Feeling physically, socially, or emotionally unsafe may cause extreme anxiety in a person who has experienced trauma, potentially causing re-traumatization. In what ways can you create a safe environment for patients in your care?
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Service users reported social discrimination in the communit…
Service users reported social discrimination in the community, giving accounts of being physically and verbally attacked by strangers and neighbors, their property being vandalized, or being barred from shops and restaurants. Those with addictions or psychotic illness tended to experience this more than those with non-psychotic illness. An example of social discrimination includes all of the following except:
Which of the following has been most commonly associated wit…
Which of the following has been most commonly associated with challenges in sexual performance?
Which of the following has been most commonly associated wit…
Which of the following has been most commonly associated with challenges in sexual performance?
Piacentini & Langley (2004) described the treatment of a 12-…
Piacentini & Langley (2004) described the treatment of a 12-year old boy obsessed with germs and contamination and compelled to wash his hands. The treatment required him to touch trash cans and doorknobs without washing his hands for increasing periods of time. What type of treatment is this young boy taking part in?
If you were answering questions from several categories with…
If you were answering questions from several categories with a “Yes,” “No,” or “Cannot Say” about your physical health, religious attitudes, moods, and beliefs, what type of inventory are you MOST likely taking?
Although _____ was used to treat a variety of disorders in t…
Although _____ was used to treat a variety of disorders in the past, it is now mostly used for treating severe depression, for which it appears to be more effective than placebo or antidepressant medication.
Free association is a technique in the behavioral model wher…
Free association is a technique in the behavioral model whereby patients are encouraged to explore ways of understanding the choices they want to make.
If all mental disorders are combined, about _____of American…
If all mental disorders are combined, about _____of Americans will experience a disorder in their lifetime.
Behavior that causes subjective stress and involves psycholo…
Behavior that causes subjective stress and involves psychological impairment but is culturally appropriate would be considered abnormal.