Mental Health

Term:

  1. Acute Stress Reaction

      Definition:

      It is a sudden or immediate reaction of a certain individual right after a traumatic event or distressing experience just like rape or an accident.

      References:

      Barton, D., Joubert, L., Alvarenga, M., Norrie, P., Brenchley, C., & Grigg, M., (2007). Anxiety Disorders. In G. Meadows, B. Singh & M. Grigg (Eds.), Mental Health in Australia (pp.493-508). UK: Oxford University Press

      Videbeck, S. (2008). Anxiety & Stress-Related Illness, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (pp.241-266). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott and Wilkins.

      Short explanation showing relation to or how it will affect my future profession:

      “Nurses dealing with patients experiencing acute stress reaction may have a hard time during the assessment. It may interfere with the ability to cooperate with the nursing procedures and medical examinations,” (Thobaben, 2006, p. 664). As a nurse in the future I believe that in order to address this problem, it is important that I should really know first all the necessary data or past medical history of my patient. In that way, I will be knowledgeable on how to approach them or what intervention is to be rendered. This is to assure that I will not alleviate their situation and gain their cooperation.

      Reference:

      Thobaben, M. (2006). Survivors of violence or abuse. In N. Firsch & L. Firsch (Eds.), Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (pp. 635-678). Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning

      Term

  2. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

      Definition:

      This therapy is given to clients with personality disorders so that they can learn how to help themselves in overcoming their situation. Unlike other therapies which only focus on how the problem developed or started, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) deals with how these people will make use of their past experiences in a positive way to make changes in achieving their goals in... [continues]

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