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Mental Health

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Normal Emotional Responses

Behavior Mental healthMental illness

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Historical Overview

Possession by evil spiritsShaman or medicine men Greco-Roman eraHippocrates & Humoral Theory

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Dark AgesBedlam17-18 century                                  

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1731 America                                                  

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1773: 1st psychiatric hospital

Linda Richards Committee for Mental Hygiene

ECT/Insulin shockFrontal lobotomy

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1940’s1950’sDeinstitutionalizationOBRA21st Century

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Factors Affecting Mental Health

HeredityChildhood nurturingLife’s circumstancesPositive influencesNegative influences

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Mental Health Continuum

Illness sideMidpoint sideWellness side

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Personality and Self-concept

Personality Erik EriksonSigmund Freud

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Freud’s Structural Theory Of Personality

Id - pleasure principleEgo - reality principleSuperego - conscience

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Self-Concept

Personal identityBody imageRoleSelf-esteem

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Stress / StressorSubjective feeling of tension (stress)

Environmental events (stressor)

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Anxiety

What is it??LevelsWhat influences anxiety?

Events that may cause anxiety are?

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Coping Way the mind responds to awareness's that are challenging or threatening

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Effective vs. Ineffective Coping

Ineffective coping mechanisms are major cause of mental disorders

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Resources For Effective Coping

Good problem solving ability

Prior experienceAdequate knowledge about cause of stressor

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Available supportAdequate sleep, nutrition and physical hygiene

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AdaptationProcess of coping effectively with one’s social environment

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Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious processActivated when conscious coping mechanisms unable to manage anxiety

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Increase sense of security

Protect the self esteem

Assist in solving emotional dilemmas

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Types of Defense Mechanisms

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Defense Mechanisms Collaborative Assignment

Work in groups and discuss situations where each Defense Mechanism may be used by patients.

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Defense Mechanism Class Assignment

Provide an example for the Defense Mechanisms assigned to your group.

Discuss possible nursing interventions which may be applicable.

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ILLNESS

What is “illness” ??How does it affect mental health??

What are common behaviors with illness?

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Crisis

What is it??What are “secondary gains” of illness?

What is “an identity crisis?

How can we help?

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PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON….

What elements would you observe when assessing your patient’s emotional status???