapeutic community 5 things
``` Containment structure involvement support validation ```
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explain frauds psychoanalytic theory
three parts conscious (aware), preconscious (can retrieve) and subconscious (repressed memories that are forgotten or nonessential)
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Id, Ego, and Superego
Id-Let's party Ego-mom and dad said we should not party Superego- never disobey
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Sullivan's Interpersonal theory and its major concept and self-esteem
Individual behavior and personality development are the direct result of interpersonal relationships. Satisfaction of needs and relief from anxiety drive behavior the good me, bad me, not me (dread, horror, awe, Loathing)
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What is peplau's theory and 4 that go with it
``` Stages of personality development learning to count on others learning to delay satisfaction identifying oneself developing skills in participation ```
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name a cognitive theorist and the goal
Beck assit clients to challenge irrational thoughts or false beliefs
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all or nothing thinking
I am either a success or a failure
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Overgeneralization
This happened one time so it happens all of the time
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mental filter or disqualifying the positive
Only seeing the bad
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magnification or minimization
Accomplishments are minimized or small events are magnified
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Emotional reasoning
concluding that something is real because of an emotional response
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personalization
Blaming just yourself or someone else for something that is happening.
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Pavlov vs skinner
classical conditioning-association | operant conditioning-learned through positive or negative reinforcement
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What is biological theory
Belief that mental health disorders have an organic or physical cause such as genetics. neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy
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Cholinergics name one what does it do?
Acetylcholine parasympathetic
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monoamine and what do they do
Norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, histamine | emotion, learning
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amino acids examples
GABA, neuropeptides, glutamate serine
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neuropeptides
Endorphins, substance p, somatostatin
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Nursing interventions primary, secondary, tertiary
whole population, early detection and intervention, recovery decrease relapse
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Thee things about a therapeutic relationship
views one another as a unique human being, goal oriented, growth promotion
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what is the problem solving model?
identify the clients problem, promote discussion, discuss aspects that cannot realistically be changed and ways to cope with them, discuss alternative strategies.
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what are the therapeutic nurse-client phases
pre-interaction phase, orientation phase, working phase, termination phase
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What happens in the pre-interaction phase
obtain information and evaluate owns feelings
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What happens in the orientation phase?
establish trust, contract for intervention, assess, nursing diagnosis, goals, plan, feelings
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what happens in the working phase
promote growth, overcome resistance behaviors, evaluate progress
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Two things that come up during the working phase and define them
transference and countertransference t- patient to you- you look like me dad so... ct- you to patient I remember when my partner was....
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What happens during the termination phase
wrapping it up progress has been made, plan of action established, feelings adressed
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types of spacial distance 4
intimate, personal, social, pubic
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four things that are nontherapeutic communication techniques
giving false reassurance, rejecting, approving or disapproving, belittling feelings.
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useful feedback
objective, behavior focused, specific, directed towards behavior that they can modify, information not advice, timely

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