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Earth-illness continuum - CORRECT ANSWER -Behaviors relating to health exist
over a broad spectrum
Mental health - CORRECT ANSWER -Is the ability to "cope with and adjust to
the recurrent stresses of living in an acceptable way"
Mental illness disorder - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a disturbance in one's ability to
cope effectively
Trephining - CORRECT ANSWER -Cutting holes in the skull to encourage the
spirit to leave
Demonic exorcisms - CORRECT ANSWER -Religious ceremonies in which
patients were physically punished to drive away the evil possessing spirits
Lunacy - CORRECT ANSWER -Means a disorder caused by a lunar body
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - CORRECT ANSWER -Artificial induction of a
grand mal seizure by passing a controlled electrical current through electrodes applied to one or both temples, used to treat severe depression.
Lobotomy - CORRECT ANSWER -A surgical procedure that serves the frontal
lobes of the brain from the thalamus
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER -A therapy for certain emotional
disorders that investigates the working of the mind
Psychotherapeutic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER -Are chemicals that affect the
mind
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER -The transfer to a community setting
of a patient who has been hospitalized for an extended period of time;
Catchment area - CORRECT ANSWER -Each center was to provide
comprehensive mental health services for all residents within a retain geographic region
Inpatient psychiatric care - CORRECT ANSWER -
Outpatient mental health care - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a facility that provides
services to people with mental problems within their home environments
recidivism - CORRECT ANSWER -A relapse (return) of a symptom, disease, or
behavior
Community support systems (CSS) model - CORRECT ANSWER -Views clients
holistically-as individuals with basic human needs, ambitions, and rights.
Community mental health centers - CORRECT ANSWER -Are outpatient settings
that support the CSS model by providing a comprehensive range of services
Case management - CORRECT ANSWER -Is designed to support mentally ill
clients living in the community
Psychosocial rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER -Is best described as the use
of multidisciplinary services to help clients gain the skills needed to carry out the activities of daily living as actively and independently as possible
Consultation - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a process in which the assistance of a
specialist is sought to help identify ways to work effectively with client problems
Resource linkage - CORRECT ANSWER -The process of matching clients'
needs with the most appropriate community services
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER -Is providing the client with the information to
make certain decisions.
Crisis intervention - CORRECT ANSWER -A short term, active therapy that
focuses on solving he immediate problem and restoring the client's previous level of functioning
Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER -Are ideas that help shape our points of view
Belief - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a conviction that is intellectually accepted as
true whether or not it is base in fact
Midemeanors - CORRECT ANSWER -less serious crimes, punishable by a fine
or confinement for up to a year
Civil Law - CORRECT ANSWER -A law that governs relationships between
individuals and defines their legal rights.
Contract law - CORRECT ANSWER -Deals with agreements between individuals
or institutions.
Tort law - CORRECT ANSWER -Relates to individuals' rights and includes the
need to be compensated for a wrong
Standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER -Are developed by specific health
care disciplines
Involuntary admission - CORRECT ANSWER -
Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER -Is the giving of false information with the
knowledge that action will be taken based on the information
Defamation - CORRECT ANSWER -Is defined as a false communication that
results in harm
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER -Written defamation
Slander - CORRECT ANSWER -Verbal defamation
Assault - CORRECT ANSWER -Is any act that threatens a client
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER -Is when touching occurs without the client's
permission
False imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWER -Detaining a competent person
against his or her will constitutes
Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER -Is defined as the omission (or commission)
of an act that a reasonable and prudent person would (or would not) do
Elopement - CORRECT ANSWER -
