BNKN601 DEFINITIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
labile
Changing emotional state rapidly and often
Dysthymic
Chronic lowered mood
egocentric
Patients thoughts of themself
Somatisation
Manifestation of psychological distress in the form of physical symptoms
Anhedonia
inability to experience pleasure in usual activity's
psychomotor retardation
A slowing of physical activities in which routine activities (e.g., eating, brushing teeth)
are performed in an unusually slow manner.
Mood disorder - cyclothymia
Rare disorder like chronic bipolar affective disorder but with milder depressive
symptoms
And milder elevated symptoms
Mood disorder - postpartum depression
, Fluctuating hormones such as estrogen and progesterone (usually a drop) that occur 2
weeks after post partum
Mood disorder interventions (7)
Pharmacology, ECT, therapeutic use of self (sense of self and self soothing), group
therapy, psychotherapy (psychological therapy), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
(how emotions thoughts and behaviours are related, and client motivated interventions
(self managed techniques)
DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What does a Risk analysis include
Category of risk, history, health related factors, environmental factors, planned intent,
staff allocation, strengths, barriers, specific risks
Anxiety disorder - panic disorder
involves intense recurrent, sudden anxiety attacks that occur unexpectedly.
Characterised by psychological worry and physical symptoms like tachycardia
Anxiety disorders- Social phobia
Persistent fear of social situations... usually regarding criticism
Anxiety disorder - Agoraphobia
fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one has felt
loss of control and panic. Feelings that something could go wrong causing them
embarrassment
Anxiety disorder - specific Phobia
abnormal fear of objects or situations
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
labile
Changing emotional state rapidly and often
Dysthymic
Chronic lowered mood
egocentric
Patients thoughts of themself
Somatisation
Manifestation of psychological distress in the form of physical symptoms
Anhedonia
inability to experience pleasure in usual activity's
psychomotor retardation
A slowing of physical activities in which routine activities (e.g., eating, brushing teeth)
are performed in an unusually slow manner.
Mood disorder - cyclothymia
Rare disorder like chronic bipolar affective disorder but with milder depressive
symptoms
And milder elevated symptoms
Mood disorder - postpartum depression
, Fluctuating hormones such as estrogen and progesterone (usually a drop) that occur 2
weeks after post partum
Mood disorder interventions (7)
Pharmacology, ECT, therapeutic use of self (sense of self and self soothing), group
therapy, psychotherapy (psychological therapy), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
(how emotions thoughts and behaviours are related, and client motivated interventions
(self managed techniques)
DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What does a Risk analysis include
Category of risk, history, health related factors, environmental factors, planned intent,
staff allocation, strengths, barriers, specific risks
Anxiety disorder - panic disorder
involves intense recurrent, sudden anxiety attacks that occur unexpectedly.
Characterised by psychological worry and physical symptoms like tachycardia
Anxiety disorders- Social phobia
Persistent fear of social situations... usually regarding criticism
Anxiety disorder - Agoraphobia
fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one has felt
loss of control and panic. Feelings that something could go wrong causing them
embarrassment
Anxiety disorder - specific Phobia
abnormal fear of objects or situations
