interferes with development, biology, or psychology.
Impairs the ability to think, regulate emotions, and govern actions.
Definable diagnosis.
Mental sickness.
DSM-V
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
Use it to evaluate patients with psychological illnesses.
Mental Health Continuum
A notional line is used to describe levels of mental health and mental disease that
differ from person to person and for a given individual over time.
Can mental illnesses be almost genetic?
Yes
Protective Factors
Increase the chance of favourable outcomes while decreasing the possibility of
negative consequences from risk exposure.
,Risk Factors
Risk factors reduce the likelihood of positive results while increasing the risk of
negative consequences.
Diathesis
Biological propensity
The most common explanation for mental illness
Mental Health Parity Act.
prohibits health plans from imposing less generous lifetime or yearly limits on
mental health coverage than they do on medical or surgical services.
Freud argues that mental illness comes from
Childhood Trauma
Born with a basic personality that is impetuous.
Kind of like a baby
selfish
ID
The part has been affected by external influences, mediators, and decision-makers.
guilt
,Ego
Around the ages of 3-5, the moral side of the personality emerges and regulates the
id's impulses.
The "shoulds" that people have
Super ego.
A patient's unconscious feelings toward a healthcare practitioner are linked to a
major bond from childhood.
Transference
The unconscious feelings that healthcare providers have toward patients are linked
to a major relationship. Be aware of strong reactions to the patient.
Countertransference
Peplau’s Theory
Establish interaction between the nurse and the patient. (For example, a nurse
improves interpersonal relationships.)
The first nurse theorist to see the nurse-patient interaction as the core of nursing
practice.
Rather than what we do to the patient, but with the patient
Phases of Paplau's Model
The pre-orientation phase includes patient assignment and medical record review.
, Orientation phase: conduct an interview, communicate feelings, and set goals.
Working phase: Collect further data, focus on problem solutions, manage
symptoms, provide education, and assess progress.
Termination phase:
Is a condition of well-being in which people realize their full potential, deal with
life's natural stressors, work efficiently, and contribute to their community.
Mental health.
Which age group is most likely to develop a mental illness?
18-25 year olds, with a prevalence of approximately 24%.
Adequate to high-level functioning.
Good health
Mental Health Continuum
A notional line used to describe levels of mental health and mental disease that
differ from person to person and for a given individual over time.
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