MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
What is psychotherapy?
Disorientation occurring suddenly, usually caused by treatable physical or mental health disorders.
What is delirium?
Physical contact that involves speaking at eye level and moving slowly.
Characterized by episodes of binge eating, followed by inappropriate methods of weight control (purging).
What is bulimia nervosa?
A program that trains direct care providers in techniques to handle and cope with responsive behaviors.
What is Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA)?
Social shame associated with a particular circumstance - a major reason for clients to not seek treatment.
What is stigma?
Manifests as poor judgement, forgetting recent events and becoming lost even in a familiar setting.
What is dementia?
Involves denial, displacement suppression or repression.
What are defense mechanisms?
Caused by the desire to reduce physical and emotional distress. More likely found in clients who are teenagers, have low-self-esteem or those who feel they cannot express their feelings.
What are Self-Harm Disorders?
An acronym used to understand challenging behaviors in the client with dementia. The main goal is to try and remedy the situation.
DIPPS (Dignity, Independence/Individualized Care, Privacy, Preference and Safety).
Includes following the care plan, accepting the client as a whole person and developing mutual trust.
What are principles of mental health care?
Can be permanent, or temporary and is the inability for someone to think with usual clarity.
What is disorientation?
Involves putting the client at ease, starting with small steps and letting the client set the pace.
What are guidelines for assisting clients with their tasks?
Characterized by unrealistic beliefs in one's abilities and powers, increased energy, abuse of drugs and denial that anything is wrong.
What is Mania/ What is a Manic Episode?
Can be socially offensive, but can also be the sign of an underlying health issue.
What are abnormal sexual behaviors?
Severe feelings of worthlessness and self-blame, treated with drug therapy, psychotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A brain disorder caused by lack of thiamine (Vitamin B1), usually associated with heavy alcohol consumption.
What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?
Involves using short simple sentences, minimizing noise and avoiding raising your voice.
What is communicating with someone with dementia?
Recurrent behavioral outbursts caused by the inability to cope mentally with a situation.
What is Intermittent Explosive Disorder?
Persistent anxiety and distress in parting with posessions, regardless of their actual value.
What is Hoarding Disorder?
Involves three phases - acute, continuation and maintenance phase.
What are the phases of treatment for Bipolar and Related Disorders?
Prevents the disoriented client from wandering and getting lost.
What is a secured unit?
What is projection?
Can be a result of disturbances of family values, severe family dysfunction and can include destruction of property, and using physical violence towards others.
What is Conduct Disorder?
What are ways to reduce the likelihood of sundowning?