75 Questions
What is confabulation primarily associated with?
Creating irrelevant information
What type of information is considered irrelevant in confabulation?
Information unrelated to the topic
What is the main characteristic of confabulation in relation to kids?
The information is irrelevant to kids
What is a common characteristic of confabulation in children?
Inaccurate information
In the context of children, confabulation is most associated with:
Memory distortion
What is the main characteristic of persecutory delusion?
Believing someone is after you when they are not
What is the key feature of somatic delusion?
Believing one has a disease or affected system
What is the primary characteristic of erotomanic delusion?
Believing in romantic obsession that doesn't exist
What is the nature of religious delusion?
Believing in a religious figure guiding your actions
What is the definition of illusion?
Misinterpretation of a stimulus by the brain
What is the defining feature of hallucination?
Seeing or hearing things that are not there
What is the primary characteristic of denial as a defense mechanism?
Rejecting information as a means of defense
What is the potential consequence of overusing defense mechanisms?
Leading to mental disorders
When do defense mechanisms become maladaptive?
When they interfere with how a person deals with reality
What is the key characteristic of confabulation?
Production of false memories
Involuntary commitment for institutionalization begins when:
A formal petition is filed
How long does a patient have to stay for assessment during a 72-hour hold?
At least 72 hours
What is required for a client to be considered oriented in terms of their environment?
Orientation to person, place, and time
In nursing, what is the only part an LPN is allowed to do independently?
Intervention
In prioritizing nursing diagnosis, what receives the highest priority?
Issues that endanger life
What should be given priority in addressing mentally ill patients' problems, according to Maslow's Hierarchy?
A problem that can change at any time
What do short-term goals in nursing focus on?
Symptom relief
What is the primary focus of interventions in mental health nursing?
Improving communication
What is the purpose of evaluating interventions in nursing?
To determine if goals/outcomes are met
When people express anxiety through physical symptoms, they are experiencing:
Somatization
What defense mechanism involves temporarily hiding aware thoughts and feelings and is associated with OCD?
Suppression
Which defense mechanism separates painful memories from the conscious mind and can lead to dissociative disorder if overused?
Dissociation
What defense mechanism involves cognitive framing to protect oneself from changing realities and can lead to self-deception if overused?
Rationalization
Which defense mechanism involves behaving in the opposite of what one feels and can lead to unresolved conflict if overused?
Reaction formation
What defense mechanism involves returning to a more comfortable stage of development and can lead to personality stagnation if overused?
Regression
Which defense mechanism involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused?
Projection
What defense mechanism involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused?
Intellectualization
Which defense mechanism involves emotional feelings becoming physical and can lead to medical conditions if overused?
Conversion reaction
What can overuse of defense mechanisms lead to?
Mental disorders
What leads to adaptation and well physical and mental health?
Effective coping
In the context of children, what type of information is considered irrelevant in confabulation?
Factual knowledge
Which type of delusion involves thinking someone is obsessed with you romantically when they are not?
Erotomanic delusion
What type of delusion involves believing that you have a disease or your body system is affected?
Somatic delusion
Which defense mechanism involves rejecting information as a means of defense?
Denial
Which type of hallucination involves seeing things that are not there?
Visual
What defense mechanism involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused?
Rationalization
Which defense mechanism involves using cognitive framing to protect oneself from changing realities and can lead to self-deception if overused?
Intellectualization
What is the defining feature of an illusion?
It involves misinterpreting a stimulus
Which type of defense mechanism involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused?
Projection
What is the primary characteristic of erotomanic delusion?
Belief in romantic obsession
What is the main characteristic of persecutory delusion?
Belief in persecution
Which defense mechanism involves making up for real or imagined deficiencies and can lead to self-deception if overused?
Rationalization
What does overuse of suppression, as a defense mechanism, typically lead to?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Which defense mechanism involves behaving in the opposite of what one feels and can lead to unresolved conflict if overused?
Reaction formation
What is the primary consequence of overusing dissociation as a defense mechanism?
Dissociative disorder
Which defense mechanism involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused?
Intellectualization
What is the potential consequence of overusing regression as a defense mechanism?
Personality stagnation
Which defense mechanism involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused?
Projection
What is the primary consequence of overusing conversion reaction as a defense mechanism?
Medical conditions
Which defense mechanism involves temporarily hiding aware thoughts and feelings and is associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Suppression
What is the primary consequence of overusing projection as a defense mechanism?
Delusional behavior
Involuntary commitment for institutionalization begins when:
A formal petition is filed
What is the only part an LPN is allowed to do independently in nursing?
