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NSG 335 Mental Health Module 1 Intro to Mental Health and Mental Illness o WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?  State of well-being in which an individual is able to realize their own potential, cope with n... ormal stresses of life, work productively, and make contributions to the community.  Our mental health fluctuates from positive to negative..  Health and wellbeing continuum - Nurtured - Active - Respected - Responsible - Included - Safe - Healthy - Achieving o WHAT IS MENTAL ILLNESS?  Anything that has a definable diagnosis which causes a significant dysfunction that may be development, psychological, or biological development  The ability to think “clear” is impaired and chronic or disabling impairment  1 in 5 Americans have mental illness  Behavior alterations with marked distress o WHAT TO ASSESS  Mental health assessment - Looking at balance to see if they can keep life in balance with only occasional stress and mild distress  Mental Illness - Assess behaviors, genetics, psychological factors, history - Look at environmental factors, socioeconomic factors, positive protective factors. o DSM-5 & NURSING PROCESS  DSM-5 - Provides criteria to diagnose psychiatric disorders - Classification system - Organized on a developmental hierarchy - System in which we are able to diagnose someone  NURSING PROCESS (ADPIE) - Provides framework for identifying appropriate nursing interventions - Nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about actual or potential responses to health problems • Way to guide treatment and care from nurse perspective [Show More]

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