Mental Health - Final Comprehensive Exam correct questions and answers

Mental Health - Final Comprehensive Exam Mental Health Illness - correct answer This type of illness includes general dissatisfaction with self, ineffective relationships/coping, and lack of personal growth; with the behaviors exhibited not being accepted or expected. No, because they are to be expected. - correct answer Are acute grief reactions classified as a mental illness and why or why not? They were changed in the early 1970s, making it more difficult to commit someone for MH treatment against their will. - correct answer How were commitment laws changed and when? Deinstitutionalization - correct answer This accomplished the release of individuals from long-term state institutions while also making having a negative affect on some (revolving door). Revolving Door Effect - correct answer An effect in which severely mentally ill individuals are able to become well for a time, but with shorter hospital stays, are unable to maintain that level of wellness, and therefore end up back at the hospital; this came about after commitment laws were changed and deinstitutionalization was implemented in the early 1970s. Clozapine (Clozaril) - correct answer What medication produces fewer traditional side effects than most antipsychotic drugs? Agranuclocytosis - correct answer What is a potentially fatal side effect of clozapine? Fever, malaise, leukopenia, and ulcerative sore throat. - correct answer What are the 4 most common symptoms of agranulocytosis? This side effect develops quickly and can occur up to 24 weeks after the initiation of therapy. - correct answer How quickly does agranulocytosis develop and what is the window in which it can occur? Symptoms of infection should be investigated immediately! - correct answer What should happen if a pt begins exhibiting signs of infection while taking clozapine? Mild rash and photosensitivity reaction. - correct answer What 2 side effects are considered NOT serious with clozapine? Anticholinergics - benzotropine (Cogentin) - correct answer What drugs would be used to treat an acute dystonic reaction caused by halodol and give an example? In the first week of treatment, in pts younger than 40, in males,and in those receiving high-potency drugs such as halodol. - correct answer When is dystonia most likely to occur?