Exam 1 Flashcards

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Mental illness

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Significant dysfunction in mental functioning, definable diagnosis

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Resilience

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Adaptation
Ability to access resources to promote well-being
Optimism
Mastery
Competence

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3 As

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Anxious
Anger
Aggressive

If you don’t deal with the previous one you might have the next

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Protective factors for mental health and well being

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Things that keep us going such as a family member or pet

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Risk factors for mental health and well being

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Things that make you at risk of killing yourself (engaging in dangerous activity like drinking for a while)

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Warning signs for mental health and well being

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Leads to risk factors, like saying you’re thinking of going back to drinking or saying you started again

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Diathesis-stress model

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Diathesis— biological predisposition like neurotransmitters or viruses during birth can increase risk for schizophrenia
Stress—environmental stress or trauma (outside environment)
Most accepted explanation for mental illness

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NAMI and SAMHSA

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NAMI: Support for patients and families
SAMHSA: people seek to live their full potential (substance abuse mental health society)

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2 important components on mental health

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Mental health is part of overall health
There exists effective mental health treatments

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Human genome project

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Identify genes and sequences, store information and analytic tools, address ethical, legal, and social issues
Most psych disorders result from mutated or defective genes

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President’s new freedom commission on mental health

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Goals for transforming US mental health system
Understanding that mental health is essential to overall health
Mental health care is consumer and family driven
Used to be patient driven and so slow
Early screenings and technology are important

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Institute of medicine (IOM)

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Now called national academy of medicine (NAM)
Improving quality of healthcare for mental and substance use conditions quality chasm series
If you had substance abuse history and mental illness, they wouldnt treat the substance abuse. This report allowed both to happen
Identified treatments and gaps
Highly educated nurses care for diverse populations with chronic conditions

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Mental health parity act

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Parity for mental health just like medicine

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Wellstone-domenici party act

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Based on volume of employees (50), we don’t have to cover mental health costs for substance abuse as well as mental

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Patient protection and affordable care act

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Coverage for everyone

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Most common mental illnesses

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Depression
Generalized anxiety
Panic disorder

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3 studies we do for people with mental disorders

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Natural history of illness (diathesis stress model, environment, did they meet all their milestones)
Diagnostic screening tests
Intervention

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Results of mental disorder studies are used to describe the frequency of

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Mental disorders
Symptoms appearing together (depression with cardiac disease and breast cancer)
Most patients who undergo bypass surgery develop depression

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DSM-V

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Diagnostic manual, categorized. By disorders occurring from youngest to oldest, and disorders related to one another

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ICD-10-CM

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International classification of disorders

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Basic vs advanced nursing care

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Basic: nursing graduate, can seek certification as part of professional development
Advanced: CNS and NP, certification or licensure—therapy, may have prescription privileges

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CNS vs NP

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CNS focuses more on education whereas NP focuses more on medical aspect and prescribing

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Psych care in the 1860s

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Has roots in the asylums before the civil war era

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Psych care in the 1950s

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Private psych/mental hospital—first antipsychotic med (thorazine, chlorpromazine)

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Psych care in the 1960s

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Medicare and medicaid with no funding of psych care, started to fund it

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Psych care in 1999

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Olmstead decision
Deinstutionalization. People would buy homes and turn them into residential treatment places. Not every neighborhood allowed this which lead to homelessness. Shelters were bad so people preferred being on the street

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27
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Psych care in 2016

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Drop in psych hospitals

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1st psych asylum and 1st psych hospital

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500-1500AD (also when mentally ill were sick not posessed)
18th century by dr benjamin rush

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Enlightenment in the late 18th to early 19th century

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Dignity of psych patients upheld
Asylum movement

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30
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Study of mind and mental illness in the late 19th century

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Studies and treatment approaches flourished

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31
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Development of CMHC

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Least restrictive alternative evolved

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32
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CMHC’s act

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Patients treated in familiar surroundings
Homelessness was linked to deinstitutionalization

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Least to most restrictive care (11)

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PCP
Specialty psych providers
Patient centered medical homes
Community mental health centers
Psych home care/personal recovery programs
Assertive community treatment
Intensive outpatient programs/partial hospitalization
Emergency care
Crisis stabilization units
General and private hospitals
State hospitals

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34
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Patient centered medical homes

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Not actually in the home
Building with entire healthcare team

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Psych home care/personal recovery programs

