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mental health #1 exam
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Undergraduate 1
09/14/2008

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Term
DSM-IV TR - Axis I
Definition
clinical syndrome(s)
Term
DSM-IV TR - Axis II
Definition
personality disorders and mental retardation
Term
DSM-IV TR - Axis III
Definition
Medical Conditions
Term
DSM-IV TR - Axis IV
Definition
Psychosocial and Environmental Problems
Term
DSM-IV TR - Axis V
Definition
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
ranges from 1-100
Term
5 signs of mental health
Definition
happiness
control over behavior
appraisal of reality
healthy self concept
Term
Early History of Mental Health Nursing
Definition
insanity associated with sin
mental illness thought to be incurable
treatment of mentally ill was sometimes inhumane and brutal
Term
Middle Ages of Mental Health Nursing
Definition
- Mentally ill often imprisoned
- depended on charity of religious groups
- First Mental Hospital; St Mary of Bethleham
Term
15th-17th Centuries of MH nursing
Definition
skepticism was rampant
-conditions of asylums were deplorable
-insane were treated like animals
--thought not to have feelings
--were believed to lack understanding
--men&women not given separate quarters
Term
Dorthea Lynde Dix
Definition
--plight of mentally ill recognized by legistlative community
--led to establishment of state hospitals
Term
20th Century: Era of Psychiatry
Definition
Adolph Meyer and Sigmund Freud
Term
Sigmund Freud
Definition
Psychoanalysis
psychosexual theories
neurosis
Term
mental health movement
Definition
-gave authority to US Public Health Service

-National mental Health Act of 1946 passed

-Nations attitude about mentally ill began to change

-President Eisenhowers Commission on Mental Illness and health (1961) established
Term
21st Century: Neuroscience & Genetics
Definition
- Information Systems: the internet and cyberspace
-Complementary Therapies
--Aromatherapy
--Acupuncture
--massage therapy
Term
Trends/ the future
Definition
-social changes abroad
-societal demands
-rising cost of health care
-deteriorating social structures
-global aids epidemic
-increased violence
-inadequate access to health care
-rising poverty levels
Term
health care trends
Definition
- diverse practice setting
- intensive community programs
- home health
- mobile crisis unit
- respite care
Term
Freud's levels of awareness
Definition
Conscious
Preconcious
Unconscious
Term
Conscious
Definition
intellectual, emotional, and interpersonal aspects of behavior in awareness at a given time
Term
Preconscious
Definition
experiences, thought, feelings or desires not in immediate awareness, but able to recall
Term
unconscious
Definition
memories, thoughts, feelings or wishes not available to conscious mind. repressed, not logical
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