Define stigma?
Shame or social disgrace associated with circumstance, quality or person.
What does ABI stand for and its definition?
Acquired Brain Injury:
Sudden injury that causes temporary or permanent damage to the brain
Mental health means?
is a concept similar to “physical health”: it refers to a state of well-being, includes our emotions, feelings of connection to others, our thoughts and feelings, and being able to manage life’s highs and lows.
Mental illness means?
Mental illness, also called mental disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior
Acute condition/dilerium
a mental state in which you are confused, disoriented, and not able to think or remember clearly. Fast onset, reversible
Dementia is?
the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. UMBRELLA TERM
Types of dementia include:
Lews body
Alzheimer’s
Vascular
Frontaltemportal
Huntington
Mixed dimentia
Most common types of dimentia?
Alzheimer’s & Vascular dementia (multi-infarct)
Cognitive changes with dimentia?
Difficulty with visual or spacial abilities
Problem communicating or finding words
Lost while driving
Emotional changes
Vascular dementia (multi-infarct dementia)?
One of the most common types, brain damage that occurs when blood flow to the brain is reduced, causing brain cells to die. Caused by multiole small strokes infarcts
3 stages of dementia?
Early:
Mid:
Late:
What is:
1.) Apathy
2.) Sundowning
3.) Incontinence
4.) Wandering
All behaviors of dimentia:
1.) Feeling meh
2.) Increased confusion and movement during late afternoon/early evening that lasts throughout the night
3.) Bathroom inability
4.) Cant stay still
What is TIA
transient ischemic attack
commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a temporary stroke with noticeable symptoms that end within 24 hours. Outside force caused only.
Hallucination vs delusions
Hallucination: 5 senses of stuff that isnt there
Delusions: may think someone is out to get them
2 levels of BPD
Depression: emotional lows [sleeps a lot, low self esteem, self criticism, fear, suppressed feelings, numb, shutting down]
Mania: emotional highs [symptoms: good mood, active, high energy, inability to concentrate, unrealistic beliefs, poor judgement, high sex drive, fast talking, racing thoughts, spending sprees, drug use and abuse.]