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PROS for consistent outpatient treatment but patients not as high functioning
Do very well in recovery program
5 days a week, 6-7 hours
Nurses go in and out of homes and do assessments to see if patients can stay out of the hospital

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ACT

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Case manager program for patients once they are discharged
Nurse becomes case manager and consult with doctor/NP about how patient is doing
Someone goes into patient’s environment 2-3 times a week
More intensive
Usually not admitted to hospital but this method isn’t very common because of low funding

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37
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Intensive outpatient programs

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2-3 days a week
5-6 hours a day

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38
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Partial hospitalization

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5 days a week, 5-6 hours a day for patients who aren’t a danger but aren’t completely well
Go from this to intensive outpatient to community clinic to see doc/therapist. Most intensive care after hospital

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Hospital based consultant model

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Consultants (NP or psychiatrist) are called to see whether they should be admitted to inpatient or outpatient psych

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40
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What to ask with manic bipolar patients

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How did you sleep?

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41
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Psych and medical emergencies

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First on scene! DON’T LEAVE THE ROOM!! Seamless transition between you and mental health worker
Team comes in and may ask you to step aside but don’t leave
CPI needed to deescalation
Take valuables away IN FRONT OF PATIENT
Code gray

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42
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Somatic therapy

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Patient has pain and we treat them because they are discomforts

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43
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What does a therapeutic milieu do

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Should be purposeful and planned to provide safety
Provide interaction and communication among patients and personnel
Provide testing ground for new behavior while patients take responsibility for their behavior
Provide consistent limit setting
Patients stay in the dayroom a lot
Tries to mimic the outside world!

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NPR only + weak milieu - meds

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Decompensation when patients don’t receive meds
Possibility of decompensation to pre treatment state with bad milieu

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45
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Meds only

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Custodial care only

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46
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Milieu only

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Patient is de-emphasized

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47
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Meds + NPR - milieu

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patient fends for themselves
Occurs with lack of leadership (weak head nurse)
Many staff avoid patient contact
Unit activities have irregular schedule and don’t contribute to overall unit philosophy

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Meds + milieu - NPR

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Ineffective nursing care
Other disciplines must make up for ineffective nursing care so pt can improve

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49
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Anger vs aggression vs violence

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Anger is an emotion
Aggression is an action in response to anger
Violence is full action, came from the person who made them feel that way
One leads to the next

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50
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Limbic system and amygdala

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Limbic system is emotions
Amygdala mediates anger
Helps remember emotions

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51
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Prefrontal cortex

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Executive function, usually altered in psych patients
This and the temporal lobe light up when a patient is angry

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52
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Chemical imbalance in people who imitate others (social learning theory)

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Excess dopamine

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53
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Risk factors of violence

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HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Substance use
Increasing hyperactivity
Verbal abuse, loud voice, silence
Possession of weapon
Intense eye contact
Increased simulation, poor boundaries and structures
Cognitive deficits

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54
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If someone cowers down and tries to look invisible

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Possible abuse history

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Inpatient factors in angry/aggressive patient interventions

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Nurses who are respectful and empathetic for patients are more likely to succeed in diffusing situation
Confusion/anger r/t behavior of other patients (disputes over food or cigs)
Aversive stimulation
Over/under stimulation

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Outpatient factors in angry/aggressive patient interventions

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Usually s/s are stabilized so these incidents aren’t common
Important for a nurse to stress the need for treatment compliance (meds, program attendance, etc) to avoid relapses and situations

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Timeline of restraints

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Can put them on without order in emergency situation but need order within 30 mins (by 3rd year NP)
Skin integrity q15 mins
ROM needs to be done in opposites (LA, RL, RA, LL)
After 2 hours debrief with patient and renew order
Q24 hours debrief for 72 hours (3 chances)
Take their word for it, share what you saw if they ask
Check nutrition and hydration
Circulation in extremities
VS
Elimination and hygiene
Physical and psychological status and comfort

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Contraindications of restraints

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Pregnancy
Sleep apnea
Fracture
Seizure disorder
Head injury

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Nursing responsibilities for seclusion

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Must break seclusion q2h
Must observe and document q15m
Physical needs must be met
Monitor BP

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What to do after incident

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OMH incident report
Huddle with staff (review incident, what did we do good and bad, plan moving forward)

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How to confront patient about discrepancies

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Perception check:
Describe inconsistent or confusing behavior
Offer at least 2 possible interpretations
Ask for feedback

