ATI Mental Health Final verified Study Guide written on april 2023.

ATI Mental Health Final verified Study Guide written on april 2023. • Freud o Psychoanalysis: therapeutic process pf assessing unconscious thoughts and feelings and resolving conflict  Past relationships are the common focus  Disadvantage: lengthy o Personality structure  Id: pleasure principle and reflex action (think hungry newborn crying)  Ego: problem solver and reality tester  Superego: moral component of personality o Defense mechanisms and anxiety  Operate at an unconscious level  Defense mechanisms work by denying, falsifying, or distorting reality to make it less threatening o Experience during the early stages of life determine how you react  Individuals’ lifetime adjustment patterns  Personality traits o Transference vs countertransference • Erikson o 8 stages of development  Infancy (0-1 ½ yrs) – Trust vs mistrust  Early Childhood (1 ½ - 3 yrs) – Autonomy vs shame and doubt  Preschool (3-6 yrs) – Initiative vs guilt  School age (6-12 yrs) – Industry vs inferiority  Adolescence (12-20 yrs) – Identity vs role confusion  Early Adulthood (20-35 yrs) – Intimacy vs isolation  Middle Adulthood (35-65 yrs) – Generativity vs self-absorption  Later Years (65+ yrs) – Integrity vs despair o Development model we use in the nursing assessment o Helps to determine what types of nursing interventions are most likely to be effective • Sullivan o Foundation for Hildegard Peplau’s theory o Purpose of all your client’s behavior is to get their needs met through interpersonal interactions and to reduce or avoid anxiety o Proposed that the nurse-client relationship “facilitates forward movement” for the nurse and the client o Process of nurse working with client is to:  Facilitate the client’s boundary management  Independent problem solving  Decision-making that promotes autonomy by modeling good behaviors and correcting bad behavior