ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM ACTUAL EXAM VERSION A
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A thought or speech disturbance in which the continuity is carried forward by SOUND rather than any
apparent meaning... it may occur in what is called a "Flight of Ideas"...
Select the correct term
1
Perinatal complications
2
Panic Attacks
3
...cause ANXIETY in a child.
Children need structure and stability...
4
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Countertransference
Circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about a client because of perceived
similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
Transference
in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such
as love or hatred for a parent)
Perinatal complications
The perinatal period is after the 28 th week of pregnancy through 28 days after birth--a highly vulnerable
period for the developing brain.
Some perinatal complications:
-maternal malnutrition (poverty);
-maternal illness/infection;
-maternal substance abuse;
-physical/emotional abuse of the mother;
-psychosocial stressors on the mother; lack of oxygen for the baby during delivery... Anything that
compromises the neuro-biological development of the fetus/infant during this important time can create
a vulnerability to mental illness. This is again one of the innumerable times when good clinical social
work involves direct, concrete interventions.
Etiology of Mental Illness
Factors include complex issues, social factors, psychological factors, biological factors.
A person's strengths in each area can protect against mental illness.
frontal cortex
brain region that regulates personality and goal-directed behavior, "The part of the brain that makes us
human." - Malcolm Gladwell
brain damage
1. Head Trauma; 2. Neglect; 3. Medical symptoms often mimic mental systems (Hyperthyroidism can
cause mania, Hypothyroidism can cause depression, brain tumors can cause emotional instability,
infections can cause psychosis); 4. Substance abuse and withdrawal (impairs functioning of the brain, can
cause psychosis) - an injury to a particular part or parts of the brain, neuropsychologists determined
what functions were disrupted or lost when a particular part of the brain was injured
Displacement
psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable
or less threatening object or person, as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet
,Projection
disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
Objective Countertransference
"induced feelings" or "real feelings"; Feelings and reactions in a practitioner that would probably be
experienced
by most people in an interaction with a particular client.
Delusions
False beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the
contrary and these beliefs are not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or
subculture; false beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness
bizarre delusions
the delusion is clearly implausible and does not derive from ordinary life experiences
non-bizarre delusions
beliefs of something occurring in a person's life which is not out of the realm of possibility
mental disorder
a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's
cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological,
or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
The broad forces that shape mental disorders?
Biological, psychological, and social factors.
Reductionism
The belief that the etiology of any mental disorder can always be reduced to a single cause—biological,
social, or psychological.
genetic loading
parents increase risk of offspring having a mood disorder
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) test
...measures the stressors a child may
experience growing up in his or her family in the areas of abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction.
Supportive and affirming social experiences promote mental health and resilience.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
...They hinder the capacity to form attachments and relationships; they interfere with the maturation of
ego functions and defenses; and they may do physiological damage to the brain.
, ...Stressful or traumatic experiences, including abuse, neglect, and a range of household dysfunction,
such as witnessing domestic violence or growing up with substance abuse, mental disorders, parental
discord, or crime in the home.
Cortisol
...a chemical that helps ready us to take action against the stress... stress hormone released by the
adrenal cortex... Repeated stress also inhibits neural connections to the prefrontal cortex, the part of the
brain involved in judgment, and reasoning—while strengthening connections to the parts of the brain
related to depression and anxiety.
drive theory
...the belief that behavior is motivated by drives that arise from biological needs that demand
satisfaction.
ego psychology
Psychoanalytic theory that emphasizes the role of the ego in development and attributes psychological
disorders to failure of the ego to manage impulses and internal conflicts. Also known as self-psychology.
object relations theory
...the psychodynamic theory that views the desire for relationships as the key motivating force in human
behavior.
Ego defenses
...these interfere with the operation of ego functions... unconscious mental processes used to resolve
conflict and prevent undesirable feelings.
psychopharmacology
the use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders
Psilocybin
...natural hallucinogen found in certain mushrooms
"stuck" disorders
Eg: smoking, depression, alcohol addiction.
placebo effect
...the phenomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior...
also extends to side effects.
What is the biggest reason psychotropic medications do not work?
...When people do not take them as prescribed.
If you are assigned a client who is considering taking a trial of a psychotropic medication, what is your
first task?
