Mental Health

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shared way of life the combination of traditions and beliefs tha makes a group bond together

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culture

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belief of a higher power

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religion

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is a fixed notion or conviction about a group of people or a situation

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stereotype

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one's more personal trait. language, country of origin, and skin color are parts of it

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ethnicity

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judging a person or situation before all the facts are known, it is a destructive behavior, it is hurtful and it shuts the door on the enrichment of the society

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predudice

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people believing that their particular ethnic group has rights and benefits over and above those of other

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ethnocentrism

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shared the way of lifethat consisted of experiementing with drugs, living together withourt benefit of marriage

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hippies

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extremley important to some patients and not to others, as nurses, we must be comfartable talking to patients about this

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spirituality

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rich versus poor; which is better?

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economic considerations

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misuse of a person, substance, or situation

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abuse

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a learned behavior

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violence

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method of methods of raising children, used by parents or other primary caregivers

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parenting

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experiencing more single parent families and smae sex parent families

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american society

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parent sets up strict rules, child had little of no voice in family decisions

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authoritarian parent

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firm consistent rules and limits, while allowing for discussion and occasional flexibility of those rules according to special circumstances

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authoritative parent

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provides little structure adn few guidelines

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permissive parent

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way one adapts to a stressor psychologically, physically, and behaviorally

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coping

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those that are specifically identified to offer healthy choices to the patient

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effective coping

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mechanism is to reduce or eliminate anxiety

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defense mechanism

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usually the first defense learned and used

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denial

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an unconsious buring or forgetting mechanism

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repression

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painful events or situlation are seperated or dissocialted from the conscious mind

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dissociation

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use of logical sounding excuse to cover up the true thoughts and feelings. the most frequently used defense mechanism

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rationlization

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making up for something we percieve as an inadequacy by developing some other desirable trait

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compensation

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similar to compensation except the person usually develops the exact opposite trait

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reaction formation

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emotionally returing to an earlier time in life when there was far less stress

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regression

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unacceptalbe treaits or characteristics are diverted into acceptable traits or charcteristics

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sublimation

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blaming others a mental or verbal finger pointing at another for the problem

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projection

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the kick the dog syndrome transferring agner and hostility to another person or object that is percieved to be less powerful

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displacement

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makes amends for a behavior one thinks is unacceptable. makes an attempt at reducing guilt

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restitution

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emotion that is separated from the original feeling

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isolation

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anxiety is channeled into physical symtoms

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conversion reaction

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unconsciously staying away from events or sitiuations that might open feeling or agression or anxiety

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avoidance

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ability to think raionally and to process those those thoughts

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cognitive

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therapeutic enviroment

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milieu

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medications as they are used and supplied for mental illness

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phycopharmacology

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acts on the CNS, their main action is to bloak the dopanime receptors, treats schizopherenia and other acute or chronic psychoitc behavior side effects are parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia, and tardive dyskinesia

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antipsychotics

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depresses activities of the cerebral cortex antianxiety drugs decrease the effects of stress or mild depression without causing sedation, stress axienty neurotic behavior side effects can cause physical dependance contraindications are people with a history of chemical dependency are not good candidatesfor this classification of drug because of the potential for addiction

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antianxiety agents

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helps stimulate the cns is someone is depressed

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antidepressants

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used medically to combat the sleep disorder narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder in children

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stimulants

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is the form of therapy that originated from the theory of Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalysis

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an effective tool for unlocking the unconsious or for searching further into a tehcnique called past life regression

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hypnosis

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act of purging or purification

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catharsis

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licensed and regulated differently not only state by state but sometimes municipality by municipality

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couseling

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obtaining assistance or counseling rom their church or spiritual leaders

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pastoral or cultural couseling

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can be outgoing or short term, depending on the needs of the patients or the type of disorder example AA

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group therapy

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last only a few minutes, generally given a sedative before the treatment amount of ecletirc energy used is individualized to the patient few side effects used when other therapies have not been helpful

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eletroconvulsive therapy

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effects of smilles, hugs and laughter

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humor therapy

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is a sudden, unexpected event in a person's life that drastically changes his or her routine

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crisis

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highly individual situation there are 5 phases

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phases of crisis

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nstaring to provide help and then changing your mind can be interpreted as

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neglect or abanonment