Chamberlain College of Nursing - NURSING 326Mental Health Exam 1 Study Guide

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Mental Health Exam 1: Chapter 1:  Stress: the state manifested by a specific syndrome that consists of all the nonspecifically induced changes within a biological system. Part of the ‘fight-or... flight’ system.  Seyle’s General Adaptation System: -Alarm reaction stage (brief) -Stage of Resistance (management) -Stage of exhaustion (manifestation)  Measured by the Miller and Rahe Recent Life Changes Questionnaire o Does not consider individual’s perception of the event o Does not take into account coping strategies or support systems  The definition of stress emphasizes the relationship between the individual and the environment which is appraised by the individual as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well being  Precipitating Event: A stimulus arising from the internal or external environment and perceived by the individual in a specific manner  Perception of the Event: o Primary appraisal: a judgment about the situation in an irrelevant, benignpositive, or stress appraisal way o Secondary appraisal: an assessment of the skills, resources, and knowledge that the person possesses to deal with the situation Chapter 2:  Benjamin Rush: “father” of psychology  Dorothea Dix: activist successful in the lobbying for the establishment of state hospitals for individuals with mental illness  Linda Richards: FIRST American psychiatric nurse o Helped establish the first school of psychiatric nursing at the McLean Asylum in Waverly, MA (1882)  Mental Health: successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms  Mental Illness: maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the individuals social occupational or physical functioning [Show More]

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