ATI PSY / 150+ Actual Questions &
Certified Answers / 2025/2026
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as an effort to provide safe supportive and
therapeutic milieu begining therapeutic env. conducive to the treatment
of children who were mentally ill
responsible for structuring and/or
nurse manager implementing many aspects of the
therapeutic milieu within the unit
regular community meetings which includes
therapeutic mil structure
both nursing staff and clients
considerations of room peersonalities of roomate, likelihood of
assignments on a 24hr inpt. nightime disruptions for rm. if one client has
unit includes difficulty sleeping, med dx.
psychoanalysis therapeutic process of assessing unconscios
thoughts/feelings and resolving conflicts
through talking to an analyst for many
sessions and over months to years-FREUD-
, internal conflicts from childhod
common focus of
defense mechanisms and past relationships
psychoanalysis
involves more verbal therapist to client
psychotherapy interaction that classic psychoanalysis-needs
trusting rel. to explore clients problems
one type of psychotherapy based on
cognitive behavioral therapy COGNITIVE MODEL focusing on indiv.
thoughts and behaviors to current problems
approaches to cognitive cognitive therapy, rational emotiv behavior
behavioral therapy therapy and rational behavioral therapy
used to treat depression, anxiety, eating
disorders, and other problems that can be
use of cog.-behav therapy
improved by changing clients attitude toward
life experiences
IVAN, PAVLOV,WATSON, SKINNER- felt that
behavioral therapy theorist behavior was the key to treating problems
a79 such as anxiety and depression-behavior is
learned and has consequenses
phobias, schizo, addiction, and other probs-
behavioral therapy uses foundation of behavioral modification
programs
, psychoanalysis and
free association,dream analysis and
psychotherapy therapeutic
interpretation, concept of transference
tools a79
classifications of psychodynamic, short term
psychotherapy dynamic,interpersonal and cognitive therapy
same tools of psychoanlysis but more on
psychodynamic psychother.
clients present state rather than his early life
short term dynamic 10 psychotherapy sessions or fewer that are
psychother. designed for clients who are not severly ill
treats clients with specific problems and can
improve interpersonal relationships,
interpersonal psychother.ITP
communication, role-relationship and
bereavment-MEYER, SULLIVAN
trained therapy uses therapeutic
cognitive behavioral therapy communication to change clients irrational
a80 ideas to thoughts and feelings that are more
objective and realiztic
the therapist serve as role model- client
modeling a80
improves behavior by imitation
positive rewards are given for positive
operant conditioning
behavior-positive reinforcemnt