NUR 2459 Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1 Modules 1-3

1. What are the different levels of Anxiety: mild moderate, severe, panic *Most common mental disorder in America 2. What are mild anxiety and its physical symptoms? What is the nurse intervention?: -Can be motivation -A person display slight discomfort Nursing intervention: Stay calm, recognize the distress and be willing to listen 3. What are moderate anxiety and its physical symptoms what is the nursing intervention?: -Less alert -Physical symptoms: tension, pounding heart, increase pulse -Intervention: Stay calm, be willing to listen. *Move client to a much quiet room, keep them safe* 4. What is Severe anxiety and it physical symptoms what is the nursing intervention?: -Attention span is limited -physical symptoms: headache, nausea dizziness, pounding heart -hyperventilating -Intervention: Move client to a much quiet area and stay with them 5. What is Panic anxiety and it physical symptoms what is the nursing intervention?: -Most extreme form of anxiety -May be erratic, impulsive, uncoordinated, misperceptions are common and loss of reality may occur -Intervention: maintain a calm manner, alway remain with the person experiencing an acute severe to panic attack *walk with the nurse or using punching bags, anything to distract the patient 6. What is the difference between mental health and mental illness?: Mental health - ability to engage in productive activities and enjoy relationships Mental illness- Changes with culture, time in history and the group defining it 7. What is a biological intervention treatment?: a type of treatment used to stimulate or restore the ability of the body's immune system. - 8. examples of psychotherapy: behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, didactical behavior therapy based on a verbal therapist to client interaction 9. explain what behavioral therapy is.: aims to modify maladaptive behavior patterns. NUR 2459 Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1 Modules 1-3 2 / 10 based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce anxiety. 10. explain what cognitive therapy is.: focuses on individual client thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems. Based on changing the way one thinks. 11. explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT): uses both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety management. 12. explain what family therapy is: therapy based on family dynamics and improving family functioning by learning the ways for dealing with mental illness in the family, improving understanding among family members, maximizing positive interaction with family members. 13. explain what milieu therapy is: creates an environment that is supportive and therapeutic and safe to benefit clients and promote coping within a safe place. 14. explain what group therapy is: therapy focused on helping individuals develop more functional and satisfying reactions within a group setting with common feelings, experiences and thoughts that lead to positive behavior changes from interaction and feedback. 15. what types of disorders can ECT help with?: Used as a last resort in depression, mania, schizophrenia, and psychosis when medication and treatment has failed. 16. which two defense mechanisms are always healthy?: alturism and sublimation 17. explain altruism: dealing with anxiety by reaching out for others 18. example of altruism: It is very cold and a man takes off his jacket and gives it to someone who cannot afford a coat. 19. explain compensation: covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considered more desirable 20. example of compensation: Someone who is too small to make the wrestling team becomes a talented member of the debating team. 21. explain denial: refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or feelings associated. 22. example of denial: A woman who drinks alcohol daily, refuses to acknowledge she has a problem.