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Mental Illness |
A disturbance in the ability to cope with or adjust to stress |
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Causes of mental health disorders |
Not being able to cope/adjust to stress genetics chemical imbalance drug or substance abuse social and cultural factors childhood experiences poor physical health or disability |
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What is the statistic for how many Canadians will experience a mental illness in his or her lifetime |
1 in 5 |
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Anxiety |
vague uneasy feeling in response to stress |
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With mental health problems _________________ are used poorly |
Defense Mechanisms |
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Regression |
reverting back to earlier behaviours |
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Conversion |
Changing an emotion into a physical symptom |
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Denial |
refusing to accept an unpleasant or threatening reality |
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Displacement |
directing emotions toward a person or object that seems safe instead of toward the person or thing that is the source of the emotion |
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Projection |
Assigning one's feelings on someone else or something else. |
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Rationalization |
making excuses for one's behaviour or a situation while ignoring the real reason |
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Reaction Formation |
Acting in a way that is opposite to what one feels |
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Repression |
keeping unpleasant or painful thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind. |
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Suicide |
to kill one's self |
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Who is more likely to commit suicide? |
People with mental health disorders more common among men than women older adults are at higher risk due to having more loses or stopping prolonged suffering |
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Why do people commit suicide? |
View life as unbearable and may believe family will be better off. |
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Risk Factors for suicide |
Mental Illness History of Abuse Family history of suicide Prior suicide attempt Substance Abuse A major crisis Pressure to succeed Isolation Early loss in life Sexual identity issues Feeling of deep hopelessness and helplessness |
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Warning signs for suicide |
Planning for their death Giving away their possessions Signs and symptoms of depression Repeated expressions of hopelessness and helplessness loss of interest in friends hobbies or activities change in appearance failure to recover from loss suddenly taking risks refusing nourishment or medications |
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What do you do if client speaks of suicide? |
Call supervisor Stay with them Do not allow them anything they may harm themself with Do not minimize their concers Stay until help arrives |
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Depression Perception |
Negative and hopeless - they see the worse in everything |
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Depression - organization |
No motivation self centered unable to organize |
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Depression - Memory |
Remember only negative thoughts If depression is severe their memory may be affected |
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Depression - language |
repeat negative thoughts withdrawn and silent |
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Depression - Judgement |
May decide not to do things even in their best interest May not be able to help themselves |
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Depression - motor skills |
Apathetic Decreased activity Increased time in bed |
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Bipolar - Perception |
Delusions of grandeur Unusual shifts in mood See the worst |
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Bipolar - Organization |
Extreme swings in mood and ability to function Scattered Rushed/trouble organizing |
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Bipolar - memory |
May be affected Unable to concentrate and focus |
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Bipolar - language |
racing thoughts and talking fast when manic repeat negative thoughts withdrawn and silent |
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Bipolar - Judgement |
judgement is poor and things are over done when manic don't consider safety and health when manic may decide not to do things in best interest and may not be able to help themselves |
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Bipolar - Motor skills |
Increased libido when manic Apathetic decreased activity increased time in bed |
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Schizophrenia - Perception |
Hallucinations, delusions and disturbances in thinking reality not interpreted correctly |
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Schizophrenia - Organization |
Affects their ability to function in all aspets of life. Confusion of what is real and what is not cannot be understood |
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Schizophrenia - Memory |
No memory loss, can be faulty due to psychosis |
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Schizophrenia - Language |
Problems relating to others Responses are inappropriate and communication is disturbed |
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Schizophrenia - Judgement |
Skewed by false realities May listen to voices that aren't there Misinterpret objects |
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Schizophrenia - Motor Skills |
may act out movements due to hallucinations sits alone for hours without moving, speaking or responding Restless/pacing |
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Cognitive Impairment - Perception |
Confused lack of recognition False sense of reality |
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Cognitive Impairment - Organization |
Needs assistance with ADL's Impaired reasoning and problem solving |
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Cognitive Impairment - Memory |
Forgetful No short term memory Remember long time ago Depends on stage |
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Cognitive Impairment - Language |
Regress back to native tongue trouble finding words and understanding |
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Cognitive Impairment - Judgement |
Not remembering to make good choices and be safe Not aware of needs |
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Cognitive Impairment - Motor skills |
Decrease ability to perform 7 A's pacing sundowning loss of senses wandering |
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Substance Abuse - Perception |
denial feel happy temporarily interpret conversations impaired say things differently hallucinations |
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Substance Abuse - Organization |
Live in the moment pay more for drugs difficulty reasoning and problem solving self care lacking |
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Substance Abuse - Memory |
Blackout periods fabricating to fill in gaps memory altered |
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Substance Abuse - Language |
slurred verbal abuse hyper argumentative storytelling |
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Substance Abuse - Judgement |
won't get help paranoid aggressive not logical family and themselves in harms way bad decisions |
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Substance Abuse - Motor skills |
lack of eye contact fidgeting pacing awake/asleep for long time gait staggered safety concerns can lash out |
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How brain injuries are acquired: |
Force to the head Stroke Bleeding int he brain Lack of oxygen Infections in the brain Toxic exposure Fluid build up Brain tumours |
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Panic is the highest level of ________________ |
Anxiety |
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Panic is |
an intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror or dread. |
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Phobia is |
an intense fear |
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Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder |
Repeating unnecessary acts or thoughts to avoid or relieve anxiety |
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PTSD is caused by |
traumatic past, being harmed, seeing harm be done - usually has flashbacks |
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Bi-Polar Disorder usually develops |
in late teens or early adulthood |
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Major depression can be caused by |
stressful event |
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Schizophrenia involves |
Psychosis - mental impairment Delusions - a false belief Hallucinations - 5 senses sensing something not real Paranoia - a disorder of the mind Delusions of Grandeur - exaggerated false beliefs of one's own importance, power, wealth or talents Delusions of Persecution - false belief of being mistreated, abused or harassed |
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