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Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Key Points Chapter 1-5 Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness 1. Overall health is not possible without good mental health 2. Mental Health vs Mental Illness a. There is a mental health and mental illness continuum that can demonstrate how functioning changes over time; MI and MH are endpoints on the continuum. b. Mental health: i. Able to recognize own potential ii. Cope with normal stress/ Adaptive healthy behavio...

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Key Points Chapter 1-5 Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness 1. Overall health is not possible without good mental health 2. Mental Health vs Mental Illness a. There is a mental health and mental illness continuum that can demonstrate how functioning changes over time; MI and MH are endpoints on the continuum. b. Mental health: i. Able to recognize own potential ii. Cope with normal stress/ Adaptive healthy behavi...

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Key Points Chapter 1-5 Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness 1. Overall health is not possible without good mental health 2. Mental Health vs Mental Illness a. There is a mental health and mental illness continuum that can demonstrate how functioning changes over time; MI and MH are endpoints on the continuum. b. Mental health: i. Able to recognize own potential ii. Cope with normal stress/ Adaptive healthy behavio...

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Key Points Chapter 1-5 Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness 1. Overall health is not possible without good mental health 2. Mental Health vs Mental Illness a. There is a mental health and mental illness continuum that can demonstrate how functioning changes over time; MI and MH are endpoints on the continuum. b. Mental health: i. Able to recognize own potential ii. Cope with normal stress/ Adaptive healthy behavi...

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Mental Illness: all psychiatric disorders with definable diagnoses that cause significant dysfunction in development, biological and psychological disturbances. i. unable to differentiate reality from fantasy; consistently abnormal moods, as sadness elation, hopelessness, helplessness ii. behaves without considering the consequences of personal actions iii. aggressively meets own needs without considering rights of others iv. ...