Health Disorders Flashcards
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Delirium
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PROBABLY NOT ON TEST
ONSET: rapid, lasts up to a day
- only seen in hospital setting
- due to medication or illness
- marked shift in awareness process: memory impairment, executive functioning, perceptual hallucinations or delusions
- specifier: medical condition or medication
2
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Major Neurocognitive Disorder
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- decline in previous level of functioning
- usually seen in elderly
- severe enough that person loses ability to function on their own –> assisted living
ISSUES with:
- complex attention
- executive functioning
- remembering words and people
- social cognition
- perception / motor skills
3
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Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
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- noticeable decline in functioning
- prodromal, leading to Major Neurocognitive
- has an awareness of needing support
- able to maintain independence
- elderly person experiencing depressing can have memory loss, but they are very aware of it
- person doesn’t think they’re having memory loss –> neurocognitive
4
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Somatic Symptom Disorder
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ONSET: symptoms present for 6 months
- one or more somatic (serious body health) symptoms
- health related or concern about health anxiety
- time and energy devoted to symptoms and health concern
5
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Illness Anxiety Disorder
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ONSET: symptoms present for 6 months
- symptoms are mild or negligible
- fear person has or WILL HAVE a serious disease, even though doctors assure there is nothing wrong, still worried
- excessive body checking, internet research
- avoid places with germs for fear of getting sick
6
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Conversion Disorder
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- psychological issues converts in to a somatic issue
- blind rage: so angry go blind
- upset can’t move arm
7
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Factitious Disorder
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- fake getting sick to get attention from being a patient
8
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Malingering
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- fakes an illness or disorder to get out of something
- claim mental illness to go on disability
9
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Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy
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- when a second party (usually parent) has child get sick or induces child to be sick to get sympathy / attention from others
10
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Anorexia Nervosa
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- restricts dietary intake where it does not meet needs
- significantly low body weight
- less than minimally normal
- intense fear of gaining weight or getting fat
11
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Bulimia Nervosa
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NEED: binge eating with a lack of control AND recurrent purging behavior or excessive exercise
12
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Binge Eating Disorder
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NEED: only binge eating and lack of control
- feeling disgusted, guilty after
13
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Unspecified Eating Disorder
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- has not met criteria for other eating disorder
* purging without binge eating
14
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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CANNOT: be related to weight
- displeasure in some part of body
- change behavior to hide that part
- concern or preoccupation
- normal in appearance, but person sees a clear defect
15
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DePersonalization / DeRealization Disorder
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- relating testing intact
- feel like outside of body, dream state
- surroundings are unreal, world around is surreal
