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What is a community? - ANSWER All the different populations that live together in an
area, work, attend school, share goals and interest.
What influences a community? - ANSWER community participation, community
development, value of members,
What is mental health? - ANSWER A state of well being in which the individual realizes
his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and
fruitfully , and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.
What can impact mental health? - ANSWER stress, environment, relationships,
substance use, trauma, losses, diet, physical health, genetics
what are three factors of psychopathology? Continuum of care - ANSWER Milieu
management, nurse-patient relationships, psychopharmacology
What goes into Milieu management? - ANSWER Safety, structure, norms, setting
limits, balance, independence versus dependence, environmental modification
Mental Illness - ANSWER Disorders with definable diagnosis
Significant dysfunction in mental functioning related to
Developmental
Biological
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, Physiological disturbances
Culturally defined
Percentage of american adults who meet criterial for mental disorder during any 12 month
period - ANSWER 25%
What percentage of individuals with a mental disorder experience illness over their lifetime?
- ANSWER 50%
What are some of the major mental disorders? - ANSWER Major depression
schizophrenia
bipolar
alcohol abuse
Pre-Enlightenment Period - ANSWER Part of Benchmark I
Banishment, confinement, treated like they were demon possessed
Enlightenment Period - ANSWER Part of Benchmark I
Asylum- social support and sanctuary
Tuke, Pinel and Dix key players
Tuke - ANSWER Ensured moral treatment
Pinel - ANSWER unchained and clothed the patients, providing food and abolishing
abuse
Dorthea Dix - ANSWER Tireless reformer, who worked mightily to improve the
treatment of the mentally ill. Appointed superintendent of women nurses for the Union
forces.
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