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Mental Health Aspects of Nursing: Chap 3
Using Selected Strategies and Skills
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Nursing
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01/04/2012

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ABC
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Technique used in rational emotive therapy to help people identify automatic thoughts that cause them unhappiness in certain situations. Consider activating stimulus or event, beliefs regarding the situation, and feelings associated with the event or belief.
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cognitive distortions
Definition
Negative self-talk, including errors of logic, mistakes in reasoning, or unrealistic views of the worls
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cognitive therapy
Definition
Its goal is to correct maladaptive responses that arise from cognitive distotions.
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compassion fatigue
Definition
Long-term caregivers risk this kind of burnout.
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dopamine
Definition
neurotransmitter involved in involuntary motor movements and judgment, reasoning, and insight.
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meditation
Definition
exercise that provides a sense of deep relaxation of the body's muscles, to psychologically and physically restore energy
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rational emotive therapy
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A form of cognitive therapy that is based on the premise that an individual's behavior is controlled by values and beliefs; this therapy involves helping people identify and overcome the irrational beliefs they use to make themselves unhappy.
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relaxation training
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A strategy designed to help effectively decrease tension and anxiety; it involves a process of rhythmic breathing combined with tensing and relaxing muscles in an orderly sequence until the whole body is relaxed.
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self-talk
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Internal dialogue.
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serotonin
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Neurotransmitter involved in emotions, cognition, sensory perception and biological functions such as sleep and appetite.
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visual imagery
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Technique that uses mentally picturing a desirable event or accomplishment.
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- whole grains
- pumpkin
- squash
- root vegetables
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Four food types that help boost serotonin levels
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- fish
- poultry
- beans
- legumes
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Four food types that help boost dopamine levels
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