Intervention
What is the primary focus of interventions in mental health nursing?
Improving communication
What is required for a client to be considered oriented in terms of their environment?
Oriented x3 by person, place, and time
In prioritizing nursing diagnosis, what receives the highest priority?
Problems that endanger life
What is the defining feature of hallucination?
Perception of something that is not present
What do short-term goals in nursing focus on?
Symptom relief
What is the primary characteristic of denial as a defense mechanism?
Refusal to acknowledge reality
What is the nature of religious delusion?
False belief about religious concepts
What is the primary characteristic of referential delusions?
Using something else to think it is referring to you
Which type of delusion involves thinking one has a disease or affected body system?
Somatic delusion
What is the defining feature of hallucination?
Seeing/hearing things that are not there
What is the primary consequence of overusing intellectualization as a defense mechanism?
Creation of false beliefs
Which type of defense mechanism involves emotional feelings becoming physical and can lead to medical conditions if overused?
Conversion reaction
What is the key characteristic of reaction formation as a defense mechanism?
Behaving in the opposite of what one feels
During involuntary commitment for institutionalization, how long does a patient have to stay for assessment under a 72-hour hold?
72 hours
In mental health nursing, what is the only part an LPN is allowed to do independently?
Intervention
In the nursing process, what receives the highest priority in prioritizing nursing diagnosis?
Endangering life
In mental health nursing, what is the primary focus of interventions?
Symptom relief
Study Notes
Defense Mechanisms and Mental Health
- Overuse of defense mechanisms can lead to mental disorders
- Denial is complete rejection of a thought or feeling and can lead to repressed feelings if overused
- Repression causes anxiety to be stored in the unconscious, leading to undone and overwhelming feelings if overused
- Suppression involves temporarily hiding aware thoughts and feelings and is associated with OCD
- Dissociation separates painful memories from the conscious mind and can lead to dissociative disorder if overused
- Rationalization is cognitive framing to protect oneself from changing realities and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Compensation is an attempt to make up for real or imagined deficiencies and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Reaction formation is behaving in the opposite of what one feels and can lead to unresolved conflict if overused
- Regression involves returning to a more comfortable stage of development and can lead to personality stagnation if overused
- Projection involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused
- Intellectualization involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused
- Conversion reaction involves emotional feelings becoming physical and can lead to medical conditions if overused
- Effective coping leads to adaptation and well physical and mental health, while ineffective coping leads to maladaptation and mental disorders
Defense Mechanisms and Mental Health
- Overuse of defense mechanisms can lead to mental disorders
- Denial is complete rejection of a thought or feeling and can lead to repressed feelings if overused
- Repression causes anxiety to be stored in the unconscious, leading to undone and overwhelming feelings if overused
- Suppression involves temporarily hiding aware thoughts and feelings and is associated with OCD
- Dissociation separates painful memories from the conscious mind and can lead to dissociative disorder if overused
- Rationalization is cognitive framing to protect oneself from changing realities and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Compensation is an attempt to make up for real or imagined deficiencies and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Reaction formation is behaving in the opposite of what one feels and can lead to unresolved conflict if overused
- Regression involves returning to a more comfortable stage of development and can lead to personality stagnation if overused
- Projection involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused
- Intellectualization involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused
- Conversion reaction involves emotional feelings becoming physical and can lead to medical conditions if overused
- Effective coping leads to adaptation and well physical and mental health, while ineffective coping leads to maladaptation and mental disorders
Defense Mechanisms and Mental Health
- Overuse of defense mechanisms can lead to mental disorders
- Denial is complete rejection of a thought or feeling and can lead to repressed feelings if overused
- Repression causes anxiety to be stored in the unconscious, leading to undone and overwhelming feelings if overused
- Suppression involves temporarily hiding aware thoughts and feelings and is associated with OCD
- Dissociation separates painful memories from the conscious mind and can lead to dissociative disorder if overused
- Rationalization is cognitive framing to protect oneself from changing realities and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Compensation is an attempt to make up for real or imagined deficiencies and can lead to self-deception if overused
- Reaction formation is behaving in the opposite of what one feels and can lead to unresolved conflict if overused
- Regression involves returning to a more comfortable stage of development and can lead to personality stagnation if overused
- Projection involves putting feelings onto someone else and can lead to delusional behavior if overused
- Intellectualization involves using reasoning to avoid feeling and can lead to false beliefs if overused
- Conversion reaction involves emotional feelings becoming physical and can lead to medical conditions if overused
- Effective coping leads to adaptation and well physical and mental health, while ineffective coping leads to maladaptation and mental disorders
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