Definition of Terms: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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What is the culturally defined nature of mental health and mental illness?

  • Mental health is a state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness. (correct)
  • Mental health is the ability to realize one's abilities to cope with normal stresses of life and work productively.
  • Mental health is the freedom to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be.
  • Mental health is the simultaneous success at working, loving, and creating with capacity for resolution of conflict.

    • According to Videbeck, what does mental health involve?

  • Realizing one's abilities to cope with normal stresses of life and work productively.
  • Freedom to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be.
  • Simultaneous success at working, loving, and creating with capacity for resolution of conflict.
  • State of emotional, psychological, and social wellness. (correct)

    • What does the World Health Organization (WHO) consider as mental health?

  • Simultaneous success at working, loving, and creating with capacity for resolution of conflict.
  • Ability to realize one's abilities to cope with normal stresses of life and work productively. (correct)
  • Freedom to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be.
  • State of emotional, psychological, and social wellness.

    • What is the American Psychiatric Association's (A.P.A.) view on mental health?

    <p>Simultaneous success at working, loving, and creating with capacity for resolution of conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Satyr, what does 'freedom' demonstrated by mentally healthy people involve?

    <p>To see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the components mentioned by Videbeck that indicate mental health?

    <p>Satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective behavior and coping, positive self-concept, emotional stability.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of hallucination?

    <p>The absence of a stimulus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of psychiatric nursing, what does emotional maturity refer to?

    <p>Adaptability and inductive reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of psychiatry?

    <p>Relief of mental suffering and improvement of mental well-being</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the specialized area of nursing practice that employs theories of human behavior?

    <p>Psychiatric nursing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Greek meaning of psychiatry?

    <p>&quot;Healer of the spirit&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'autonomy' refer to in the context of dealing with psychotic patients?

    <p>Taking risks in one's own behalf</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the care of patients with morbid thoughts and feeling states?

    <p>Working knowledge of the subject matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the emphasis in the nurse-patient relationship in psychiatric nursing?

    <p>&quot;Interpersonal process&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and motivation?

    <p>&quot;Maladaptive concept&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does psychotic patients being on a controlled world mean?

    <p>To say what one feels, instead of what one ought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective behavior, and coping indicate according to Videbeck's definition of mental health?

    <p>Emotional, psychological, and social wellness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what is mental health characterized by?

    <p>Productive work and contribution to the community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the American Psychiatric Association (A.P.A.) emphasize as a sign of mental health?

    <p>Simultaneous success at working and loving</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Satyr, what does 'freedom' demonstrated by mentally healthy people involve?

    <p>Seeing and hearing what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does mental health involve, according to the culturally defined nature of mental health and mental illness?

    <p>State of emotional, psychological, and social wellness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between hallucination and illusion?

    <p>Hallucination involves the absence of a stimulus, while illusion involves the presence of a stimulus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the goal of psychiatric nursing?

    <p>To promote and maintain behavior that contributes to integrative functioning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does emotional maturity refer to in the context of psychiatric nursing?

    <p>Being adaptable and emotionally stable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'psychiatry' mean?

    <p>Healer of the spirit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of mental illness according to the American Psychiatric Association (A.P.A.)?

    <p>A syndrome associated with present distress or disability, or with an increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or loss of freedom</p> Signup and view all the answers

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