Mental Health Nursing Terminology
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING MENTAL HEALTH NURSING TERMINOLOGY OVERVIEW Mental Health Nursing is vast subject and its is a branch of science and evidence based practice to enhance psychiatric nursing otherwise known as Mental Health Nursing. Addiction: Dependence on a chemical substance to the extent that a physiological and/or psychological need is established. Withdrawal symptoms are manifested when the substance is removed. Symptoms may include tolerance, withdrawal, and preoccupation with obtaining and using the substance. Narcotics, alcohol, and most sedative drugs may produce addiction. Addictive disorders are not diagnosed when withdrawal results from medication taken as prescribed. Affect: External expression of emotional responsiveness. Affect refers to fluctuating emotional changes, in contrast to more sustained emotion (see Mood). Some types of affect are: within normal range, constricted, blunted, flat, inappropriate, or labile. Agoraphobia: A