Vocabulary
Filling in or faking an answer due to inability to remember
What is confabulation?
Fundamental goal of psychiatric care is to strnk a balance between these two things
What are rights of the individual patient and rights of society at large?
This law states that medical and psychiatric care and treatment must be provided to everyone admitted to a public hospital
What is the Hospitilization of the Mentally Ill Act of 1964?
Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations
Uncontrollable thoughts and repeated behaviors
Talking off topic until the person can't remember what they started to say
Provider acts with the intent to do good
What is beneficence?
A transport order into a healthcare facility by law enforcement that is signed by a licensed physician/clinical social worker/counselor/clinical psychologist or NP
What is a GA 1013?
Fear of performing or participating in public and social occasions
What is social anxiety disorder?
Persistent psychological arousal and sensitivity to stimuli in response to a traumatic event
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
Repeating the same word or short phrase as an asnwer to many questions
What is perseveration?
Individual's right to make informed choices about healthcare decisions
What is autonomy?
This law allows healthcare professionals to break confidentiality when there is a danger of violence toward another specific individual
What is Duty to Warn and Protect Third Parties (1974: California Supreme Court: Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California)?
What is agoraphobia?
This type of anxiety disorder is onset in adolescence or young adults and often co-occurs with depression
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
A feeling of being detatched from the self or from reality of time and place
What is derealization-depersonalization?
Providers uphold fair distribution of care
What is justice?
This law determined the goal of inpatient admissions for treatment is the least restrictive community setting where the individual with MD can safely function
What is Olmsted v. L.C. (1999)?
Repeatedly occuring panic atacks with no identifiable stressor
What is panic disorder?
This theory of defense mechanisms states "when the libido drives the ID to behave in ways that are socially unacceptable, the superego says 'No, No', causing anxiety. Defense mechanisms are for the most part, unconscious, and a way the ego relieves the anxiety between the ID and the Superego"
What is psychoanalytic theory?
Degree of understanind of one's current circumstances, self awareness
What is insight?
Providers act with no intent to do harm
What is non-maleficence?
This type of admission may request discharge or sign out AMA
What is voluntary admission?
Chronic and excessive worrying about events, individuals, or activities
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
This defense mechanism theory states "conflict between what is considered right and wrong or conflicting beliefs lead to feelings of anxiety. Humans develop 'excuses' to explain away their choice of behavior to reduce the feelings of anxiety"
What is cognitive dissonance theory?