The Need
According to research studies, which mental illness is most likely to have a co-occurring mental illness?
Substance Abuse- At least 8 million individuals with a substance abuse have another mental illness.
And may need hospitalization in order to return to the community and thrive or even survive
Another word that was used to describe a person with a mental illness
Insane, abnormal, lunatic, demonic
What is the major difference between the goals of current psychiatric hospitalization and the historic institutions?
expected length of time and resultant outcome of the service
Name one health neglect that might be seen in newly admitted clients in the hospital?
skin issues (decubiti ulcers, lice, parasitic infections)
poor hygiene due to living arrangements
decreased health status awareness (diabetes, heart disease
What type of groups are provided in the psychiatric hospital?
Individual or group
Calm warm environment
Where did individuals with MI live if they were not kept at home
What is described as a phenomenon which there is a shortage of available beds which may lead to patients released home before they are stabilized
Revolving Door
What type of infectious disease might a client admitted to the hospital may have and why?
TB, Hepatitis B and C
How long are the groups or activities during the daily schedule?
20 minutes first few days ...then up to an hour
People with a mental illness is considered violent and dangerous than the general population? True/False
False
Why
What term is described as humanistic, which is characterized by kindness and respect?
moral treatment (this philosophy was coined by Phillipe Pinel of France
If a person cannot pay for psychiatric hospitalization, what do they do?
They can still go but must go to a state funded -which are mandated public psychiatric hospitals.
however, its extremely limited, might be a waitlist
heart attack, stroke, palpitations, seizures, tremors and gastrointestinal disorders
What happen in the morning check-in
sharing of information before shift change, morning rounds to patient rooms;
OT interventions-occupation based
What term describes where the system allows for an individual with a MI to go from acute short term hospitalization to immediate or long term care facilities to various levels of assistance and support in the community.
Continuity of Care
Psycho-pharmaceutical and psychopharmacology treatments contributed to which movement?
Deinstitutionalization movement
What type of admission is described when a person shows a present and immediate danger to self or others and/or be "gravely: disabled:
Involuntary Admission
Police might have to be involved...
Well trained will initiate the process... take client to the ER before a locked psych unit
What are the more common types of medications given during hospitilization?
Antidepressants and mood stabilizers
How are groups set up and what are the expectations
Arrangement of group members and set up
May have to individual
Can be co-led
Goal-setting groups
What is the primary medical function of psychiatric hospitalization?
To determine psychotrophic medications
The closure of psychiatric hospitals is linked to an increased in
h________ and i_______________
homelessness and incarcerated (in the criminal justice system)
When using the trauma-informed approach, what type of approach is used by staff or clinicians?
Initial contact must be brief and calming
They might not talk initially.
Must create a patient profile
What happens during the medical follow-up visit after being hospitalized?
medication compliance, adjust dosage, or change in medication as needed and assist in managing side effects
What is the role of OT
stabilization of the patient, daily structure and activity are healing and stabilizing , skill development