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What is the percentage of population with mental health problems
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20% and 1 in 7 will need treatment
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what are the general causes of behavioral emergencies
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biological
Psychosocial sociocultural |
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what is Affect
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visible indicators of mood or the impression that someone else may hav e about mood based on ones appearance
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Mental status
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the state of the patients cerebral functioning
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Open ended questions
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the kind of question that cannot be answered with yes or no
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When should you remove people from the scene
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remove anyone who agitates the patient of adds to the confusion on the scene
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what is positional asphyxia
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this is when a patient is restrained and stops breathing
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what age group is considered a risk for suicide
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15-24 and over 40
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A structured exam designed to quickley evaluate a patinets level of mental functioning ins the
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MSE
mental status exam |
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Common causes of dementia include
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alzheimers disease
parkinsons disease Aids head truauma |
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The compelling desire to use a substance
inability to reduce use of a substanse and repeated unsuccessful efforts to quite using that substance are indicatior of |
psychological dependence
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