Legal and Ethical
Therapeutic Use of Self
Mood
Trauma & Stress
Psychopharm
100

Exception to client confidentiality

Required to warn if threats of harm

*Tell the client that threats of harm must be reported. 

100

Mental HEALTH

Flexibility- ability to adapt to situations

100

Pressured speech

Rapid, constant flow of speech

100

ABCD Therapy

Triggering events, Negative emotions, Challenge beliefs

100

Disulfarim

Aversion therapy, alcohol abuse

200

Destigmatization

-Patient first centered language

-Mental health is a continuum

-Brain affected by biological factors

200

Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction, Danger

Comer's 4 Ds

200

Hallucinations

Senses

Content of hallucination

Risk for self harm

200

Carl Rogers

Empathy, positive regard, genuiness

200

Medication Error

First assess for adverse reaction

300

Clients rights

-Least restrictive environment

-Humane treatment and care

-Right to vote

-Informed consent

-Communication with people outside the facility, including family, attorneys, and other health care professionals

-Right to refuse treatment

-Confidentiality

300

First goal of therapeutic communication

Establish therapeutic nurse-client relationship.

300

Anger and Aggression

Prodromal symptoms

Anger is healthy feeling. Reactions can be managed.

300

Displacement, Rationalization, & Projection

Defense mechanism

300

Benzodiazepine

Short term use or acute treatment. Examples?

400

DSM

Official criteria for diagnosis of mental health disorders

400

Non-therapeutic techniques

Defending, Distracting, Disagreeing

400

Major Depressive Disorder

  1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.

  2. Anhedonia: Markedly decreased interest or pleasure in almost all activities.

  3. Symptoms must persist for at least two weeks.

  4. The episode must cause significant distress or impair social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

  5. The symptoms must not be attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition. 


    *For a complete diagnosis, a thorough assessment by a qualified professional is essential.
400

Mental status exam

Appearance and behavior, Mood and affect, Insight and judgement

400

AIMS

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale

Medications with movement side effects: Antipsychotics

Tardive Dsykinesia


500

Involuntary 

Risk to self or others

500

Id

Freud, carnal desires

500

Window of Tolerance


500

Secondary/Vicarious Trauma

Debrief, take breaks, nutrition, counseling services

500

Serotonin Syndrome


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