Vocab
Severe anxiety may result in this response caused by the parasympathetic nervous system.
What is "fight or flight"?
One part of the definition of mental health.
See p. 1207 for list
Questions to ask the patient to assess orientation. Name 2.
What is "Can you state your name?" "What is your date of birth?" "What is today's date?" "Do you know where you are?" "Who is the president?"
Decreased levels of these neurotransmitters are associated with depression. Name 1.
What are norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, histamine?
The deliberate use of verbal and non-verbal techniques to relate therapeutically to patients.
What is Therapeutic Communication?
The process of effective coping is known as this...
What is adaptation?
One part of the definition of mental illness.
See p. 1209 for list.
Thinking/ Content of Thought: Abnormal response in which the patient verbalizes a string of thoughts with no logical connection. "The peas are blue but my mother is coming. I can't stay here because the ducks are invading our solar system and the polar bears are cold."
What is "flight of ideas"?
Decreased levels of this neurotransmitters is associated with Parkinson's disease.
What is dopamine?
Two verbal therapeutic techniques.
See Table 56.4 p. 1215.
The ability to think rationally and to process thoughts.
What is cognitive ability?
Etiologies of mental illness. List 2.
What are biological, genetic and environmental?
A question to evaluate recent memory.
Any example to ask the patient to recall events within the past 2 weeks. "What did you have for breakfast?" "What did you do yesterday afternoon?"
Increased levels of these neurotransmitters are associated with schizophrenia. Name 1.
What are Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Endorphins and Enkephalins
The use of medications to treat psychological disorders.
What is Psychopharmacology?
Denial, rationalization and projection are all examples of habits that give the illusion of coping. What are these habits called?
What are ego defense mechanisms?
Nursing Diagnoses commonly used to address mental health problems. List 2
See Table 56.1 p. 1213.
Judgement: Example of a proverb or situation to solve.
What is "You can't teach old dogs new tricks."
Free Points!!
Free points!!
The type of counseling that stresses ways of rethinking situations.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
The name of the therapeutic environment established to provide containment, support, structure, involvement and validation during the patient's stay.
What is the milieu? Or therapeutic milieu?
Nursing Diagnoses commonly used to address mental health problems. List 4 others.
See Box 56.1 on p. 1213.
An abnormal perception of reality.
Hallucinations; psychosis; illusions; mania; Pt is unable to state understanding of the origin of the illness.
Two neuropeptides associated with the regulation of pain.
What are endorphins and enkephalins? Also Substance P.
The form of treatment that passes an electric current through the brain to produce a tonic-clonic seizure.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy?