Depression - Unit 2 (1) Flashcards
1
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Anhedonia
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The inability to experience or even imagine any pleasant emotion
2
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Self-Depreciatory
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3
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Negativism
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Strong resistance to suggestions or directions; exhibiting behaviors contrary to what is expected
4
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Psychomotor retardation
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Extreme slowdown of physical movements. Posture slumps; speech is slowed; digestion becomes sluggish. Common in severe depression
5
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Psychomotor Agitation
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6
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Diurnal Variation
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7
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Risk Factors Depression
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- Younger women, older men
- Poor and sometimes wealthy
- More prevelant in caucasion more debilitating in niggers
- Seratonin and norepinephrine chemical imbalance
- Single men, married women
- Chronic pain
- Trauma
8
Q
Less than 3 years assessment
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- Decreased appetite
- Tantrums
- Not playful
- Not emotional
9
Q
3-5 years assessment
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- Accident prone
- Phobias
- Excess in self-criticism
10
Q
6-8 years assessment
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- Vague physical complaints
- Aggressive behavior
- Clings to parents
- Avoids new people
11
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9-12 years assessment
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- Morbid thoughts
- Excess worry
- Disappointed parents
12
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Other childhood symptoms
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- Hyperactivity
- Delinquency
- School problems
- Sleep difficulties
- Social isolation
- Suicidal thoughts
13
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Adolescent Assessment
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- Sadness
- Lonliness
- Anxiety
- Hopelessness
- Inappropriate anger
- Agressiveness
- Running away
- Sexual acting out
- Substance abuse
- Apathy
- Loss of self-esteem
- Sleep/eat difficulties
- Physical complaints
14
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Older adult assessment
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- Low self-esteem
- Hopelessness
- Helplessness
- Bereavement overload
- Memory loss
- Confused thinking
- Apathy
- Restless
15
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Common Nursing Diagnoses
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- Risk for Suicide
- Chronic low self-esteem
- Complicated Grieving
- Powerlessness
- Hopelessness
