The Basics
•Able to provide basic needs
•Able to adapt to change
•Has awareness of self
What are examples of a mentally healthy individual?
The therapeutic communication formula
Use this technique to keep the therapeutic process goal directed
Responsibility of health care team to notify of threat to a person
What is the Duty to Warn?
This research showed positive reinforcement enforces behavior
What is operant conditioning?
Being unable to move away from a topic though attempts to redirect have occurred
What is perseveration?
Responsible for planning, memory, and decision making
What is the frontal lobe?
Use this technique to keep the therapeutic process goal directed
What is refocusing/focusing?
Allowing the client to make a choice
What is autonomy?
This premise focuses on the need to change faulty or dysfunctional thinking and beliefs.
What are cognitive theories, such as CBT?
Altered thought process which includes feeling harmed or threatened by others
What is paranoia/ being paranoid?
Helping clients learns skills to assist with their ADLs
What is psychosocial rehabilitation?
Communication including everything outside the realm of speaking, writing, or singing
What is non-verbal communication?
Threat of harm to self or others
What are the indications for involuntary admission?
The last stage of Erikson’s development
What is Ego Integrity vs. Despair?
A defense mechanism:
–Redirecting of energy to another person or object typically of less power
What is displacement?
Providing care and treatment for clients who are too ill to be independent
Not required to stay
What is a partial hospitalization program? (Day treatment center)
Attempting to put into words vague ideas or unclear thoughts of client; asking client to explain what they mean
What is the technique of clarification?
The basic obligation of protecting a client’s privacy would include?
What is HIPAA?–Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
This behavioral theory proved behavior is related to a given stimulus.
What is learned behavior?
Awareness of one’s self, place, time and situation
What is Level of Consciousness?
The process of continually learning about the cultures with which we work and developing cross-cultural therapeutic health skills
What is being culturally competent?
Technique used to encourage the client to select a topic for discussion
What is the use of broad openings?
The ethical principle of “Do No Harm”
What is nonmaleficence?
The premise of complete treatment should include proper medication as well as…
What is a form of therapy?
A defense mechanism
–Use of a good (but not real) reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
What is rationalization?