Summary Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Exam Secrets - MENTAL HEALTH NUR2459

Definition of mental health • Successful adaptation to stressors from the internal/external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms Maslow emphasized an individual’s motivation motivation motivation motivation motivation in the continuous quest for self- actualization • Hierarchy of needs—the most basic needs requiring fulfillment • Self-actualization o Fulfillment of one’s highest potential • An individual’s position within the hierarchy may revert from a higher to lower level based on life circumstances The six indicators that reflect mental health • Positive attitude towards self • Growth, development, and the ability to achieve self-actualization • Integration • Autonomy • Perception of reality • Environmental mastery Anxiety and Grief • Two major primary psychological response patterns to stress