NR326 Mental Health Exam 1 notes Questions with Verified
Answer
Chapter 2 mental health/ mental illness
• Mental health - is a successful performance of mental functions such as
adapting to change, coping with stressors, fulfilling relationships with
others, and accomplishing productive activities. (Basically, a normal
person)
• Mental illness – Maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and that interfere with
the individual’s social, occupational, and/or physical functioning. (This is
like maybe a special ed person)
• Behaviors that is considered “normal” and abnormal is defined
by ones cultural or societal norms. Your culture defines what is
normal or not normal.
• Six indicators that are a reflection of mental health p.14-15
• Positive attitude toward self
• Growth, development, and the ability to achieve self-
actualization
• Integration
• Autonomy
• Perception of reality
• Environmental mastery
,• Anxiety
,• Mild Anxiety: associated with the tension experienced in response to
the events of day to day life. (We actually need this to be productive)
•
prepares people for action
•
sharpens senses, increases motivation for productivity, inc.
perceptual field, heightened awareness of the environment
•
learning is enhanced, individual is able to function at
optimal levels,
restlessness, irritability.
• Moderate anxiety: individual is less alert to events occurring in the
environment.
•
attention span and ability to concentrate decreases. but
may still attend to needs with direction.
•
assistance with problem solving may be required,
increased muscular tension and restlessness.
•
increased restlessness, HR and RR, perspiration, muscular
tension, speech rate, volume and pitch.
• Severe anxiety: concentration centers on one particular
detail only or on many extraneous details.
•
attention span is extremely limited, difficulty completing
task. HAS PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS.
, •
symptoms: headaches, palpitations, insomnia,
confusion, dread, horror, dizziness, nausea, trembling,
palpitations, tachycardia, hyperventilation, diarrhea.
• Panic anxiety: most intense state of anxiety, unable to focus
on any detail in the environment, loss of contact with reality
may occur.
•
hallucinations or delusions, wild and desperate
actions, extreme withdrawal, misperceptions of
environment.
•
human functioning and communication with others is
ineffective(Due to hallucinations)
•
fear of going crazy, losing control, dilated pupils,
palpitations, sleeplessness, bizarre behavior, diaphoresis
and pallor, severe trembling terror.
• Stages of Grief (DAB DA) (why cry when you can DAB)
•
Stage 1: Denial
•
Stage 2: Anger
•
Stage 3: Bargaining
•
Stage 4: Depression
•
Stage 5: Acceptance
• Maladaptive grief responses:
•
prolonged response-disorganization of function, in denial or
anger stage
•
delayed or inhibited response-fixed in the denial stage,
anxiety disorders may be evident. They can even remain
in denial stage for many years.
•
distorted response: fixed in the anger stage, the normal
behaviors
associated with grieving are exaggerated, they are unable to
function.
•
anxiety and grief are the common two major primary
response to stress.
•
anticipatory grief: when the mourning process is
completed prematurely, can cause the individual to
distance themselves from the patient before they are
gone.
•
ego defense mechanisms
•
pg 19
Answer
Chapter 2 mental health/ mental illness
• Mental health - is a successful performance of mental functions such as
adapting to change, coping with stressors, fulfilling relationships with
others, and accomplishing productive activities. (Basically, a normal
person)
• Mental illness – Maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and that interfere with
the individual’s social, occupational, and/or physical functioning. (This is
like maybe a special ed person)
• Behaviors that is considered “normal” and abnormal is defined
by ones cultural or societal norms. Your culture defines what is
normal or not normal.
• Six indicators that are a reflection of mental health p.14-15
• Positive attitude toward self
• Growth, development, and the ability to achieve self-
actualization
• Integration
• Autonomy
• Perception of reality
• Environmental mastery
,• Anxiety
,• Mild Anxiety: associated with the tension experienced in response to
the events of day to day life. (We actually need this to be productive)
•
prepares people for action
•
sharpens senses, increases motivation for productivity, inc.
perceptual field, heightened awareness of the environment
•
learning is enhanced, individual is able to function at
optimal levels,
restlessness, irritability.
• Moderate anxiety: individual is less alert to events occurring in the
environment.
•
attention span and ability to concentrate decreases. but
may still attend to needs with direction.
•
assistance with problem solving may be required,
increased muscular tension and restlessness.
•
increased restlessness, HR and RR, perspiration, muscular
tension, speech rate, volume and pitch.
• Severe anxiety: concentration centers on one particular
detail only or on many extraneous details.
•
attention span is extremely limited, difficulty completing
task. HAS PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS.
, •
symptoms: headaches, palpitations, insomnia,
confusion, dread, horror, dizziness, nausea, trembling,
palpitations, tachycardia, hyperventilation, diarrhea.
• Panic anxiety: most intense state of anxiety, unable to focus
on any detail in the environment, loss of contact with reality
may occur.
•
hallucinations or delusions, wild and desperate
actions, extreme withdrawal, misperceptions of
environment.
•
human functioning and communication with others is
ineffective(Due to hallucinations)
•
fear of going crazy, losing control, dilated pupils,
palpitations, sleeplessness, bizarre behavior, diaphoresis
and pallor, severe trembling terror.
• Stages of Grief (DAB DA) (why cry when you can DAB)
•
Stage 1: Denial
•
Stage 2: Anger
•
Stage 3: Bargaining
•
Stage 4: Depression
•
Stage 5: Acceptance
• Maladaptive grief responses:
•
prolonged response-disorganization of function, in denial or
anger stage
•
delayed or inhibited response-fixed in the denial stage,
anxiety disorders may be evident. They can even remain
in denial stage for many years.
•
distorted response: fixed in the anger stage, the normal
behaviors
associated with grieving are exaggerated, they are unable to
function.
•
anxiety and grief are the common two major primary
response to stress.
•
anticipatory grief: when the mourning process is
completed prematurely, can cause the individual to
distance themselves from the patient before they are
gone.
•
ego defense mechanisms
•
pg 19
