Deck 1 Flashcards
Risk factors that are associated with abuse, aggression and violence include
Lack of a positive role model as a child, presence of adverse childhood experiences, begins @ childhood
What’s the first phase in the cycle of violence?
Build-up phase
Build-up phase(cycle of violence)
Where the breakdown of communication occurs, tensions increase, and the victim becomes fearful.
Characteristics of a perpetrator of abuse and violence include
Intimidating others, demanding, low self-esteem and has a low tolerance for frustration.
Different mental illnesses may result in…
Violent, angry and aggressive behavior
What kind of behavior occurs when a person feels deceived, invalidated, frustrated, attacked, threatened, powerless and/or treated unfairly?
(Or if feelings or possessions aren’t being respected)
Violent behavior
What kind of abuse occurs when finances belonging to another person (primarily elderly) are stolen from them?
Economic abuse
In a client that is demonstrating guilt, the nurse should recognize what?
That guilt is a manifestation of abuse. (Client thinks abuse is their fault) Other manifestations are powerlessness, fear, dependency, lack of trust and assertiveness.
Client lends money that they think won’t be given back this is an example of what?
Exploitation
Dopamine antagonists, antipsychotics are used for what?
Manage manifestations of psychosis, including hallucinations
In a client that is tempted to stop taking clozapine you want to tell them…
It’s necessary that they must finish their medication as ordered. Client will have a regression if they stop taking it
Why do we use the abnormal involuntary movement scale tool?
It’s used to determine the level of severity and types of abnormal movements present in tardive dyskinesia.
With schizophrenia you need to understand when client is experiencing?
Negative symptoms (hearing voices, isolation
An early manifestation of psychosis is what?
Social isolation
Social isolation leads to other symptoms of psychosis such as
Hearing voices
Schizophrenia is typically diagnosed when?
16-30 years of age, young adulthood
Biological males are normally diagnosed with/schizophrenia when?
During adolescence to early twenties, earlier than females
A client with a biological parent diagnosed with schizophrenia is…
Six times more likely to develop it
Grandiose delusion
A behavior that demonstrates a person is someone other than who they are-(normally a person of wealth, fame, or diety).
