CH 1-4
Safe and secure structured environment that facilitates the therapeutic interaction between clients and members of the professional team
What is a therapeutic milieu?
The ability to hear what another person is saying, to have temporary access to that person’s feelings, and to perceive the situation from that person’s perspective
What is empathy?
The inability to recall some or all of a person’s past or identity, accompanied by the sudden and unexpected travel of the person away from home or place of employment.
What is dissociative fugue?
Sexual gratification by rubbing against a stranger
What is Frotteurism
Repeated episodes of urine incontinence during the day or night
What is enuresis?
Therapy type based on the cognitive model that focuses on identifying and correcting distorted thinking patterns that can lead to emotional distress and problem behaviors
What is cognitive behavioral?
Component needed by both patient and nurse for good therapeutic relationship
What is acceptance?
Being tired with decreased energy
What is anergia?
Therapy technique used in an attempt to change sexual arousal patterns. A nurturing and caring milieu provides a safe shelter in which the person can acknowledge the past trauma and learn ways to control self-destructive sexual behaviors
What is behavioral reconditioning
Most common type of school aged learning disorder demonstrated by difficulty in the reading domain
What is dyslexia?
Primary LONG TERM goal for a mental health patient?
What is holds down a job and fits in social settings for 3 months or more
Body movements such as hand gestures, facial expressions, movement, arm placement, and other mannerisms which can invite the trust of the client during interaction
What is Kinesics?
Concept of subsequent attention the person receives from a health care provider or family member
What is secondary gain?
Eating disorder of binge eating with repeated attacks to the self and self-induced destructive methods to prevent weight gain. Subgroups include both purging and nonpurging types.
What is Bulimia nervosa
Sensory perceptions that have no relation to reality and are not supported by actual environmental stimuli.
What are hallucinations?
A client’s grant of permission to undergo a specific procedure or treatment after being informed about the procedure, risks, and benefits
What is informed consent?
Increased risk for self injury would be a priority diagnosis for what health concern?
What is suicide?
A form of psychosis in which there are disorganized thoughts, perceptual alterations, inappropriate affect, and decreased emotional response as the links to reality are lost
What is schizophrenia?
Questionnaire is often used to screen for alcohol dependency.
What is CAGE questionnaire?
Inability to identify an object typically associated with dementia or Alzheimer's disease
What is Agnosia?
Stressors which are aspects of the environment that may be adverse, such as an abusive relationship or poverty-level living conditions
What are external stressors?
Anxiety condition in which a person experiences an increased level of anxiety and worry about various situations on most days over a period of at least 6 months.
What is Generalized anxiety disorder?
Group of extrapyramidal symptoms including llip-smacking , protruding tongue movements. A mask-like facial appearance, tremors, shuffling gait, and stooped posture
What is tardive dyskinesia?
Drug prescribed for detox for opioid abuse
What is Clonidine?
Primary symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsive actions are the key behaviors seen in children with
What is ADHD?