Nr547 Week 1 Study Guide Graded A+

SDOH: social and structural factors that impact mental health {Ans: • Discrimination, racism, social exclusion • Adverse early life experiences • Poor education • Unemployment, underemployment, job insecurity • Poverty • Neighborhood deprivation • Food insecurity • Poor housing quality and housing instability}Basic Laboratory Interpretation: Urinalysis (UA) {Ans: Urinary tract infections are associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms -acute mental status changes • UA may be used to rule out a UTI as the cause.}Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) {Ans: the conditions in which individuals are "born, grow, live, work, and age" that contribute to the development of both physical and psychiatric pathology over the course of one's life"}Basic Laboratory Interpretation: Vitamin D Level {Ans: affects functions such as neurotransmission, neuroprotection, & neuroimmunomodulation -high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in clients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, seasonal affective disorder, and cognitive impairment -Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency include depression, irritability, anxiety, psychosis, and poor brain development 25-hydroxy vitamin D blood test: normal 20-50 ng/mL, less than 12 ng/mL indicates a deficiency}differential diagnosis {Ans: The provider's initial hypothesis -a working list of potential problems that can be associated with the initial or chief