Mental Health Conditions
Lack of insight into a mental health condition.
What is anosognosia?
Reoccurrence of symptoms
What is a relapse?
"I feel frustrated" and "I understand" are examples of...
What are I-statements?
The belief that you don't have a problem when you really do.
What is denial?
Family to Family and Peer to Peer classes are examples of these.
What are NAMI educational resources?
A condition that causes dramatic shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to think clearly. People have extreme high and low moods, known as mania and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This created national standards to protect both the patients' personal information and protected health information.
What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
"You are always late" and "you are the one who's irresponsible" are examples of these..
What are you-statements?
Resisting changes, rejecting friends/family and blaming others.
What are defensive coping strategies?
A negative attitude toward people with mental illness.
What is stigma?
In the acute phase of this condition, there is always an episode of psychosis.
What is schizophrenia?
The scientific study of how medications affect the mind and behavior.
What is psychopharmacology?
A technique that focuses on our loved one's emotions and experience, rather than stating our own.
What are reflective responses?
Offering support instead of criticizing is an example of this.
What is a guideline for offering empathy?
Isolation, homelessness and thoughts of suicide are examples of these.
What are serious consequences of mental illness?
The rewiring of the brain.
What is pruning?
A person who uses their lived experience of recovery from mental illness and/or addiction, plus skills learned in formal training, to deliver services in behavioral health settings to promote mind-body recovery and resiliency.
What is a peer provider?
This problem solving model involves 1) empathy, 2) defining the problem, and 3) invitation to solve the problem together
What is the collaborative and proactive solutions model?
Overcoming one's symptoms and making healthy choices are part of this process.
What is (mental health) recovery?
A family member can experience shock, anger and grief.
What are some emotional responses to mental health conditions?
Brain disorders in which internal body sensations and everyday happenings are interpreted as terrible or even dangerous events.
What are anxiety disorders?
A class of medications used to treat depression.
What are SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?
The three steps of using POW to problem solve
What are step 1) defining the problem, step 2) solving the problem, and step 3) setting limits
Drawing lines that protect your own mental health and well being.
What are healthy boundaries?
Family members feel a sense of this when they realize that with treatment, their loved ones can improve and live a meaningful life.
What is hope?