Mental Health and Substance Use Flashcards
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Which personality disorder is most frequently diagnosed in correctional populations and is characterized by persistent disregard for and violation of the rights of others?
Answer: Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is the most prevalent personality disorder in correctional settings, characterized by deceitfulness, impulsivity, and violation of others' rights.
A correctional nurse is administering methadone to an incarcerated individual with opioid use disorder. Which safety concern is most critical to monitor?
Answer: QTc prolongation
Methadone is associated with QTc interval prolongation, which can lead to potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias, requiring regular cardiac monitoring.
Which approach is the cornerstone of trauma-informed care in correctional mental health settings?
Answer: Understanding behavior as a response to trauma rather than defiance
Trauma-informed care reframes behavior by recognizing that many disruptive or maladaptive behaviors are responses to past trauma, shifting from 'what is wrong with you?' to 'what happened to you?'
When an incarcerated individual with bipolar disorder is placed in prolonged solitary confinement, which psychiatric outcome is most likely to worsen?
Answer: Manic episodes and depression severity
Solitary confinement is well-documented to exacerbate psychiatric conditions including bipolar disorder, increasing the severity of manic and depressive episodes.
A newly admitted person discloses active methamphetamine use. Which psychiatric symptom is a common acute effect of methamphetamine intoxication that may mimic a psychotic disorder?
Answer: Paranoia and auditory hallucinations
Methamphetamine intoxication commonly produces paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and agitation, which can closely mimic primary psychotic disorders and require careful differential diagnosis.
Which legal standard, established in Estelle v. Gamble (1976), defines the constitutional requirement for healthcare in correctional settings?
Answer: Deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
Estelle v. Gamble established that deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
Which intervention is most effective for managing benzodiazepine withdrawal in a correctional setting to prevent life-threatening complications?
Answer: Gradual tapering using a long-acting benzodiazepine
Gradual tapering using a long-acting benzodiazepine such as diazepam is the standard of care to safely manage benzodiazepine withdrawal and prevent seizures.