Module 1: intro to Psychiatric-Mental health Nursing
1. Cognition: act or process of knowing and perceiving
2. Mood: individuals internal state of mind that is exhibited through feelings and
emotions
3. Behavior: any observable, recordable, and measurable movement, response,
or act of an individual
4. Milieu therapy: use of environment to promote optimal functioning in a group
or individual
5. psychopharmacology: ...
6. Psychotropic medications: medications used in the treatment of mental
illness
7. Therapeutic use of self: making self available and showing interest and
concern
8. Transference: unconscious emotional reaction to a current situation that is
actually based on previous experience
9. Countertransference: ...
10. Active listening: verbal and nonverbal skills used by the examiner to
demonstrate interest and concern to the patient
11. Inviting information: ...
12. Empathy: objective understanding of how patients feel or how they see their
situation
13. Validating emotions: confirming an individuals intent by questioning the
content of his or her message
14. Clarifying information: communication skill that helps define a patient's
responses through the use of direct questions
15. Providing feedback: articulation of one's perception of what another person
has said or meant
16. Frontal lobe: controls voluntary movement, and thought
17. Parietal lobe: sensory perception
18. Temporal lobe: 1. controls hearing and hearing association
2. visual association
3. olfaction
19. Corpus callosum: major connecting and communicating pathway between
the hemispheres
20. Limbic system: 1. emotions
2. feeding
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, 3. memory consolidation
4. motivational behaviors
5. pleasure
21. Dopamine: influences muscle movement and emotions.
schizophrenics have too much
22 Acetylcholine: synthesized from choline acetyltransferase from acetyl
coenzyme A. found in peripheral nervous system at myoneural junction, in
autonomic ganglia for parasympathetic or sympathetic systems, and in
postganglionic synapses in parasympathetic system, in CN II, VII, IX, and X.
synthesized in nucleus basalis of Meynertand in the septal area near the
hypothalamus.
Involved in smooth muscle movement and memory
23. Norepinephrine: catecholamine neurotransmitter that is primarily synthesized
in the neurons of the locus ceruleus in the pons. Deficiencies are linked to
depression
24. Seritonin (5HT): Monoamine neurotransmitter from the indolamine family. It is
derived from the amino acid tryptophan. Deficiencies linked to depression
Also linked to sleep, mood, appetite, and sexual expression
25. Glutamate: excitatory transmitter in the CNS with receptors throughout the
brain. Glutamate stimulation of N-methyl-D-asparatate-activated channels
permits excessive inflow of calcium ions and production of free radical, which
might cause neuronal death
26. Gamma-amino-butyric acid: inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter formed
during the citric acid cycle from its precursor glutamic acid. GABA receptors are
widely distributed in the CNS and produce neuronal hyperpolarization through an
influx of chloride ions. Increased GABA reduces anxiety and seizures 27.
Neuroreceptors: ...
28. Neuroplasticity: ...
29. Pruning: elimination of synapses
30. Kindling: a model for the development of seizures and epilepsy
31. What is mental health: A state of successful performance of mental function,
resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with otherpeople, and
the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity.
32. What is mental illness: Mental disorders are health conditions that are
characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some
combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
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1. Cognition: act or process of knowing and perceiving
2. Mood: individuals internal state of mind that is exhibited through feelings and
emotions
3. Behavior: any observable, recordable, and measurable movement, response,
or act of an individual
4. Milieu therapy: use of environment to promote optimal functioning in a group
or individual
5. psychopharmacology: ...
6. Psychotropic medications: medications used in the treatment of mental
illness
7. Therapeutic use of self: making self available and showing interest and
concern
8. Transference: unconscious emotional reaction to a current situation that is
actually based on previous experience
9. Countertransference: ...
10. Active listening: verbal and nonverbal skills used by the examiner to
demonstrate interest and concern to the patient
11. Inviting information: ...
12. Empathy: objective understanding of how patients feel or how they see their
situation
13. Validating emotions: confirming an individuals intent by questioning the
content of his or her message
14. Clarifying information: communication skill that helps define a patient's
responses through the use of direct questions
15. Providing feedback: articulation of one's perception of what another person
has said or meant
16. Frontal lobe: controls voluntary movement, and thought
17. Parietal lobe: sensory perception
18. Temporal lobe: 1. controls hearing and hearing association
2. visual association
3. olfaction
19. Corpus callosum: major connecting and communicating pathway between
the hemispheres
20. Limbic system: 1. emotions
2. feeding
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, 3. memory consolidation
4. motivational behaviors
5. pleasure
21. Dopamine: influences muscle movement and emotions.
schizophrenics have too much
22 Acetylcholine: synthesized from choline acetyltransferase from acetyl
coenzyme A. found in peripheral nervous system at myoneural junction, in
autonomic ganglia for parasympathetic or sympathetic systems, and in
postganglionic synapses in parasympathetic system, in CN II, VII, IX, and X.
synthesized in nucleus basalis of Meynertand in the septal area near the
hypothalamus.
Involved in smooth muscle movement and memory
23. Norepinephrine: catecholamine neurotransmitter that is primarily synthesized
in the neurons of the locus ceruleus in the pons. Deficiencies are linked to
depression
24. Seritonin (5HT): Monoamine neurotransmitter from the indolamine family. It is
derived from the amino acid tryptophan. Deficiencies linked to depression
Also linked to sleep, mood, appetite, and sexual expression
25. Glutamate: excitatory transmitter in the CNS with receptors throughout the
brain. Glutamate stimulation of N-methyl-D-asparatate-activated channels
permits excessive inflow of calcium ions and production of free radical, which
might cause neuronal death
26. Gamma-amino-butyric acid: inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter formed
during the citric acid cycle from its precursor glutamic acid. GABA receptors are
widely distributed in the CNS and produce neuronal hyperpolarization through an
influx of chloride ions. Increased GABA reduces anxiety and seizures 27.
Neuroreceptors: ...
28. Neuroplasticity: ...
29. Pruning: elimination of synapses
30. Kindling: a model for the development of seizures and epilepsy
31. What is mental health: A state of successful performance of mental function,
resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with otherpeople, and
the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity.
32. What is mental illness: Mental disorders are health conditions that are
characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some
combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
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