NUR 2459 Mental Health Actual
Exam II Module 4-Module 6 TERMS
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Boundary Impairment
impaired ability to sense where one's body or influence ends and another's begins
Psychoanalytic Theory
A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and
mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior
Learning Theory
Based on the idea that changes in behavior result more from experience and less from
our personality or how we think or feel about a situation. Learned helpless ness with
lack of control over lifes events
Object Loss Theory
depressive illness occurs as a result of having been abandoned by or otherwise
separated from a significant other during the first 6 months of life.
Cognitive Theory
primary disturbance in depression is cognitive rather than affective. The underlying
cause of the depression is cognitive distortion that results in negative, defeated
attitudes.
Validation Theory
The feelings and expression of the client are identified and at times it is beneficial for
the client to be distracted.
,Dopamine Theory
the view that schizophrenia is linked to an increase in the number of dopamine
receptors
Transactional Model
recognizes the combined effects of genetic, biochemical, and psychosocial influences
on an individual's susceptibility to depression
Anhedonia
inability to experience pleasure
Asociality
lack of interest in social interactions
Affective Blunting
A reduction in the expression, range, and intensity of affect (In flat affect, no facial
expression is present.)
Apathy
indifference to or disinterest in the environment
Delirium
Is characterized by a disturbance in attention and awareness and change in cognition
that develops rapidly over a short period.
, Dementia
A mental disorder involving functional decline in multiple cognitive areas, including
memory along with behavioral and psychological symptoms. Classified based on the
areas they affect in the brain.
Alzheimers Disease
A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of
memory, reasoning, language, and, finally, physical functioning
Confabulation
Creating imaginary events to fill in memory gaps
Preservation
Persistent repetition of the same word or idea in response to different questions
Agraphia
loss of ability to express thoughts in writing
Aphasia
Inability to communicate through speech, writing, or signs.
Apraxia
inability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function or inability to use
objects properly.
Exam II Module 4-Module 6 TERMS
ONLY
Boundary Impairment
impaired ability to sense where one's body or influence ends and another's begins
Psychoanalytic Theory
A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and
mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior
Learning Theory
Based on the idea that changes in behavior result more from experience and less from
our personality or how we think or feel about a situation. Learned helpless ness with
lack of control over lifes events
Object Loss Theory
depressive illness occurs as a result of having been abandoned by or otherwise
separated from a significant other during the first 6 months of life.
Cognitive Theory
primary disturbance in depression is cognitive rather than affective. The underlying
cause of the depression is cognitive distortion that results in negative, defeated
attitudes.
Validation Theory
The feelings and expression of the client are identified and at times it is beneficial for
the client to be distracted.
,Dopamine Theory
the view that schizophrenia is linked to an increase in the number of dopamine
receptors
Transactional Model
recognizes the combined effects of genetic, biochemical, and psychosocial influences
on an individual's susceptibility to depression
Anhedonia
inability to experience pleasure
Asociality
lack of interest in social interactions
Affective Blunting
A reduction in the expression, range, and intensity of affect (In flat affect, no facial
expression is present.)
Apathy
indifference to or disinterest in the environment
Delirium
Is characterized by a disturbance in attention and awareness and change in cognition
that develops rapidly over a short period.
, Dementia
A mental disorder involving functional decline in multiple cognitive areas, including
memory along with behavioral and psychological symptoms. Classified based on the
areas they affect in the brain.
Alzheimers Disease
A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of
memory, reasoning, language, and, finally, physical functioning
Confabulation
Creating imaginary events to fill in memory gaps
Preservation
Persistent repetition of the same word or idea in response to different questions
Agraphia
loss of ability to express thoughts in writing
Aphasia
Inability to communicate through speech, writing, or signs.
Apraxia
inability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function or inability to use
objects properly.
