Community Health
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QUIZ 10 - Chapter 21,
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Chapter 21 - Community Mental Health
- Autism Sctrum disorders: pervasive development disorders. Impairment in thinking,
feeling, language, ability to relate to others.
- “Black Box” warning: FCA warning to caregivers of dangers of the use of the drug.
- Deinstitutionalization: the phenomenon of allowing patients who leave care in large,
complex healthcare systems to receive care in enighborhoods and communities on an
outpt basis. This is why homeless and mental issues have both risen.
- President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: Expert panel created to
advise Congress and the President on how policymers could improve mental health
services for both the chronic mentally ill and children with serious mental illness.
- Prodromal stage: Earliest stage of beginning pathology.
- Prevention Strategies:
- Primary: educating families / community groups about mental health
issus, symptoms of stress, and barriers to seeking help.
- Secondary: screening for mental health disorders, referring high-risk
peoplefor dx services, providing mental health services following successful
community events.
YELLOW = Quizlet
QUIZ 10 - Chapter 21,
22 (4/4)
Chapter 21 - Community Mental Health
- Autism Sctrum disorders: pervasive development disorders. Impairment in thinking,
feeling, language, ability to relate to others.
- “Black Box” warning: FCA warning to caregivers of dangers of the use of the drug.
- Deinstitutionalization: the phenomenon of allowing patients who leave care in large,
complex healthcare systems to receive care in enighborhoods and communities on an
outpt basis. This is why homeless and mental issues have both risen.
- President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: Expert panel created to
advise Congress and the President on how policymers could improve mental health
services for both the chronic mentally ill and children with serious mental illness.
- Prodromal stage: Earliest stage of beginning pathology.
- Prevention Strategies:
- Primary: educating families / community groups about mental health
issus, symptoms of stress, and barriers to seeking help.
- Secondary: screening for mental health disorders, referring high-risk
peoplefor dx services, providing mental health services following successful
community events.
