22. Psychiatric Emergencies

Question 1

The basic activities of a person usually accomplishes during a normal
day, such as eating, dressing, and bathing.

Answer 1

activities of daily living

Question 2

A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous system or elsewhere in the body.

Answer 2

altered mental status

Question 3

How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment.

Answer 3

behavior

Question 4

The point at which a person’s reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living; this becomes a psychiatric emergency when it causes a major life interruption, such as a attempted suicide.

Answer 4

behavioral crisis

Question 5

A persistent mood of sadness, despair, and discouragement; may be a symptom of many different mental and physical disorders, or it may be a disorder on its own.

Answer 5

depression

Question 6

A serious behavioral condition in which a person exhibits agitated behavior combined with disorientation,
hallucinations, or delusions; also called agitated delirium or exhaustive mania.

Answer 6

excited delirium