MENTAL HEALTH

Week 3 Learning Activity

1. Name the three factors that determine whether or not a person experiences a crisis in response to a stressful situation.

2. What is the goal of crisis intervention?

3. What is the definition of diagnostic overshadowing?

4. What is the definition of social distancing?

5. What are the symptoms of a person with agoraphobia?

6. What is the primary nursing intervention for a person in panic anxiety?

7. What are the elements that determine one’s response (and subsequent adjustment) to a stressful situation?

8. What is associated with the onset of an adjustment disorder?

9. How do alternative medicine and complementary medicine differ?

10. Caring for Patients With Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in General Practice Settings

Identify the following key terms associated with caring for patients with mental illness and substance use disorders in general practice settings with the descriptions or definitions listed below.

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a. diagnostic overshadowing

b. patient-centered care

c. screening

d. SBIRT

e. social distancing

f. stigmatization

g. suicide prevention

h. trauma-informed care

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_____ 1. A concept that requires nurses and other healthcare professionals to listen to and empower the patient in decision making around his or her care and establish a collaborative partnership

_____ 2. An attitude of devaluing a person because of a particular characteristic or illness

_____ 3. An evidence-based approach referring to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment

_____ 4. A phenomenon in which a person’s physical symptoms are attributed to his or her mental illness

_____ 5. Methods of assessment for suicide risk and for differentiating between

suicide ideation and attempts

_____ 6. Care that assesses for and demonstrates sensitivity to the impact of trauma history on

current behavior and relationships in every aspect of nursing intervention

_____ 7. The identification of clinically significant symptoms that require further assessment

and intervention

_____ 8. An aspect of stigma that refers to the tendency of healthcare workers and others to avoid people with mental illness or addiction