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62
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Ethics

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The study of philosophical beliefs about what is considered right or wrong in a society

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63
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Bioethics

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Used in relation to ethical dilemmas surrounding healthcare

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Ethical dilemma

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Conflict between two or more courses of action, each with favorable and unfavorable consequences

65
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Beneficence

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Being kind, merciful, and moral

66
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Fidelity

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Loyalty

67
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Veracity

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Honesty

68
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Pharmacogenetic testing

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Testing is done and we find out a drug may be good for someone but it ends up being contraindicated for them

69
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Predictive psych

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More for adults, have an ability to make a determination, checking genes, seeing which meds would be good, and then they don’t end up being good

70
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Assisted outpatient treatment (Kendra’s law)

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Mandates AOT to those having a hard time in rehab and pose a risk to themselves or those in their community

71
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Parity law (timothy’s law)

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Requires insurance to cover psych and physical health benefits equally

72
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Voluntary inpatient admission

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Doctor has 3 days to decide whether or not to admit the patient

73
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Forms of involuntary inpatient admission

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Emergency
Community designee
2 physicians certificate (usually seen when going from hospital to state hospital)
CPEP

74
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Emergency admission

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Danger to self or others
Person confused or demented
Used for observation, diagnosis, and treatment
Generally from 24-96 hours
Court hearing before discharge or next admission

75
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AOT

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Similar to ACT
Court ordered
Been in hospital and was not showing improvement or functioning

76
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Due process in involuntary commitment

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Writ of habeas corpus (patient can tell nursing staff they want to go to court hearing, nurse tells doctor. Sometimes onsite, sometimes offsite [if offsite, 2 mental health associates go out with them, not nurse])
Least restrictive alternative doctrine

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Patient rights

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Right to treatment
Right to refuse UNLESS emergency or court ordered
Right to informed consent
Rights related to restraint and seclusion
Right to confidentiality
Implied consent (testing), procedure in the OR is different kind of consent
Capacity–ability to make a decision
Competency–being able to act on things
Psychiatric advance directives (Can’t fill this out while in hospital, has to be before)

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Types of discharge

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Conditional release: Patient leaves with a plan (go to outpatient therapy [doctor, psychiatrist, etc.])
Unconditional release: Someone came in with psychosis due to cannabis, don’t need therapy or meds
Release against medical advice (AMA): Possible but rare in psych

79
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restraint and seclusion

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Least restrictive environment
Orders of documentation
Safety and assessment
In NY if pt is a danger, you can put a patient in restraint and then get order after 30 mins. In any other state you need an order first
Department of health, office of mental health, and joint commission
If no order, you need to remove the restraints and document it

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Exceptions to confidentiality

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duty to warn potential victim (tarasoff case [I’m gonna kill my neighbor])
Report safety concerns and threats to treatment team and instructor
Report elder and child abuse
Duty to protect patient (Don’t leave suicidal patient alone)
Therapist-patient abuse –sexual, misdiagnosis, restraint use (safety)

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Tort law

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Tort is a civil wrong that is done to someone
Intentional tort—willful or intentional acts that violate another person’s rights or property
Unintentional tort—unintended acts against another that produce injury or harm (very complicated to prove negligence)

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Standards of nursing care

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State Boards of Nursing (only people who can take your license away)
Professional Organizations
Institutional Policies and Procedures
Custom as a Standard of Care (if you do research, you give one group a different standard of care and compare them)

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Forensic nursing issues at stake

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Patient competency
Individual’s fitness to stand trial
Involuntary commitment
Responsibility for a crime
Support of victims or perpetrators of crime and violence
Collection of evidence!!
Provision of health care in prison settings

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Schizophrenia

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Can’t function
Brain disorder
Rare in children
Prodromal symptoms in adolescents (starts negative, not being social, sad affect, withdrawal, not doing well in school)
In all people there is at least 1 psychotic symptom and difficulty functioning
Symptoms HAVE to be present for 6 months and forward

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Delusional disorder

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Can last 1 month or less, altered thinking process, fixed false belief, still able to function though

86
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Brief psychotic disorder

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Lasts 1 day to less than 1 month
Psychotic thinking and presentation (bizarre affect)

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substance induced psychotic disorders

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Cannabis may be good for people with cancer bc pain and nausea but it can cause psychosis

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Schizpreniform disorder

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less than 6 months, all symptoms of schizophrenia. Less occupational, social, and situational dysfunction. No meds or short term med

