Disturbed Behaviour Flashcards
Mini mental vs. mental state exam?
Mini mental only assesses cognition, no other areas
definition of disturbed behaviour?
behaviour interfering with care of patient or oher patients and puts them or themselves at risk
2 kinds of disturbed behaviour?
- threatening: aggression
2. non-threatening: withdrawal apathy
DDx of younger person presents with normal physical exam and hallucinations/delusions, disorganized thought processes?
schizophrenia
brief psychosis
schizoaffective
4 kinds of psychosis causes:
Organic
Drug-induced
Mood disorder
Personality
DDx of post surgery older person who was independen before started acting out?
Delirium
what is delirium caused by?
global brain dysfunction with gross insults like trauma, poison, heat, cold, anoxia
% of hyperactive vs. hypoactive vs. mixed paterns of delirium?
30% Hyper
20% hypo
45% mixed
4 things for the CAM (Confusion assessment method)
- acute onset (need)
- inattention (need)
- disorganized thinking(and/or)
- altered conscious state (and/or)
dementia cognitive deficits include?
memory, Exec Func, language
what is BPSD?
Behavioural & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Examples of BPSD?
disturbed percepion, though content, mood
Dementia prevalence increases how much ever years?
doubles
Mini mental is dependent on?
education, culture, language
are there usually other disorders/physical problems with dementia?
almost always
