Emergency Psychiatry Flashcards
1
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Have a look at these Psychiatric Emergencies
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2
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What is the most important issue during psychiatric emergencies?
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3
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What is gate-control theory regarding chronic pain?
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4
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Why Does Acute Pain Become Chronic ?
risk factors
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5
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What is the aim of ‘chronic conditions’ approach?
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Psychiatric treatment will not take pain away
6
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What is the aim of Behavioral Therapy?
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- identify the (unhelpful behaviors)
- aim to (restore some function)
- find a (balance) between pain & function
7
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In cognitive interventions includes:
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Challenge false biomedical beliefs (e.g. doing things that make the pain worse means there is tissue damage occurring).
Aim to change the locus of control:
- from:“I can only do what the pain lets me do”
- to:“I find a way to do most things I want”
- but, this takes time.
Overcoming resistance to seeking help.