89
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Schizoaffective disorders

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2 arms
Schizo=schizophrenia
Affective: r/t affective domain, usually depression

90
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Why are prodromal symptoms seen in schizophrenia in teens

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Breaking from support system in late teens to early 20s. Huge transitions, environment plays a role

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Onset and prognosis of schizophrenia

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Late onset usually has better outcomes and less brain abnormality
Good prognosis- acute onset, high baseline functioning
Less positive prognosis–younger age onset, longer duration between symptoms and treatment, more negative symptoms-

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DSM-V Criteria for schizophrenia

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Two or more of the following for a significant portion of time in 1 month straight:
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized speech–makes no sense to anyone except patient
Gross disorganization or catatonia (loss of muscle movement [catalepsy or waxy flexibility])
Negative symptoms (diminished emotional expression or avolition)
Continuous disturbance for at least 6 months

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physical illness in people with schizophrenia

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remature death 3.5x higher (very sedentary lifestyle, smoking, unhealthy diet. 2nd generation psychotic meds cause metabolic syndrome so they tend to be overweight, exercise programs available)
Polydipsia–excessive thirst, sometimes to get medicine out, electrolyte imbalance!)

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genetics and schizophrenia

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first degree relative with disorder increases risk to 10%, identical twins to 50% and fraternal twins to 15%
Virus from mom when born, birth trauma,
Genetics thought to account for up to 80%
Multiple genes involved
Diathesis-stress model

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dopamine theory

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when D2 receptors are blocked reduces symptoms of schizophrenia (1st generation antipsychotics) (blocks dopamine receptors, too much dopamine)

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biological factors of schizophrenia

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Dopamine theory
Too little serotonin (depression)
Other neurochemicals– serotonin and dopamine blocked by 2nd generation antipsychotics
NMDA receptors and glutamate–glutaminergic synthesis depleted in schizophrenia
Acetylcholine–low in patients with schizophrenia

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brain structure in schizophrenia

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Enlarged ventricles or asymmetry
Reduced volumes in brain areas
Increased fissure sizes
Reduced connectivity
Decreased blood flow and glucose metabolism frontal lobe
Reduced gray matter

98
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prenatal factors in schizophrenia

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Poor nutrition
Hypoxia
Viruses-herpes 2, retrovirus
Psychological trauma
Father older than age 35
Birth in late winter/early spring–seasonal depression

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stress as a factor in schizophrenia

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Increase cortisol interferes with hypothalamic development
Often onset during time of stress (what can you identify?)
Stressors affect severity and course of disorder
Sexual abuse
Poverty
Migration
Toxins

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Course of schizophrenia

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Prodromal symptoms–forewarning one month to more than one year before first psychotic symptoms or manifestation, deterioration, withdrawal and antisocial
Recurrent exacerbations with periods of reduced symptoms, usually chronic
Focus on management not cure
Can somewhat control most symptoms, majority do not respond fully and require ongoing care (in- or outpatient)

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phases of schizophrenic episode

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  1. Prodromal-Before acute symptoms
  2. Acute–onset or exacerbation of symptoms with loss of function (good prognosis if high function before episode, early intervention!)
  3. Stabilization–decreasing symptoms
  4. Maintenance–near baseline. Symptoms absent or decreased
    What settings will individuals be treated in for each of these phases?
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Assessment of schizophrenia

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Are they compliant/cooperative? Do they have judgment?
Anosognosia
Decreased sensation and confusion (summer clothes in winter)
Lab work for THYROID PANEL
Imaging if necessary like head trauma r/t episode
Speech pattern
Monitor those at risk
Adherance to treatment is a problem
Positive and negative symptoms
Cognitive and affective symptoms

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Positive symptoms

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presence of something that shouldn’t be there (hallucinations, delusions, depersonalization, derealization, paranoia, thinking disorder, abnormal movements, bizarre behavior, disorganized speech [associative looseness])

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Negative symptoms

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absence of something that should be there, anhedonia (reduced pleasure), apathy, blunted affect, poverty of thought [alogia], loss of motivation [avolition]

105
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Cognitive symptoms

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changes/impaired memory, attention issues, illogical thinking, poor problem solving & decision making skills, impaired judgment

106
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Affective symptoms

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emotions and emotional expression, suicidality, hopelessness, dysphoria

107
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Perception vs delusion

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Perceptions are hallucinations, delusions are fixed beliefs

