 Is a state of successful performance of mental

function, resulting to productive activities, fulfilling

relationships with other people and the ability to adapt
to change.
 Mental status refers to a client’s level of cognitive
functioning (thinking, knowledge, problem solving)
and emotional functioning (feelings, mood,
behaviors, stability). One cannot be truly healthy
without mental health.
 Economic and social factors such as rapid changes, stressful work
conditions, isolation.
 Unhealthy lifestyle choices
 Exposure to violence
 Personality factors such as poor decision making skills, low self-concept
 Changes or impairments in the structure and function of neurologic
system
 Psychological and psychosocial development level and issues
Affect, thinking, mood or behavior or a combination of three,
leading to impaired function, disability, pain and even death.
o A Behavioral/psychological syndrome or pattern that
occurs in an individual
o That reflects an underlying psychobiologic dysfunction
o The consequences of which are clinically significant
distress or disability
o Must not be merely an expectable response to common
stressors or losses
o That is not primarily a result of social deviance or
conflicts with society
 A “harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive
substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs.”
 A set of related conditions associated with the
consumption of mind and behavior altering substances
that have negative behavioral and health outcomes.
 Can lead to dependence syndrome.
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 The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most
common scoring system used to describe the level
of consciousness in a person following a traumatic
brain injury. Basically, it is used to help gauge the
severity of an acute brain injury. The test is simple,
reliable, and correlates well with outcome following
severe brain injury.
 The GCS is a reliable and objective way of recording
the initial and subsequent level of consciousness in a
person after a brain injury. It is used by trained staff
at the site of an injury like a car crash or sports injury,
for example, and in the emergency department and
intensive care units.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2SIN7Mn0YA
 The term growth denotes a net increase in the size or
mass of the tissue. It is largely attributed to
multiplication of cells and increase in the intracellular
substance.
 Growth is change in size, proportion, disappearance
of old features and acquisition of new ones, Hurlock.
 Growth refers to structural and physiological
changes, Crow and Crow.
 Development specifies maturation of functions. It is related to the
maturation and myelination of the nervous system and indicates
acquisition of a variety of skills for optimal functioning of the individual.
 Development means a progressive series of changes that occur in an
orderly predictable pattern as a result of maturation and experience,
Hurlock.
Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development
Jean Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development