EXAM ACTUAL EXAM VERSION A
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+
Practice questions for this set
Learn
1/7
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A thought or speech disturbance in which the continuity is carried forward by SOUND rather than any
apparent meaning... it may occur in what is called a "Flight of Ideas"...
Select the correct term
1
Perinatal complications
2
Panic Attacks
3
...cause ANXIETY in a child.
Children need structure and stability...
4
Clanging
Don't know?
,Terms in this set (336)
Original
Countertransference
Circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about a client because of perceived
similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
Transference
in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such
as love or hatred for a parent)
Perinatal complications
The perinatal period is after the 28 th week of pregnancy through 28 days after birth--a highly vulnerable
period for the developing brain.
Some perinatal complications:
-maternal malnutrition (poverty);
-maternal illness/infection;
-maternal substance abuse;
-physical/emotional abuse of the mother;
-psychosocial stressors on the mother; lack of oxygen for the baby during delivery... Anything that
compromises the neuro-biological development of the fetus/infant during this important time can create
a vulnerability to mental illness. This is again one of the innumerable times when good clinical social
work involves direct, concrete interventions.
Etiology of Mental Illness
Factors include complex issues, social factors, psychological factors, biological factors.
A person's strengths in each area can protect against mental illness.
frontal cortex
brain region that regulates personality and goal-directed behavior, "The part of the brain that makes us
human." - Malcolm Gladwell
brain damage
1. Head Trauma; 2. Neglect; 3. Medical symptoms often mimic mental systems (Hyperthyroidism can
cause mania, Hypothyroidism can cause depression, brain tumors can cause emotional instability,
infections can cause psychosis); 4. Substance abuse and withdrawal (impairs functioning of the brain, can
cause psychosis) - an injury to a particular part or parts of the brain, neuropsychologists determined
what functions were disrupted or lost when a particular part of the brain was injured
Displacement
psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable
or less threatening object or person, as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet
,Projection
disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
Objective Countertransference
"induced feelings" or "real feelings"; Feelings and reactions in a practitioner that would probably be
experienced
by most people in an interaction with a particular client.
Delusions
False beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the
contrary and these beliefs are not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or
subculture; false beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness
bizarre delusions
the delusion is clearly implausible and does not derive from ordinary life experiences
non-bizarre delusions
beliefs of something occurring in a person's life which is not out of the realm of possibility
mental disorder
a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's
cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological,
or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
The broad forces that shape mental disorders?
Biological, psychological, and social factors.
Reductionism
The belief that the etiology of any mental disorder can always be reduced to a single cause—biological,
social, or psychological.
genetic loading
parents increase risk of offspring having a mood disorder
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) test
...measures the stressors a child may
experience growing up in his or her family in the areas of abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction.
Supportive and affirming social experiences promote mental health and resilience.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
...They hinder the capacity to form attachments and relationships; they interfere with the maturation of
ego functions and defenses; and they may do physiological damage to the brain.
, ...Stressful or traumatic experiences, including abuse, neglect, and a range of household dysfunction,
such as witnessing domestic violence or growing up with substance abuse, mental disorders, parental
discord, or crime in the home.
Cortisol
...a chemical that helps ready us to take action against the stress... stress hormone released by the
adrenal cortex... Repeated stress also inhibits neural connections to the prefrontal cortex, the part of the
brain involved in judgment, and reasoning—while strengthening connections to the parts of the brain
related to depression and anxiety.
drive theory
...the belief that behavior is motivated by drives that arise from biological needs that demand
satisfaction.
ego psychology
Psychoanalytic theory that emphasizes the role of the ego in development and attributes psychological
disorders to failure of the ego to manage impulses and internal conflicts. Also known as self-psychology.
object relations theory
...the psychodynamic theory that views the desire for relationships as the key motivating force in human
behavior.
Ego defenses
...these interfere with the operation of ego functions... unconscious mental processes used to resolve
conflict and prevent undesirable feelings.
psychopharmacology
the use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders
Psilocybin
...natural hallucinogen found in certain mushrooms
"stuck" disorders
Eg: smoking, depression, alcohol addiction.
placebo effect
...the phenomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior...
also extends to side effects.
What is the biggest reason psychotropic medications do not work?
...When people do not take them as prescribed.
If you are assigned a client who is considering taking a trial of a psychotropic medication, what is your
first task?
