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FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 8TH EDITION COMPLETE
EXAM
◉ ***Ppl who have MI are far more vulnerable for ______ b/c of ______.
Answer: -depression
-b/c of neurotransmitters acting weird
◉ **What happens to ppl who develop an MI and have a mental
illness? Answer: both outcomes get worse
◉ **What can some ppl w/ diabetes develop? Answer: depression
◉ ***What is looked at with judgment? Answer: look at behavior
◉ ***Affect Symptoms Answer: are mood disorders
◉ ***Why do ppl need to know the difference bwt. mental illness
and a crisis? Answer: to know how to treat and diagnose a person
, ◉ ***Psychosis Answer: not being in contact w/ reality can be a
thought (delusion) or a hallucination
◉ ***delusion Answer: fixed false belief
◉ ***hallucination Answer: false sensory experience, such as seeing
something that isn't there
◉ **Crisis Answer: A significant stressor that doesn't have adequate
coping skills
◉ What can a crisis include? Answer: The precipitating event may
include life transitions, traumatic stress, failed attempts to master
developmental tasks
◉ **What can a crisis response mimic? Answer: Responses may
mimic signs of mental illness
◉ **How do ppl distinguish btw. a mental illness and a crisis?
Answer: ask the person what brought them in today
◉ ***When someone is in crisis what do you look for? Answer: see
what the precipitated cause was
FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 8TH EDITION COMPLETE
EXAM
◉ ***Ppl who have MI are far more vulnerable for ______ b/c of ______.
Answer: -depression
-b/c of neurotransmitters acting weird
◉ **What happens to ppl who develop an MI and have a mental
illness? Answer: both outcomes get worse
◉ **What can some ppl w/ diabetes develop? Answer: depression
◉ ***What is looked at with judgment? Answer: look at behavior
◉ ***Affect Symptoms Answer: are mood disorders
◉ ***Why do ppl need to know the difference bwt. mental illness
and a crisis? Answer: to know how to treat and diagnose a person
, ◉ ***Psychosis Answer: not being in contact w/ reality can be a
thought (delusion) or a hallucination
◉ ***delusion Answer: fixed false belief
◉ ***hallucination Answer: false sensory experience, such as seeing
something that isn't there
◉ **Crisis Answer: A significant stressor that doesn't have adequate
coping skills
◉ What can a crisis include? Answer: The precipitating event may
include life transitions, traumatic stress, failed attempts to master
developmental tasks
◉ **What can a crisis response mimic? Answer: Responses may
mimic signs of mental illness
◉ **How do ppl distinguish btw. a mental illness and a crisis?
Answer: ask the person what brought them in today
◉ ***When someone is in crisis what do you look for? Answer: see
what the precipitated cause was
