Exam 2: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2023/ 2024
Update) Concepts of Mental Health Nursing
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compensation
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used to counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths
ex. small guy, big truck
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denial
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ignoring existence of unpleasant thoughts/feelings
ex. I'm not an alcoholic
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displacement
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shifts impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person
ex. gets yelled at by boss, goes home and yells at spouse
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intellectualization
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cold hard facts, no emotion
ex. car accident, instead of thinking of how upset, states need to file insurance claim
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projection
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unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to others
ex. lady has crush on boss & says he has crush on her instead
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rationalization
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offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for
one's actions
ex. I didn't get a raise b/c the boss doesn't like me
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regression
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reverting to an earlier childlike pattern of behavior
ex. newborn sibling, so starts wetting bed
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repression
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anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious
ex. man forgets wife's birthday after marital fight
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suppression
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Consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind
ex. fell & everyone saw, don't think about it bc it was too embarrassing
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sublimation
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Unconscious Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into
activities that are constructive.
EX: Mom of son killed by drunk driver, president of MADD.
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undoing
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symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable
ex. heres some flowers, i'm sorry, I'll never do it again
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reaction formation
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switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites
ex. alcoholic talks about evils of drinking
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Seperation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) normal
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with infant development 8-18 months
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Seperation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) things to help
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picture/comfort item from home
reminders
explain & give transition time
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Seperation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) not normal
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developmentally inappropriate levels of concern over being away from a significant other [Show Less]