Emotional Regulation
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- Looking into the connection of how a situation affects our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Reframing negative thoughts in order to regulate our emotions and behavior.
What is a common mental health diagnosis on Med 6?
Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, Bipolar, Borderline Personality, PTSD, Psychosis, Substance Use Disorder
Name one sensory coping skill
Music, essential oils, physical movement, weighted blanket, stress balls, art, etc.
What does the multi-disciplinary treatment team consist of on Med 6?
OT, social worker, psychiatrist, nursing, counselors
What are some warning signs of emotional dysregulation?
Fidgety, poor eye contact, rapid speech, low focus, thought blocking, verbal/physical aggression, rapid heart rate
What is DBT
Which gender is more likely to self-harm?
Females
What is sensory processing?
The way that the brain organizes sensation from one's own body and the environment, thus making it possible to use the body effectively within the environment.
Describe the role of a behavioral health OT
Promoting mental health and symptom management through engagement in meaningful occupation and maintaining meaningful life roles
What is a coping skill?
A strategy one can use to manage intense or difficult emotions and to regulate their behaviors in response.
Name the different parts of a group
What is flat affect?
"A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness."
What does it mean to be sensory seeking? What does it mean to be sensory avoiding/sensitive?
Sensory seeking: occurs in individuals who are under-responsive to sensory input and seek sensory stimulation
Sensory avoiding/sensitive: occurs in individuals who are over-responsive to sensory input and may avoid sensory input
What is the role of a mental health counselor on Med 6?
Maintain the milieu, assist with behavioral management, assist with patient ADLs, provide therapeutic groups, patient safety checks
What is the body's physiological response to stress called?
Fight or flight
What skills can be assessed by the group leader during a group session?
Impulse control, socialization, executive functions (i.e. attention, insight, judgement), boundaries, thought process/content, reality testing
What are CAH?
Command Auditory Hallucinations
How do mental health symptoms impact our ability to process sensory input?
Impaired ability to regulate body's response to sensory information
List 4 ways you can use music as a therapeutic coping skills?
Lyric journaling, meditation music, playing instruments to express emotions, using different genres of music to connect with different emotions
List 5 mindfulness strategies
Deep breathing
Grounding techniques
Stretching/movement
Journaling
Meditation
What is the purpose of a behavioral health OT assessment?
To evaluate a pt's current presentation and determine how their mental health symptoms are impacting their ability to maintain their meaningful life roles.
What is linear thought process?
"A systematic and analytical thought process that follows a known step-by-step progression similar to a straight line."
"That way of thinking in which we consider an idea or a process to begin from a point, follow a series of connected steps, and end at a point."
What is a sensory diet?
An individualized plan of activities that pertain to the body's senses in order to help a person meet their sensory needs (i.e. weighted blanket, music, essential oils, exercise, deep pressure, etc.)
What are the different types of restraints that can be used during a behavioral disturbance?
Locked door seclusion, 4-point/mechanical, physical hold, chemical