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HCA 154 Unit 6 FINALDefine someone who is mentally healthy - ANS Acts as appropriate to society, feels, controls
and expresses emotions
Mental Illness - ANS disturbance in ability to cope with stress, affecting thinking, relationships
and mood
Causes of mental illness - ANS Biological (chemical, genetic)
Childhood
Social (poverty, discrimination)
Life events
Poor physical health
Stigma - ANS mark of disgrace associated with demographic or people
Mental Health Team - ANS Physician
OT
Social worker
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Mental illness principles of care - ANS Protect from harm
Accept as whole
Explore behaviour
Be consistent
Voluntary admission - ANS Inpatient care sought by the client
Involuntary admission - ANS Inpatient care sought by the clients family or authorities
Anxiety - ANS Vague, uneasy feeling in response to stress or unmet needs
Defense mechanisms - ANS Unconscious reactions that block unpleasant or threatening
feelings.
Obsession - ANS Persistent thought/desire
Compulsion - ANS Uncontrollable urge to perform a task
PTSD - ANS feelings of panic, terror, rage following a traumatic event, often involving
flashbacks
, DIPPS and PTSD - ANS Encourage verbalization
Be aware of triggers
Monitor behaviour
panic disorder - ANS an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent and unpredictable panic attacks
Eating disorders - ANS anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa characterized by abnormally low
body weight and distorted self perception
Anorexia nervosa - ANS characterized by an irrational fear of weight gain, and very controlled
intake
Bulimia nervosa - ANS Pattern of binging and purging food
Mood disorder - ANS Group of mental disorders involving emotions, feelings, and mood
regulation difficulties
Types of mood disorders - ANS SAD
Depression
Bipolar
seasonal affective disorder - ANS weather related depressive state, common in cold climates
Major depression - ANS Intense and prolonged extreme sadness, where normal function is
disrupted
Signs and symptoms of depression - ANS Sleep
Interest (lack of)
Guilt
Energy (lack of)
Concentration (lack of)
Appetite change
Psychomotor (inability)
Suicide
Cause of depression - ANS Hereditary
Biochemical
Loss/triggers
Difficulty with early depression detection - ANS Mistaken for normal aging
Denial
Masking symptoms with physical illness
Presents like physical illness
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