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traits of good mental health - ANSWERSable to recognize own potential cope with normal stress work productively make a contribution to community can think rationally communicates appropriately learns grows emotionally healthy self esteem resilience how resilience protects from developing mental illness - ANSWERShow we secure resources needed to support well-being characterized by optimism, sense of mastery, competence—is essential to recovery (can bounce back) ** can be difficult when lacking resources/are in a bad environment DSM 5 - how it helps diagnose mental illness - ANSWERSDSM contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. It provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in the research of mental disorders. 5 axes* stigma as it relates to mental health - ANSWERSbarrier to advancements/treatment outcomes is perpetuated by silence; produces isolation that stems from fear if we end the stigma, people will seek help & THIS will bring change maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANSWERShuman beings are active participants in life, striving for self-actualization. prioritizing nursing actions in the nurse-patient relationship. when lower needs are met, higher needs are able to emerge ** must meet lower needs first (if not, issues w pt arise & begins cycle) therapeutic nurse-client relationship - ANSWERSunderstanding pts perspective communicating to facilitate recovery appropriate therapeutic verbal response or intervention with the client with mental illness that shows empathy, caring, positive regard - ANSWERShelp support/promote health & well being foundation of trust est. help find resources/support systems educate!!! transference - ANSWERSpatient unconsciously and inappropriately displaces onto nurse feelings and behaviors related to significant figures in patient's past ** intensified in relationships of authority countertransference - ANSWERSunconscious feelings the health care worker has toward the patient boundary blurring - ANSWERSwhen relationship slips into social context when nurse's needs are met at expense of pts needs receiving gifts from clients - ANSWERShandmade gifts can be accepted phases of the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship - ANSWERSorientation working termination orientation phase - ANSWERSest. rapport/parameters of relationship (contract/confidentiality) working phase - ANSWERSmaintain relationship, gather data, promote patient skills/self-esteem, facilitate behavioral change, overcome resistant behaviors, evaluate problems/goals termination phase - ANSWERSsummarize, discuss ways to incorporate learned skills, review, exchange memories difference between professional/social relationships - ANSWERSprofessional: client/therapist, develop skills, problem solving approaches, needs of patient identified **THEARPEUTIC social: initiated for friendship, socialization, or enjoyment; mutual needs are met, content of superficial communication factors that promote the psychiatric patient's growth (recovery) - ANSWERSgenuineness, empathy, positive attitudes/actions, attending, suspending value judgements, helping patients develop resources how can silence help in nurse client interactions? - ANSWERSgives time to reflect steps in the nursing process in mental health nursing - ANSWERSassessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, evaluation "DO NOT DO THESE" when communicating with a mental health client (what not to say) - ANSWERSexcessive questioning, giving approval/disapproval, giving advice, asking "why" questions neurotransmitters - ANSWERSchemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons role of neurotransmitters in mental health function - ANSWERSwhen disrupted, cause mood/behavior dysfunction (i.e. serotonin, dopamine) PET scan - ANSWERSpositron emission tomography; a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task milieu therapy - ANSWERSuse of total environment; people, setting, structure, and emotional climate all important to recovery at what phase of the therapeutic relationship do you begin talking about the terms of termination? - ANSWERSorientation if reuptake is inhibited, where does it accumulate? - ANSWERSsynaptic gap