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Psychosocial Nursing
Question | Answer |
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Four Health Promotion Successess | Tobacco Control, Reduction of road trauma, HIV/AIDs control, Skin Cancer prevention |
Some Major health and social issues of our time | Illicit drugs, Depression, suicide, Road trauma, Alcohol, tobacco, Problem gambling, Eating disorders, Early drop out from school, crime |
Risk factors to harmful behavior | Poverty, Low attachment to ones community, school, family and work place, Parental alcohol and drug use, family conflict, Marital instability, friends engaging in problem behaviors |
Protective factors to harmful behavior | Sense of belonging, good relationships within or outside the family, positive achievements, stability and security |
Mental Health is | the embodiment of social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing |
Mental Health provides what | vitality necessary for active living, to achieve goals and to interact with one another in ways that are respectful and just |
Key Determinants of Mental Health | Social inclusion, Freedom from discimination and violence, Economic participation |
Bullying may be responsible for what | up to 30% of depressive symptoms among high school students in Australia |
Highier levels of self reported discrimination were associated with what | Poorer Mental Health |
Who experiences highier levels of depression, anxiety and distress, together with lower self esteem and confidence | Unemployed workers |
Determinants | Social inclusion, diversity, economic participation |
Treatment Facilities include | Outpatient services, Residential treatment centers, sustaining care centers, day-treatment centers, mental health units |
What are out patient services | provided by local health department, community centers provide therapy through psychiatrist, social workers, psychologist,and nurses |
Residential Treatment Center | provides for the individuals day to day living, may be private home or a foster home that has met state guidelines, pts must be evaluated and their condition stabilized before being placed |
Where do pts usually go following hospitalization | Residential Treatment Center |
Sustaining Care Center | Similar to Nursing Home, Individual reside at center, Individual have some functional skills and are further guided by professional, structured program of social activities |
Day-Treatment Centers | clients who are emotionally dysfunctional, goal too increase |
Mental Health Units | Frequently located in the local community, geared toward short-term or emergency needs, self-direction and personal initiative are among the goals, care is given until the individual can return to the community |
Reentry | a person who has been confined or isolated for a period of time must go through a process |
Stigma of mental illness | Person seen as mentally ill or "crazy" for the rest of their lives, Often feared or ignored, neighbors and friends aviod person |
Duty to Warn Others | Tarasoff vs. The Regents of the University of California, failure to warn, if it results i injury to the threatened person, can lead to civil damages for malpractice |
False Imprisonment | Unlawful restraint of an individuals personal liberty or the unlawful restraint or confinement of an individual |
Voluntary Patients | Vast majority, seek help, when ready to leave signs themselves out |
Involuntary Patients | Mental illness, individuals who are a danger to self or others |
Involuntary patients (3 Cateogories) | Emergency care, short-term observation and treatment, long-term commitment(3,6,12 months) |