Psychiatiric
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- What is the percentage of population with mental health problems
- 20% and 1 in 7 will need treatment
- what are the general causes of behavioral emergencies
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biological
Psychosocial
sociocultural - what is Affect
- visible indicators of mood or the impression that someone else may hav e about mood based on ones appearance
- Mental status
- the state of the patients cerebral functioning
- Open ended questions
- the kind of question that cannot be answered with yes or no
- When should you remove people from the scene
- remove anyone who agitates the patient of adds to the confusion on the scene
- what is positional asphyxia
- this is when a patient is restrained and stops breathing
- what age group is considered a risk for suicide
- 15-24 and over 40
- A structured exam designed to quickley evaluate a patinets level of mental functioning ins the
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MSE
mental status exam - Common causes of dementia include
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alzheimers disease
parkinsons disease
Aids
head truauma -
The compelling desire to use a substance
inability to reduce use of a substanse
and repeated unsuccessful efforts to quite using that substance are indicatior of - psychological dependence