Chapter 32

Economic challenges for people with SMIs include SATA

• Unemployment

• poverty

• housing instability

• stigmatization

Social problems related to SMI include SATA

• stigmatization

• isolation

• victimization

• suicide

People with SMI often suffer complications due to comorbid conditions such as SATA

• physical disorders

• suicide

• substance use

• Heart attacks

What is the primary reason the nurse should include the family of a patient with an SMI in treatment planning?

• They know the patient better than anyone.

• The patient is likely willing to listen to them.

• They are likely the patient’s support system.

• The patient will turn to them first when needing help.

Patient w/ SMI smokes two packs of cigarettes a day for anxiety. What risk does nicotine pose to this patient’s health?

• Lung cancer

• Cardiovascular constriction

• Impaired psychotropic medication therapy

• Increased incidence of lung-reacted disorders

Which functions are often simultaneously impaired when a patient is experiencing an SMI? SATA

• Cognition

• Self-care

• Perceptions

• Social interactions

• Emotions

The recovery model is SATA

• Is patient/client-centered

• Is hopeful and empowering

• Emphasizes the person & the future rather than the illness and the present

• paternalistic

People w/ SMI have a ↑ risk of hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes

• True

• False

Suicide occurs 12 times more frequently in people with SMI

• True

• False

People with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators

• True

• False