Mental Health & Disorders
This term describes a mood disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, irritability, and a lack of interest in daily activities.
What is Depression?
The type of care that is given to individuals who have a terminal illness and are expected to live six months or less.
What is hospice care?
The term that describes the variety of different people and cultures living in the world.
What is cultural diversity?
These needs include basic life-sustaining activities like food, water, and air.
What are physiological needs?
This anxiety disorder is caused by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event and is often associated with flashbacks, nightmares, and hypervigilance.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
A mental health disorder where a person swings between periods of extreme activity and deep depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This term describes the care of the body after death.
What is postmortem care?
This term refers to the classification of people based on shared physical characteristics and common ancestry.
What is race?
This term refers to needs related to our emotions, social interactions, intellect, and spiritual well-being.
What are psychosocial needs?
This term refers to the state of mind or mental processes related to thinking and learning.
What is cognitive?
This type of anxiety disorder causes excessive worry and anxiety even when there is no apparent cause.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
This medical order instructs professionals not to perform CPR in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
What is a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order?
One's identity that often includes a combination of race, culture, language, and nationality.
What is ethnicity?
A condition that refers to an irrational fear of specific objects or situations.
What is a phobia?
The absence of interest or motivation in activities that a person once found engaging.
What is apathy?
This disorder is characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors, often involving routines or rituals
What is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This document allows a person to outline their wishes for medical treatment in the event they become unable to make decisions for themselves.
What is an advance directive?
This term refers to prejudice or unfair treatment based on race, age, or other factors.
What is bias?
This type of disorder causes people to experience intense fear and anxiety in social situations.
What is social anxiety disorder?
Disabilities present at birth or that emerge during childhood, often restricting physical or mental abilities.
What are developmental disabilities?
This mental health condition is a type of psychotic disorder where a person may experience hallucinations and delusions.
What is schizophrenia?
This breathing pattern is often associated with dying, alternating between slow, irregular breathing, rapid shallow breathing, and periods of no breathing.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respiration?
This type of care emphasizes understanding and addressing the whole person, including mind, body, and spirit.
What is holistic care?
This therapeutic technique is used to treat various mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety, by focusing on modifying negative thoughts and behaviors.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
A legal document that appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person if they become unable to do so.
What is durable power of attorney for health care