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NUR 162 Unit 1 Week 11. what is mental health?
Answer
a state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal
relationships, effective behavior and coping, positive self concept, and emotional stability.
2. Factors that affect mental health
Answer
- Individual (personal)
biological makeup, self-esteem, coping/stress mngt.
- interpersonal (relationship)
communication, ability to help others, intimacy
- social/culture (environment)
sense of community & adequate resources
Mental Health nursing is based on a holistic model (3 spheres).
3. what is mental illness?
Answer
includes disorders that affect mood, behavior, & think- ing, such as depression, schizophrenia,
anxiety disorders, and addictive disorders
4. what is DSM-5?
Answer
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- provides standardized names and language for all mental health professionals
- list defining characteristics/symptoms that differentiate specific diagnoses
,- assist in IDing underlying cause of disorders
5. what were the first drugs created?
Answer
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) an antipsy- chotic
- lithium an anti-manic
6. Benzodiazepines and the elderly
Answer
Benzodiazepines should NOT be given to the elderly
7. Who was the first american psychiatric nurse?
Answer
Linda Richards
8. self-awareness
Answer
know yourself without projecting beliefs/opinions on the client
9. abnormalities in the frontal lobe
Answer
assoc. with schizophrenia, ADHD, and de- mentia
10. cerebellum
Answer
involves coordination and movement
- inhibits transmission of dopamine in cerebellum assoc. with lack of smooth coor- dination in
diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dementia
11. Neurotransmitters
Answer
, chemical substances manufactured in the neuron that aid in transmission of info. through the
body
12. dopamine
Answer
(excitatory) controls complex movements, motivation, cognition; reg- ular emotional response
(implicated in schizophrenia & prakinson's)
13. Norepinephrine
Answer
(excitatory) noradrenaline; causes changes in attention, learn- ing, & memory; sleep &
wakefulness, mood (excessive norepinephrine and several anxiety disorders)
14. epinephrine
Answer
(excitatory) controls fight-or-flight response
15. serotonin
Answer
(inhibitory) controls food intake, sleep (wake, temp. regulation, pain control, sexual behaviors,
regulation of emotions (important in anxiety, mood disor- ders, & schizophrenia - delusions,
hallucinations, & withdrawn behavior)
16. histamine
Answer
(neuromodulator) controls alertness, gastric secretion, cardiac stim- ulation, peripheral allergic
responses.
17. acetylcholine
Answer
(excitatory or inhibitory) controls sleep/wake cycle; signals mus- cles to become aler
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