108
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Depersonalization vs derealization

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Depersonalization–feeling of things being unreal or different, not part of self, sense self differently
Derealization–feeling that the environment has changed

109
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Hallucinations

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Sensory perception with no external stimuli, may involve any of the 5 senses, most common is auditory (approx 60% of individuals experience)

110
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Illusion

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Misinterpretation of a real experience

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Positive speech symptoms

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Looseness of association
Clang associations
Word salad
Neologisms
Echolalia
Religiosity
Magical thinking
Paranoia
Circumstantiality
Tangentiality
Alogia
Rapid or pressured speech
flight of ideas
Thought insertion
Thought deletion
Illogical or bizarre thinking
Inattentiveness

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Clang association

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Using words that rhyma or sound similar rather than meaning

113
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Circumstantiality vs tangentiality

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Circumstantiality is overuse of details but getting to the point
Tangentiality is going off topic and never getting to the point

114
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Alogia

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Poverty of speech
reduced volume or spontaneity in speech

115
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Rapid or pressured speech

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urgent/intense speech, reluctant to allow others to speak

116
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Flight of ideas

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move rapidly one thought to next, difficult to follow the conversation (looseness of association is not rapid, this is, also there’s no connection)

117
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Thought blocking

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reduced or abrupt stoppage of thoughts (sorry were you talking to me? Couldn’t hear you over the man in the corner, mind isn’t there)

118
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Positive behavioral symptoms

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Impaired boundaries
Catatonia
Motor retardation or agitation
Stereotype behaviors (motor behavior with no purpose)
Waxy flexibility
Echopraxia (mimicking MOVEMENTS)
Negativism (does opposite or fails what is asked of them)
Impaired impulse control
Posturing (unusual positions or expressions)

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Negative symptoms

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Develop over time and most interfere with functioning
The seven A’s:
Anhedonia–loss of pleasure
Avolition–reduce in motivation and goal directed behavior
Asociality–not being social?
Affective Blunting–reduced affect
Apathy
Alogia–poverty of speech
Affect
Thought blocking

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Types of affect

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Blunted–reduced
Flat–nothing
Constricted–lack of range in affect
Inappropriate/incongruent–laughing when someone dies
Bizarre–strange faces while talking

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cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia

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Concrete thinking
Impaired memory
Impaired information processing
Impaired executive functioning
Anosognosia

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Why assess affective symptoms in schizophrenia

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May herald impending relapse
Increases substance use D/O
Increases suicide risk
Further impair functioning

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Mental status exam

A

Affect/mood/how they present themself
Cognition
SPeech
Kinesis
Judgment/reality test

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What mimics schizophrenia

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Hypo/hyperthyroid
Traumatic brain injury
Brain cancer
HSV
Hep C

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Command hallucinations

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VERY dangerous, can tell patients to hurt themselves or others

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Nursing diagnoses for positive symptoms

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Disturbed sensory perception
Risk for self-directed or other-directed violence
Impaired verbal communication

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Phase 1 of schizo

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Acute
Inpatient
Pt safety and medical stabilization

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Phase 2 of schizo

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Stabilization
Help patient understand illness and treatment
Near end of treatment
Being transferred
Helping understand their illness and treatment (and how it’s changed)
Stabilize meds
Control or cope w symptoms
May still have delusions but they’re not affecting ADLs

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Phase 3 of schizo

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Maintenance
Out of hospital
Maintain achievement
Prevent relapse
Achieve independence, satisfactory quality of life

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Acute phase interventions for therapeutic milieu

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Safety and structure
Practicing social skills, stress reduction (very anxious), symptom management
Group activities

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Acute phase interventions for aggressive client

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Potential for violence (more to themselves bc depression in schizophrenia)
Often response to altered reality tesing
Decrease stimulation (move others if needed)
Increase observation (DASA is used to assess)
Distraction
De-escalation

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Implementation in acute phase

A

psych, medical, and neuro evaluation
Psychopharm treatment
Support
Supervision and limit setting in milieu
Monitor fluid intake (aggressive pts dont eat or drink well)
Assess for risk and safety

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Interventions for hallucinations

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Listen and attempt to understand “I don’t hear the voice but I understand you do”
Provide reality and convey patient’s reality
Safety esp with command hallucinations
Focus on here and now
Distraction
“What is the voice saying to you”

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Interventions with delusions

A

Trust them
Dont argue or try to talk them out of it
Acknowledge their experience
Label feelings
Empathy
Gentle reality orientation—validate what is real
Focus on here and now

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Interventions with health teaching

A

Involve patient and family as much as possible
Symptom management
Relapse prevention (who do you call in crisis)
Stress management
Support groups
Substance use avoidance bc of med interaction
Sleep!

