Key Terms
Practices and treatments that agree or work with allopathic therapies.
Complementary medicine
___________ is a problem of thinking defined as a feeling of unreality or detachment from oneself or one's environment.
Depersonalization
This is diagnosed when major depressive episodes routinely repeat for more than 2 years...
Major depressive disorder
Parroting, giving advice, giving reassurance, and using stereotyped responses are examples of ___________ communication techniques.
Nontherapeutic
What are the 3 stages of hospitalization?
Loss of ego boundaries; inability to tell where one's body ends and the environment begins.
Derealization
What are the 5 phases of the nursing process?
Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing, and evaluation
Phototherapy and color therapy can effectively improve symptoms of ________.
Seasonal affective disorder
What kind of language is most effective in communicating with schizophrenic clients who experience auditory hallucinations?
Simple/concrete language
A major characteristic of a personality disorder is _______.
Impulsivity
Abnormal involuntary movement disorders caused by a drug-induced neurotransmitter imbalance.
Extrapyramidal side effects (EPSEs)
Comatose, stuporous, drowsy, lethargic, alert, hyperalert, and mania are all the different _______.
Daily moderate depression that lasts for more than 2 years...
Dysthymia
Ruesch coined this term to describe unsuccessful interactions resulting from an interference in the sending/receiving of messages; inadequate understanding of language being used; insufficient information; or lack of opportunity for feedback.
Disturbed communications
What term is used to describe a setting or environment designed to help clients replace inappropriate behaviors with more effective personal and psychosocial skills?
Therapeutic milieu
Somatoform disorder in which one has an intense fear of having a serious disease based on misinterpretation of body signs and symptoms.
Hypochondriasis
General description, emotional state, experiences, thinking, and sensorium/cognition
For which medication when prescribed do we advise clients to closely monitor sodium intake?
Lithium
What are the 8 principles of therapeutic communication?
Acceptance, interest, respect, honesty, concreteness, assistance, permission, protection
___________ describes a group of behaviors characterized by confusion, agitation, and disruptive actions that occur in the late afternoon or evening.
Sundown syndrome
Part of the consciousness that perceives, sorts, and integrates information.
Sensorium
This serves as a basis for assessment, planning, and prioritizing client care by ranking groups of human needs.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Describe the 3 phases of treatment related to mood disorders.
1) Acute phase-lasts 6-12 wks, goal is to reduce symptoms and inappropriate behaviors; 2) Continuation phase-lasts 4-9 months, goal is to prevent relapses into distressing emotional states; 3) Maintenance phase-preventing recurrences of depression or mania
"You're feeling tense and anxious, and it's related to a conversation you had with your husband last night?"
This is an example of which therapeutic communication technique?
Reflection (directing back client's ideas, feelings, questions, and content)
In adolescence, many needs are fulfilled by peer groups. What is one important function of a peer group during this stage?
To help adolescents define the differences between themselves and their parents; provide stability; help define future roles; serve as standard for dress and behavior