Psych/Mental Health Nursing Exam #1

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What is Mental Health?

A state of well being in which individuals reach their own potential, cope with the normal stress, work productivity, and contribute to community

What is Mental Illness?

Refers to all psychiatric disorders that have definable diagnoses, there are development, biological, or psychological disturbances

What can help or hinder your mental health?

Individual Attributes and Behaviors

What is Resilience?

The ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-being

How do social and economic circumstances effect your mental health?

Your immediate social surroundings impact personal attributes. The environment has the ability to affect mental health positively and negatively

What is Culture-Bound Syndrome?

Different cultures will have different symptoms for mental illnesses

What is an example of culture bound syndrome?

Men can’t feeling their feelings in public, mens mental health is not important

How does environment affect mental health?

The overall environment that affects mental health relates to the political climate and cultural considerations

What is stigma?

The belief that the overall person is flawed, this is characterized by social shunning, disgrace, and shame

What is the difference between Nature vs Nurture?

Nature is genetic, nurture is the way you are raised

What is the diathesis-stress model?

Diathesis represents biological predisposition and stress represents environmental stress or trauma, this is the most accepted explanation for mental illness

What is the GOAL of recovery?

To not cure, but to lower amount of symptoms to improve quality of life

What type of language should you use?

Person-First

Epidemiology is used to study what?

Incidence (# of new cases) & Prevalence (# of. cases regardless of when they began)

Who is at higher risk of having poor mental health?

People with chronic illness, Prisoners, Unhoused community, LGBTQ+ community

What is Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing?

The use of basic nursing concepts while also using self-reflection and self awareness

What are future issues that contribute to PMH Nursing?

Educational challenges, growing demand, aging population, cultural diversity/competency, science, technology/electronic health care

As a nurse what should you do?

Advocate for your clients and decrease the stigma

What do Neurons do?

respond to stimuli, conduct electrical impulses from one end of the cell to another, release neurotransmitters

What do psychotropic drugs do?

Increase or decrease activity of NT-receptors

What scans can visualize structural changes of the brain?

CT (lesions, abrasions, infarct) and MRI (edema, ischemia, infection, neoplasm)

What scans can visualize functional changes of the brain?

PET (O2 utilization, glucose, blood flow) and SPECT (Circ: CS fluid)

Presynaptic

Releasing neurotransmitter into the synapse

Synapse

Neuro junction in between (target drugs here to increase neurotransmitters)

Postsynaptic

Part of neuron that receives the impulse after crossing synapse

How are Neurotransmitters destroyed?

By specific enzymes

It is the interaction between _______ and receptors that is a MAJOR TARGET of the drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders

neurotransmitter