Ch.26

Question 1

Agitated delirium

Answer 1

Also known as excited delirium is a neurocognitive disorder and physiological response

Question 2

Anxiety

Answer 2

Is a state of painful uneasiness about impending problems and most often things that are out of one’s control

Question 3

Bipolar disorder

Answer 3

Often described as changes in mood from very high highs to very low lows

Question 4

Dementia

Answer 4

Impairment of the neurons of the brain to include memory disorders personality changes and impaired reasoning

Question 5

Depression

Answer 5

One of the most common psychiatric conditions. It is characterized by deep feelings of sadness worthlessness discouragement and hopelessness feelings that often do not seem connected to the actual circumstances of the persons life

Question 6

Dystonia

Answer 6

A movement disorder that causes involuntary contractions of muscles resulting in twisting and repetitive movements that are sometimes painful

Question 7

Humane restraints

Answer 7

Restraints used with a patient. That means they are padded so that they will not injure a patient who struggles against them

Question 8

Neurogenic disorders

Answer 8

Is relatively new term used in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Question 9

Panic attack

Answer 9

Common presentation of anxiety is

Question 10

Paranoia

Answer 10

Highly exaggerated or unwarranted mistrust or suspiciousness of others

Question 11

Phobia

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Which falls under the category of anxiety disorders is an irrational fear often triggered by a specific object or event

Question 12

Psychiatric disorder

Answer 12

Defined as an abnormal mental condition that significantly impacts ones thoughts moods perceptions orientation or memory that impairs judgment behavior recognition of reality or the ability to perform activities of daily living to care for oneself

Question 13

Psychiatric emergency

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Which can at times be considered a behavioral emergency is a situation in which patients present with behaviors that are abnormal

Question 14

Psychosis

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Is any mental state in which the patient is out of touch with reality

Question 15

Reasonable force

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Minimum amount of force required to keep the patient from injury himself or others

Question 16

Schizophrenia

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Is chronic mental illness in which a patient doesn’t return to his premorbid level of functioning

Question 17

Suicide

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Is any willful act designed to end ones own life

Question 18

Tardive dyskinesia

Answer 18

Another movement disorder that causes involuntary movements of the tongue lips face trunk and extremities