NSG 221 - Mental Health Nursing
Exam 1
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Freud's 3 Levels of Awareness
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Conscious refers to the perceptions, thoughts, and emotions that exist in the person's awareness, such as being aware of happy feelings or thinking about a loved one.Preconscious thoughts and emotions are not currently in the person's awareness, but he or she can recall them with some effort—for example, an adult remembering what he or she did, thought, or felt as a child.The unconscious is the realm of thoughts and feelings that motivates a person even though he or she is totally unaware of them.
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Ego Defense Mechanism Definition:
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Freud believed that the self, or ego, uses ego defense mechanisms, which are methods of attempting to protect the self and cope with basic drives or emotionally painful thoughts, feelings, or events
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Examples of Ego Defense Mechanisms
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Compensation, Conversion, Denial, Displacement, Dissociation, Fixation, Identification, Intellectualization, Introjection (accepting another's believes as one's own), Projection (unconscious blaming inclinations on external object), Rationalization, Reaction Formation (think opposite), Regression (moving back a developmental stage to feel safe), Repression, Resistance, Sublimation (Substituting a socially acceptable activity for an impulse that is unacceptable), Substitution, Suppression, Undoing
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Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Oral
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birth to 18 months, Major site of tension and gratification is the mouth, lips, and tongue; includes biting and sucking activities. Id is present at birth. Ego develops gradually from rudimentary structure present at birth.
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Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Anal
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18-36 months, Anus and surrounding areas are major source of interest, voluntary sphincter control acquired.
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Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Phallic/Oedipal
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3-5 years, Genital is the focus of interest, stimulation, and excitement. Penis is organ of interest for both sexes. Masturbation is common. Penis envy (wish to possess penis) is seen in girls; oedipal complex (wish to marry opposite-sex parent and be rid of same-sex parent) is seen in boys and girls.
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Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Latency
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5-11/13 years Resolution of oedipal complex. Sexual drive channeled into socially appropriate activities such as school work and sports. Formation of the superego. Final stage of psychosexual development.
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Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Genital
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11-13 years Begins with puberty and the biologic capacity for orgasm; involves the capacity for true intimacy.
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Transference Definition
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occurs when the client displaces onto the therapist attitudes and feelings that the client originally experienced in other relationships. Transference patterns are automatic and unconscious in the therapeutic relationship.
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Countertransference Definition
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occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past. For example, a female nurse who has teenage children and who is experiencing extreme frustration with an adolescent client may respond by adopting a parental or chastising tone. The nurse is countertransfering her own attitudes and feelings toward her children onto the client.
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Psychoanalysis in Freud's Theories
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Focuses on discovering the causes of the client's unconscious and repressed thoughts, feelings, and conflicts believed to cause anxiety and on helping the client gain insight into and resolve these conflicts and anxieties. The analytic therapist uses the techniques of free association, dream analysis, and interpretation of behavior. Psychoanalysis is still practiced today but on a limited basis
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