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PSYCH AND MENTAL HEALTH NUR
162 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Define mental health | |




Successful adaptation to stressors evidenced by thoughts, feelings, behaviors,
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that are age appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms
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General criteria for DX | | |




-Dissatisfaction with characteristics, abilities, and accomplishments | | | | |


-Ineffective or unsatisfying relationships | | |


-Dissatisfaction with one's place in the world | | | | | |


-Ineffective coping with life events | | | |


-Lack of personal growth
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Three purposes of DSM-V
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1. Standardize nomenclature, language
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2. Identify defining characteristics or symptoms
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3. Assist in identifying underlying causes
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Factors contributing to the mental health illness continuum - Health/Individual
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VS Illness and Individual Factors
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Health/Individual Factors |




-Positive self worth | |




-Meaningful life |




-Sense of harmony | |




-Positive identity |




-Effective coping |




-To love without fear, guilt, or anxiety
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,Illness and Individual Factors
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-Worries
-Loss of meaning in life
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-Sense of disharmony
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-Fears
-Anxiety
Factors contributing to the mental health illness continuum - Health
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Interpersonal Factors VS Illness Interpersonal Factors
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Health/Interpersonal Factors |




-Effective communications|




-Intimacy
-Helping others |




-Experience empathy towards others | | |




-Ability to control one's own behavior
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-Capacity to deal with conflicting emotions
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Illness/Interpersonal Factors |




-Loss of emotional control
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-Loss of control over own emotions, behaviors, and actions
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-Withdrawal from relationships | |




-Excessive dependence |




-Manipulation
Factors contributing to the mental health illness continuum - Health Cultural
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Factors VS Illness Cultural Factors
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Health/Cultural Factors |

, -Adequate resources |




-Intolerance of violence | |




-Diversity support |




-Sense of community
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-Accurate appraisal of reality
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Illness/Cultural Factors |




-Lack of resources
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-Homelessness
-Ageism
-Sexism
-Poverty
-Violence
-Substance abuse |




-Racism
-Classism
Mental Health in the 21st century: Issues and Concerns
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-"Revolving door" - effect due to deinstitutionalization and lack of community
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resources (often boarded in ED while waiting for placement)
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- Shorter hospital stays, decompensation, re-hospitalization, dual DX
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-Homelessness (42% estimated to have serious mental illness associated with
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substance abuse) |




Healthy People 2020 Objectives
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-Increase the number of people identified, diagnosed, treated, helped to live
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healthier lives |

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