Health maintenance and promotion efforts for patients with severe ...

[hbsimmons88]

Health maintenance and promotion efforts for patients with severe and persistent mental illness should include education about the importance of regular:
 
  a. home safety inspections
  b. monitoring of self-care abilities
  c. screening for cancer, hypertension, and diabetes
  d. determination of adequacy of a patient's support system

Question 2

What are the primary distinguishing factors between the behavior of children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and those with conduct disorder (CD)? The child with: (select all that apply).
 
  a. ODD relives traumatic events by acting them out.
  b. ODD tests limits and disobeys authority figures.
  c. ODD has difficulty separating from the parents.
  d. CD uses stereotypical or repetitive language.
  e. CD often violates the rights of others.

[Gabe]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Individuals with severe mental illness have an increased prevalence of medical disorders. Patients should be taught the importance of regular visits to a primary care physician for screening for these illnesses. Home safety inspections are more often suggested for patients with physical impairments. Caregivers and family members usually evaluate self-care abilities, rather than the patient. Assessment of a patient's support system is not usually considered part of health promotion and maintenance.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, E
Children with ODD are negativistic, disobedient, and defiant toward authority figures without seriously violating the basic rights of others, whereas children with CD frequently behave in ways that violate the rights of others and age-appropriate societal norms. Reliving traumatic events occurs with posttraumatic stress disorder. Stereotypical language behaviors are observed in autistic children. Separation problems with resultant anxiety occur with separation anxiety disorder.

[hbsimmons88]

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[Gabe]

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