Exam 2: Mental Health (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen

Exam 2: Mental Health (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen

Exam 2: Mental Health (New 2023/ 2024
Update) Complete Guide with Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen
QUESTION
Problems with the general adaptation syndrome theory
Answer:
Women dont have
‘fight or flight’ they have ‘tending and befriending’
QUESTION
Levels of anxiety
Answer:
mild, moderate, severe, panic
QUESTION
mild anxiety symptoms
Answer:

• Sharp focus
• Sees, hears & grasps more info
• Problem solving becomes more effective
  QUESTION
  Moderate Anxiety Symptoms
  Answer:
• Focus on immediate concerns
• Difficulty focusing
• Details excluded from observation
• Cant think clearly

QUESTION
Severe anxiety symptoms
Answer:

• Focus on specific details only
• All behavior is aimed at relieving anxiety
• Learning & problem solving are not possible
• Somatic symptoms
  QUESTION
  Panic symptoms
  Answer:
• Unable to process environment
• Dysregulated behavior (pacing, running, shouting, screaming, hallucinations)
• May become erratic, uncoordinated & impulsive.
  QUESTION
  Separation Anxiety Disorder
  Answer:
• Inappropriate concern over being away from a significant other.
• Fear that something will happen that results in permanent separation
• GI disturbances & headaches
  QUESTION
  Specific Phobia Disorder
  Answer:
  Unrealistic, disproportionate fear of some ob- ject/event that leads to avoidance

QUESTION
Social Anxiety Disorder
Answer:
Extreme and irrational fear of being embarrassed, judged negatively, or scrutinized by others in
social situations
QUESTION
Panic Disorder
Answer:
Unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and
accompanying chest pain, choking, or other fright- ening sensations
QUESTION
Agoraphobia
Answer:
Fear about being in places/situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or in
which help might not be available
QUESTION
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Answer:
Chronic excessive worry accompanied by 3+ symptoms present more days than not for the past
6 months
QUESTION
Substance-induced anxiety disorder
Answer:
Characterized by symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks obsessions, and compulsions that develop
with use of a substance

QUESTION
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
Answer:
Unwanted repetitive thoughts (ob- sessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
QUESTION
Obsession
Answer:
Unwanted repetitive thoughts that cant be dismissed
QUESTION
Compulsions
Answer:
Irresistible urges to perform an act to ease anxiety
QUESTION
Nursing interventions for a person with mild to moderate anxiety
Answer:

• Thera- peutic communication
• Providing calm presence
• Recognize distress
• Listening
  QUESTION
  Nursing interventions for a person experiencing severe to panic levels of anxiety
  Answer:
• Safety
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