This document discusses mental health nursing and provides information about mental illnesses and their treatment. It defines key terms related to mental illnesses and lists some common disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The origins of mental disorders can be biological factors like genetics or chemical imbalances, or psychological factors like trauma. Nurses work to assess, diagnose, care for, and help patients improve skills to cope with their illness. Treatments include medication, psychotherapy, and lifestyle changes, though some controversial treatments like electroshock therapy and lobotomy are also mentioned.

1. U12: Mental Health nursing

2. DONE by: ABRAR AL-NAMI REEM BABQI Teacher:- nisreen Group: (9)

3. There is no objective way to make a diagnosis of mental illnesses, unlike other disease. is based on : -observations of behavior . -scores in psychological tests. Diagnosis

4. Mental illnesses include : 1- Emotional instability . Behavioral disorder .2- 3- Cognitive dysfunction .

5. There are almost 400 recognized & named mental disorders, including common ones such as: depression, schizophrenia, hyperactivity, tourette syndrome Obsessive compulsive disorder .

6. The origins of mental disorders: -Biological => chemical genetic .-Psychological => trauma and conflict .

7. Nurses work with the mentally ill in making assessments and diagnosis, planning care and helping patients regain or improve the skills they need to cope . Importantin the nurse work is thetherapeutic relationship .

8. A relation between the patient and therapist , which is based on non-judgmental understanding and which provides the security to be able to speak with honesty.

9. Treatments: medicine is rarely successful in treating mental illnesses, but can treat it with varying degrees of success. medications - Psychotherapy - Lifestyle adjustments .

10. certain treatments (controversial) such as: electroshock and lobotomy (surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes) .

11. In the past treatments used: Cold water, restraint, isolation (now considered barbaric and cruel) .

12. Delusion (n) False belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence Especially as a symptom of mental illness

13. some of people mistrust about their prayer Ablution

14. cleaning their hands many times

15. Paranoia(n) An abnormal tendency to suspect and mistrust other people are trying to harm him

16. the patient has illusions make him that he is persecuted by other people and that the main reason for them is a great guy and very important

17. Posture(n) Relative position of parts Esp, of the body

18. Hallucination(n) False or distorted perception Of objects or event with a compelling Sense of their reality

19. usually Resulting from Drugs Mental disorder

20. Schizophrenia(N) Any of group of psychotic disorder Usually charterized by withdrawal From reality

21. hallucinations Illogical Patterns Of Thinking Delusions

22. accompanied in varying degrees by other *Emotional like he cries when someone tell him a joke *behavioral he does not care about his external appearance , or he stops studding *intellectual disturbances

23. Isolated(adj) Lonely ; cut off from society or contact

24. Tourette's syndrome (n) : a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary tics and vocalizations and often the compulsive utterance of obscenities.

25. Bipolar Disorder (n) : A mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression.

26. :Tic (n) a fast ,uncontrollable muscle movement ,often occurring in the face .

27. Psychotic (adj) : Relating to severe mental illness . Relating to mental illness or to the treatment of it . Psychiatric (adj) :

28. : traumatic (adj) (of an injury, etc.) sudden and violent .

29. Suicide (n) The act of killing yourself .

30. Onset (n) : The time when a disease or condition starts to affect a person .

31. :Spillage (n) An occasion when liquid is dropped by accident ; the liquid that is dropped .

32. Manic (adj) (in psychiatry) relating to or affected by mania.

33. Distressing (adj) : Something that makes people feel extremely upset .

34. Arthritis (n) : a disease causing painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.

35. Irrational (adj) : not logical or reasonable .

36. A bad thing that somebody says they will do to another person . Threat (n) :

37. Swear (v) : To say bad words .

38. Outburst (n) : a sudden release of strong emotion .

39. Muttering (n) : a privately expressed complaint or expression of dissatisfaction .

40. Belching (v) : emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.

41. Stuttering (n) : talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants .

42. Shivering (adj) : shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited .

43. Sniffing (n) : an amount of air or other substance taken up by breathing .

44. Blinking ..

45. Spitting ..

46. Sticking the tongue out ..

47. Hiccuping ..

48. Licking things ..

49. Be optimistic and see the positive sides of In the life

50. DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff