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| what are some common chronic mental health diagnoses |
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Definition
-schizzo
-mood disorders
-delusional disorders
-delirium
-dementia
-amnestic and other cognitive disorders
-psychotic disorders |
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Term
| example of dual diagnosis |
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Definition
| substance abuse and mental illness |
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Term
| types of disorders in children |
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Definition
-mood disorders
-schizo
-conduct disorders
-autism
-adolescent: bipolar and substance abuse |
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Term
1970-1980
what is important regaurding mental health |
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Definition
shift in treatment
-deinstitutionalization
-shorter inpatient stay
-follow up care in community
--closure of institutions
-- not adequate comminity mental health
--inc homeless rates and those in jail |
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Term
| americans with disabilities act |
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Definition
| 1990- prohibited discrimination based on disability including mental illness |
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Term
| who has the most contact with CMI patients? |
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Definition
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Term
| who is on the interdisciplinary team? |
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Definition
psychiatrist (meds)
primary care provider
psychologist
therapist
social worker
nurse |
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Term
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Definition
always the least restrictive
-voluntary
-emergency commitment
-then long tern judicial commitment |
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Term
| guidelines for voluntary commitment |
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Definition
-must sign forms
-must be advised of patient rights
-must be mentally competent
-24 hour notice to leave |
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Term
| emergency involuntary commitment |
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Definition
danger to self
danger to others |
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Term
| non emergency pre petition screening for involuntary commitment |
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Definition
persistently and acutely disabled
gravely disabled |
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Term
| can a guardian commit patient? |
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Definition
NOT with out a court order
but can for out patient treatment
attorney is ongoing advocate, must know in 48 hrs of admittance |
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Term
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Definition
can be anyone
must be sound mind to appoint but not to revoke |
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Term
| three reasons you can breach hippa |
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Definition
child, elder or retarded ppl abuse
communicable disease
information that could prevent commission of a felony |
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Term
| duty to warn and protect act |
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Definition
1976- tarasoff
therapist must warn others when threat of danger to identifiable others |
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Term
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Definition
-right to appropriate treatment settings
-right to individualized written treatment plans, and review
-right to ongoing participation in planning, right to reasonable medical attention, explination of medical condition, reasons for treatment and alternatives
-right to refuse treatment except in emergency or law
-right not to participate in experimentation
-right to freedom from seclusion or restraint
-right to confientally records unless it would be detrimental to health
-right to access phone, mail and visitors
-right to referal post d/c |
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Term
| malpractice and negligence |
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Definition
-focused on recognized standard of care
-injury with connection to nurse action and physical or psyc injury
-incomplete documentation
-sexual misconduct
-suicide and homicide |
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Term
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Definition
kantian duty of respect
-client's freedom to make choices about his life
-freedom of destiny |
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Term
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Definition
directly opposing utilitarianism
-end result or consequence doesnt make an action wrong or right but it is the motivation of the action
-decisions made by the adherence to laws and morals
-its my moral right to do this action |
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Term
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Definition
-the golden rule: do on to others what you want done to you.
-treat others as moral equals |
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Definition
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Definition
duty to act in benefit of the client
do good
act for the client's benefit |
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Term
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Definition
requirement to DO NO HARM
more importnat than beneficence |
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Term
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Definition
right of persons to be treated equally
-no bias on religion, race, sex, orientation |
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Term
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Definition
ones duty to always tell the truth
clients have the right to know about their diagnosis, treatment and progess |
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