Mental Health & Assisted Living Quiz1

A mental disorder is a mental illness that affects a person’s thinking, emotional state, and behavior and disrupts their ability to work or carry out daily activities and engage in satisfying personal relationships.

INSTITUTIONALIZATION was an inpatient care model in which many patients lived in hospitals and were treated by professional staff. It was considered the most effective way to care for the mentally ill.

Italian neurologist Ugo Cerletti introduces electroshock therapy as a treatment for people with schizophrenia and other chronic mental illnesses.

Mental Health is

The following are some of the most common mental health issues we deal with EXCEPT:

TBI Occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain

Types of Disorders in Which Psychosis May Occur ARE

Schizophrenia is the most common disorder of Psychosis

Schizophrenia is the same as split personality

Schizophrenia begins in late teens or early 20’s

Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally

Bipolar disorder symptoms are

Grandiose delusions, lack of insight, increased energy are characteristic of

Depression disorder last for 2weeks or more

Depression affects a person’s Thinking, Emotions, Behavior, and Well-being

Fatigue, lack of energy, sleeping too much or too little, overeating or loss of appetite, constipation, weight loss or gain, headaches, irregular menstrual cycle, loss of sexual desire, unexplained aches and pains are signs and symptoms of

Types of Anxieties include Panic Disorder, Generalized Disorder, and OCD

Anxiety signs and symptoms are similar to symptoms of

When dealing with any type of mental disorder the resident is to be assessed for Suicide

When dealing with a person suffering with psychosis