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CNA 2016 C. 38*
Mental Health Problems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affect relates to | Feelings and emotions |
| Anxiety is | a vague, uneasy feeling in response to stress |
| The repeating of an act over and over again is | compulsion |
| Which is used to block unpleasant or threatening feelings? | defense mechanisms |
| A delusion is | a false belief |
| A delusion of grandeur is | an exaggerated belief about one's importance, wealth, power, or talents |
| A hallucination is | seeing, hearing, smelling or feeling something that is not real |
| An obsession is | a recurrent, unwanted, thought, idea, or image |
| Panic is | an intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety, terror, or dead |
| Paranoia is | false beliefs and suspicion about a person or situation |
| Phobia is | intense fear, panic, or dread |
| Psychosis means that the person | has severe mental impairments |
| Stress is | the response or change in the body caused by emotional, physical, social or economic factor |
| A stressor is | any factor that causes stress |
| A person is able to cope with and adjust to everyday stresses. The person | is mentally healthy |
| A person's ability to cope and adjust to stress is disturbed. Behavior and function are impaired. The person has a: | mental illness |
| Genetics is a cause of | mental health disorders |
| The person with anxiety senses | real or imagined danger or harm |
| Anxiety levels are higher in persons with | mental health disorders |
| Signs and symptoms of anxiety: | dry mouth, sweating, poor attention span |
| Defense mechanisms are used by | everyone |
| A woman wants to be a lawyer. Her family does not have the money to send her to law school. She decides to be a teacher. What defense mechanism is she using? | Compensation |
| You are unhappy with your supervisor. You call in sick because of a headache. What defense mechanism are you using? | Conversion |
| A new resident waits at the front door for her daughter to take her home. What defense mechanism is she using? | denial |
| A person’s eyeglasses break. Your supervisor blames you. At home you scold your family for not helping with dinner. What defense mechanisms are you using? | displacement |
| You admire the way that a nurse dresses and styles her hair. You try to do the same. What defense mechanism are you using? | Identification |
| You forgot to assist a resident with ambulation. You blame the nurse for not reminding you. What defense mechanism are you using? | Projection |
| You forgot to assist a resident with ambulation. You tell the nurse that you have too much work to do. What defense mechanism are you using? | rationalization |
| You do not like a co-worker. You invite him to a party at your home. What defense mechanism are you using? | reaction formation |
| A husband asks his wife for a divorce. She starts sucking her thumb. What defense mechanism is she using? | regression |
| A person does not remember being told about the need for nursing center care. What defense mechanism is being used? | Repression |
| ____________ is the highest level of anxiety | panic |
| A resident has agoraphobia. This means that the person has an intense fear of | being in an open, crowded, or public space |
| Fear of darkness is__________________ | Nyctophobia |
| A resident washes her hands over and over many times during the day. This behavior is a | compulsion |
| Schizophrenia usually involves | delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution |
| Sitting for hours without moving, speaking, or responding are common in persons with | schizophrenia |
| Infant-like behavior, such as bedwetting, may occur in those persons with | schizophrenia |
| The person with bipolar disorder | has extremes in mood, energy, and ability to function |
| Rapid speech occurs in the _______ phase of bipolar disorder | manic |
| A person has major depression. __________________ is a risk. | suicide |
| Depression in older persons is often | overlooked |
| The person with an __________ personality has poor judgment, lacks responsibility and is hostile with others. | anitsocial |
| The person with a ___________ personality has intense bouts of anger, depression, and anxiety that last for hours or most of the day | borderline |
| The overuse of a drug for its non-medical or non-therapy effects is | drug abuse |
| Substance abuse | affects school and work performance, relationships, health, appearance, and behavior. |
| ____________ is a chronic relapsing brain disease in which the person has an overwhelming desire to take a drug | drug addiction |
| A resident has a drug addiction. The person has a___________ | chronic brain disease |
| Over time, heavy drinking of alcohol damages | the brain, central nervous system, liver, heart, stomach, and kidneys |
| Risk factors for alcoholism | lifestyle and genetics |
| The effects of alcohol vary with | age |
| A resident has a cocktail every evening before bedtime. This means that the person has a drinking problem. | False |
| Persons with mental health disorders do not have the right to quality of life | False |
| The highest rate of suicide was among which group? | white men |
| When a person tells you they don’t want to live anymore, you should | call the nurse at once |
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