Theorists
This theorist believed that a person's basic biological needs must be met before they can achieve higher order needs such as love and self-actualization
Who is Maslow?
This is the most important step of the assessment phase.
What is consent to treat?
This is the most vital component of the mental status assessment.
What is safety?
A person with sexual urges and behavior outside of the realm of normal may have issues with levels of this neurotransmitter.
What is seratonin?
This document is a diagnostic resource tool which standardizes language and diagnostic criteria for mental health clinicians.
The DSM-5
This behavioral theorist conducted a variety of experiments that eventually led him to conclude that behavior is often learned by watching others.
Who is Bandura?
These various body systems are included in the focused physical assessment.
What is mouth/dental health, vision/eye health, and sexual/reproductive health?
These are the four pieces of the mental status assessment puzzle.
What are cognition, behavior, thought, and appearance?
This neurotransmitter plays a key role in ADHD and affects cognition, memory, emotion, as well as the pleasure/reward system.
What is dopamine?
Too-high levels of dopamine are linked with this mental health disorder.
What is schizophrenia?
Peplau's theory of the nurse and patient relationship states that this is the core emotion at play during the early stages of the relationship.
What is anxiety?
When developing goals with a patient, this is the primary domain that the goal should be focused in.
What is behavioral?
Tremors, facial expressions, alertness, and affect are all part of this phase of the MSE.
What is appearance?
If a person has too much of this neurotransmitter, it can cause stress and/or anxiety.
What is norepinephrine?
Anxiolytic medications treat this mental health disorder.
What is anxiety?
During this Erickson stage of development, the person is focused on figuring out who they want to be the world and what they want their identity to be. They may try on many "hats" to see what fits.
When providing patient and family teaching, these four topics are included.
What are patient disorder & expected manifestations, medications, risk of relapse, and the importance of follow up?
This refers to rapid, uncontrollable mood swings.
Acetylcholine is tied to the acronym, SLUDGEM, which stands for these symptoms of overload.
This is a psychotherapy phenomenon where a patient decides they no longer trust their therapist because something the therapist said in session reminded them of their alcoholic father.
What is transference?
This theorists work was the foundation for the notion of "nature vs nurture" as well as conscious vs unconscious behavior.
Who is Freud?
In mental health nursing, the assessment process is oriented towards this ultimate goal.
What is recovery?
This is a chronic form of depression that lasts more than two years.
What is dysthymic?
Of the neurotransmitters we learned, this is the only solely non-excitatory one.
What is GABA?
These are symptoms of extrapyramidal syndrome symptoms.