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Mental health week 1 PP Characteristics of Mentally Healthy • Views reality based on objective data • Accepting all your strengths and weaknesses • Establish relationships • Takes time ... to be alone and have privacy Mental illness changes from cultures and can be individualized. - need to adjust to the culture Mental illness has no cure. Uses medications and therapies. Resilience: idea of bouncing back - process of adjusting - person has optimism DSM 5 Psychiatrist or psychologist will use it - doesn’t have interventions and doesn’t indicate any pharmacological treatments. (we would use NANDA) It Establishes diagnosis criteria, planning, and implementing ICD 10: international classification of diagnosis - Coding for the disease so insurance companies use it to bill. - Works with the DSM 5 for coding of Si/Sx Goal as a mental health RN: - Safety is priority - Being present and available to the Pt - Body language - sit with hands crossed is a negative impression - Warm (smiling, using gentle tone, don’t overly smile) - Empathy (ability to perceive situation) NOT sympathy! - Respect - Positioning (both feet on floor, hands present on table, lean forward to show engagement) - Good eye contact - RN there to listen but cannot give advice and never ask why questions Check on Pt every 15 minutes to assess and make sure they are alive Milieu (the environment) - want them to be in milieu - want them out of their room and participate in activities (be in the day room) [Show More]

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