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Implementation in stabilization and maintenance phases

A

Med admin and adherence
Relationships w hcp
Community based services (how will they get there)
Activities and groups

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Q

First gen antipsychotics

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D2 dopamine receptor agonists block altered reality
Positive symptoms only

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First gen adverse effects

A

Atkinisia, dystonia
Looks like a medical emergency, head rolled back and to side, eyes rolled back. Can speak but not swallow
Give anti EPS meds (IM not oral)

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Second gen antipsychotics

A

Serotonin dopamine antagonists
5hT receptor agonists
Positive and negative symptoms
Metabolic syndrome and diabetes!!

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3rd gen antipsychotics

A

Pretty much same as 2nd but a little different
Positive and negative symptoms

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Q

Short acting injectable antipsychotic

A

For anger and aggression
Works quicker than pill
Predominantly for positive symptoms

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Long acting injectable antipsychotics

A

See if they tolerate 2nd and 3rd gen well
Given for patients so they dont need to take pills every day
Compliance is key because they’ll feel well and stop
Quick relapse with PO so this is a good choice
Positive and negative symptoms

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Advantages of 1st gen

A

Treats pos symptoms
Less costly
Less risk for metabolic syndrome

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Disadvantages of 1st gen

A

Anticholinergic side effects: dry mouth, urinary retention, blurred vision, photosensitivity, dry eyes, sexual dysfunction
Weight gain, endocrine disturbances, hypotension and postural

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Tardive dyskinesia

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Irreversible, real issue
Lip smacking
Pill rolling
Shuffling gait
Tongue stuff
Seen in 1st gen

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EPS

A

From blockage of D2 receptors in motor centers
Extrapyramidal symptoms
Acute dystonia
Akathisia
Pseudoparkinsonism

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Akathisia

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Increased restlessness, looks very anxious

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Interventions for EPS in 1st gen antipsychotics

A

Lower the dose
Add antiparkinsonian drug
Benzos for akathisia
Will develop tolerance over time

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Low potency antipsychotics vs high

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Low potency drugs cause increased sedation and high anticholinergic effects, so low EPS
High potency drugs cause decreased sedation and anticholinergic effects, so high EPS

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Tardive dyskinesia interventions for 1st gen antipsychotics

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QT prolongation, very sleepy, not given to patients with QT issues already
Can treat with valbenazine (ingrezza) and deutetrabenazine (austedo)
Reduces severity of symptoms
AIMS test

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Q

Clozaril-serotonin (5-ht2a receptor) and dopamine (d2 receptor)

A

Second gen antipsychotic

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Monitoring for second gen antipsychotics

A

Metabolic syndrome—diabetes so regular fingersticks
Agranulocytosis—WBC monitoring very often, patient needs to be VERY compliant
Increased risk for cardiovascular disease

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Which gen of antipsychotics is first line of treatment and why

A

2nd gen
Less EPS/tardive dyskinesia

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Which 2nd gen antipsychotic does not cause weight gain

A

Geodon

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3rd gen antipsychotics

A

Dopamine system stabilizers
May improve positive and negative symptoms and cognitive function
Little risk of EPS or tardive dyskinesia

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Anticholinergic toxicity

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potentially life-threatening medical emergency
Symptoms-ANS instability, hyperpyrexia without diaphoresis, delirium, and hallucinations

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neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Acute, life threatening emergency- can be fatal, altered consciousness, muscle rigidity, hyperpyrexia with diaphoresis, hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnea, drooling. Starts as muscle rigidity, very agitated (you think you need meds but the meds are what’s causing it).
Cogwheeling to demonstrate what they have. Bend elbow so hand is at shoulder, patient who’s cogwheeling has rigid elbow muscle. ICU or CCU, get them out of psych, too intense for stepdown unit
Cooling blanket and bramaline

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agranulocytosis

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monitor for decreased WBC or neutropenia, signs infection
Take them off meds

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Liver impairment is in what antipsychotic

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1st generation more-monitor liver function (check this and thyroid before starting anything because those issues could mimic psych stuff)