front 1 What is mental health? | back 1 State of well-being |
front 2 What does mental health entail? | back 2 reaching your highest potential |
front 3 How does mental health relate to stress? | back 3 How you cope with stress |
front 4 What is the impact of mental health on work? | back 4 how productive you are |
front 5 What is the role of mental health in the community? | back 5 Contributing to the community |
front 6 What are some traits of mental health? | back 6 Rational thinking, Communication skills, Learning, Emotional growth, Resilience, Self-esteem |
front 7 What are mental illnesses? | back 7 Psychiatric disorders with definable diagnoses |
front 8 What kind of dysfunctions are seen in mental illness? | back 8 Dysfunctions related to developmental, biological, and physiological disturbances |
front 9 What is the mental health continuum? | back 9 Points along a continuum |
front 10 What is the middle ground between mental health and mental illness? | back 10 Stress and discomfort from everyday life |
front 11 What are the nature/nurture origins of psychiatric disorders? | back 11 Nature vs Nurture |
front 12 What are risk and protective factors? | back 12 Factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of negative outcomes. |
front 13 What are some examples of risk factors? | back 13 Family history of mental illness, substance abuse in the community. |
front 14 What are some examples of protective factors? | back 14 Strong social support, positive coping skills. |
front 15 Why are risk and protective factors important to study? | back 15 To understand and prevent negative outcomes. |
front 16 What is resilience? | back 16 Ability and capacity to secure resources needed to support well-being |
front 17 How is resilience characterized? | back 17 Ability to secure needed resources, capacity for regulating emotions and overcoming negative thoughts |
front 18 Why is resilience essential? | back 18 Essential to recovery |
front 19 What are some social and economic circumstances that can impact risk and protective factors? | back 19 Family, schools and peer groups, socioeconomic status, educational advancement |
front 20 What are some environmental factors that can impact risk and protective factors? | back 20 Political climate & cultural considerations, social & economic policies |
front 21 What is the difference between mental illness and physical illness? | back 21 Mental illness is rooted in intercellular abnormalities. |
front 22 What does the diathesis-stress model explain? | back 22 The interplay between nature and nurture in mental disorders. |
front 23 What is the Diathesis-Stress Model? | back 23 Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors |
front 24 What does diathesis refer to in the model? | back 24 Biological predisposition |
front 25 What does stress refer to in the model? | back 25 Environmental stress or trauma |
front 26 What is the most accepted explanation for mental illness? | back 26 Diathesis-Stress Model |
front 27 According to the Diathesis-Stress Model, what causes most psychiatric disorders? | back 27 Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors |
front 28 What is the Consumer movement in mental health care? | back 28 Advocacy for consumer rights and recovery |
front 29 What is the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)? | back 29 An organization that provides support and education for individuals with mental illness |
front 30 What is the Decade of the Brain? | back 30 A 10-year initiative to advance brain research and understanding |
front 31 What is the Surgeon General's Report On Mental Health? | back 31 A comprehensive report on mental health in the United States |
front 32 What is the Human Genome Project? | back 32 A project to map and sequence the human genome |
front 33 What is the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health? | back 33 A commission that aimed to transform the mental health system in the United States |
front 34 What is the Institute of Medicine? | back 34 An organization that provides health policy recommendations |
front 35 What is the BRAIN Initiative? | back 35 An initiative to accelerate neuroscience research and technologies |
front 36 What is the RDoC Initiative? | back 36 An initiative to develop new ways of classifying mental disorders based on underlying causes |
front 37 What does the Mental Health Parity Act require insurance companies to provide? | back 37 Equal treatment coverage for psychiatric disorders |
front 38 What did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act create to offer more choices? | back 38 Health insurance exchanges |
front 39 What did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provide for most uninsured Americans? | back 39 Coverage through expanded Medicaid eligibility |
front 40 What is the purpose of the Mental Health Parity Act? | back 40 To achieve parity or equivalence in insurance coverage for psychiatric disorders |
front 41 What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act often referred to as? | back 41 Obamacare |
front 42 What is epidemiology? | back 42 Study of the distribution of mental disorders |
front 43 What is the purpose of studying the epidemiology of mental disorders? | back 43 To identify high-risk groups and high-risk factors |
front 44 What does incidence measure? | back 44 Number of new cases in a given time |
front 45 What does prevalence measure? | back 45 Number of cases regardless of when they began |
front 46 What is lifetime risk? | back 46 Risk that one will develop a disease in the course of a lifetime |
front 47 What is the purpose of studying groups treated for specific mental disorders in clinical epidemiology? | back 47 Natural history, diagnostic screening, interventions |
front 48 What are the results used for in clinical epidemiology? | back 48 Frequency of mental disorders and symptoms appearing together |
front 49 What does the Mental Health Parity Act provide? | back 49 Equal coverage for mental health disorders |
front 50 What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? | back 50 Official medical guidelines for diagnosing psychiatric disorders |
front 51 Who publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? | back 51 American Psychiatric Association |
front 52 What influences the criteria for diagnosing psychiatric disorders? | back 52 Multiprofessional clinical field trials |
front 53 What is ICD-10-CM? | back 53 International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition |
front 54 What does ICD-10-CM provide clinical descriptions for? | back 54 Mental and behavior disorders |
front 55 How many broad classifications does ICD-10-CM have? | back 55 2 |
front 56 What are subclassifications in ICD-10-CM? | back 56 Further divisions within the broad classifications |
front 57 What is the role of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses? | back 57 Assess, diagnose, and treat behavioral and mental disorders |
front 58 What theories do Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses use? | back 58 Nursing, psychosocial, neurobiological theories |
front 59 Which populations do Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses work with? | back 59 Varied populations |
front 60 In which settings are Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses employed? | back 60 A variety of settings |
front 61 What is the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)? | back 61 Standardized nursing diagnoses |
front 62 What is the basic level of psychiatric-mental health nurse education? | back 62 PMH-RN |
front 63 What are the requirements for becoming a PMH-RN? | back 63 2 years full-time work, 2000 clinical hours, 30 hours continuing education |
front 64 What certification is required for PMH-RNs? | back 64 Certification exam to add 'BC' to the RN title (RN-BC) |
front 65 What is mental health? | back 65 State of well-being |
front 66 What degrees are required for PMH-APRNs? | back 66 Master of Science (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) |
front 67 What are some trends affecting the future? | back 67 Educational challenges, demand for mental health professionals, aging population, cultural diversity, science, technology, and electronic healthcare, advocacy & legislative involvement |
front 68 What is one educational challenge? | back 68 Educational challenges |
front 69 What is one demand affecting the future? | back 69 Demand for mental health professionals |
front 70 What is one way to get involved affecting the future? | back 70 Advocacy & legislative involvement |