PMH-BC Exam Study Guide-Questions & answers
Eustress
good stress
Neuroplasticity
changes to stimuli in brain
Suicide Safety Plan
a document that supports and guides someone when they are experiencing thoughts of suicide, to
help them avoid a state of intense suicidal crisis.
-personal warning signs
-coping strategies
-people who are sources of support
-how means of suicide can be removed from environment
-personal reasons for living
Disrupted attachment in infants
Failure to thrive indicates poor attachment
cognitive behavioral therapy
psychotherapy that focuses on cognitive processes and problem behaviors that is sometimes used
to treat sleep disorders such as insomnia
Cognitive strategies
Clarify reality of event and reframing event to help refocus pt
,Suicide educational group important topic to discuss
Use of lethal weapons major risk factor
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
A committee at each institution where research is conducted to review every experiment for
ethics and methodology.
Assent
agreement of someone (child or cognitive impairment) to participate in a situation or research
study
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
A federal law that mandates that every individual has the right to make decisions regarding
medical care, including the right to refuse treatment and the right-to-die.
Ensure pt has knowledge of advance directive, living wills, etc
Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
helps patients adapt a realistic and positive sense of self, regulate emotions, learn adaptive skills
for solving problems, and correct dichotomous thinking
Excess Glutamate can develop?
Schizophrenia
schizoeffective disorder
,psychotic symptoms + mood disorder, must have a period of psychotic symptoms w/o mood (2
weeks at least) (.3%)
Mahler Theory
focuses on the separation-individuation process in early childhood development.
Neoglisms
made up words that have meaning only to the client
clang associations
the stringing together of words that rhyme but have no other apparent link
Word salad (schizophasia)
jumble of words that is meaningless to the listener
Genogram
Identify family strength and weakness
Yalom's Therapeutic Factors
Instillation of hope
Universality
Imparting of information
Altruism
Corrective recapitulation of family group
Development of social skills
Imitative behavior
, Interpersonal learning
Group cohesiveness
Catharsis
Existential factors
Erickson's Theory of Psychosocial Development
the theory that considers how individuals come to understand themselves and the meaning of
others' and their own behavior
Infant- 0-1.5
Trust vs Mistrust: Needs max. comfort w/ min. uncertainty to trust himself, others, and the
environment
Early Childhood 1.5-3
autonomy vs shame and doubt
independence
exploring
decision making
Preschool 3-5
initiative vs guilt
-exploration/play
School aged 6-12
Eustress
good stress
Neuroplasticity
changes to stimuli in brain
Suicide Safety Plan
a document that supports and guides someone when they are experiencing thoughts of suicide, to
help them avoid a state of intense suicidal crisis.
-personal warning signs
-coping strategies
-people who are sources of support
-how means of suicide can be removed from environment
-personal reasons for living
Disrupted attachment in infants
Failure to thrive indicates poor attachment
cognitive behavioral therapy
psychotherapy that focuses on cognitive processes and problem behaviors that is sometimes used
to treat sleep disorders such as insomnia
Cognitive strategies
Clarify reality of event and reframing event to help refocus pt
,Suicide educational group important topic to discuss
Use of lethal weapons major risk factor
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
A committee at each institution where research is conducted to review every experiment for
ethics and methodology.
Assent
agreement of someone (child or cognitive impairment) to participate in a situation or research
study
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
A federal law that mandates that every individual has the right to make decisions regarding
medical care, including the right to refuse treatment and the right-to-die.
Ensure pt has knowledge of advance directive, living wills, etc
Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
helps patients adapt a realistic and positive sense of self, regulate emotions, learn adaptive skills
for solving problems, and correct dichotomous thinking
Excess Glutamate can develop?
Schizophrenia
schizoeffective disorder
,psychotic symptoms + mood disorder, must have a period of psychotic symptoms w/o mood (2
weeks at least) (.3%)
Mahler Theory
focuses on the separation-individuation process in early childhood development.
Neoglisms
made up words that have meaning only to the client
clang associations
the stringing together of words that rhyme but have no other apparent link
Word salad (schizophasia)
jumble of words that is meaningless to the listener
Genogram
Identify family strength and weakness
Yalom's Therapeutic Factors
Instillation of hope
Universality
Imparting of information
Altruism
Corrective recapitulation of family group
Development of social skills
Imitative behavior
, Interpersonal learning
Group cohesiveness
Catharsis
Existential factors
Erickson's Theory of Psychosocial Development
the theory that considers how individuals come to understand themselves and the meaning of
others' and their own behavior
Infant- 0-1.5
Trust vs Mistrust: Needs max. comfort w/ min. uncertainty to trust himself, others, and the
environment
Early Childhood 1.5-3
autonomy vs shame and doubt
independence
exploring
decision making
Preschool 3-5
initiative vs guilt
-exploration/play
School aged 6-12
