Lecture 1 Flashcards
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) clustering of symptoms into mental disorders
Medical knowledge
holistic experiences of challenges and recoveries
Lived experience knowledge
individuals’ responses to DSM disorders and recovery processes
Psychiatric nursing knowledge
“The primary purpose of DSM-5 is to assist trained clinicians in the ______________________ as part of a case formulation assessment that leads to an informed treatment plan for each individual”
diagnosis of mental disorders
Diagnostic inflation
Diagnostic fads
Pathologizing normal
DSM 5 Challenges
A coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO)
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 11th Revision (ICD-11)
General Observation
Mood
Affect
Speech
Thought
Perception
Sensorium
Insight
Judgment
Mental status exam
Pervasive and sustained emotion
Mood
immediate expressed or observed emotion
Affect
Speech is observed for
Quantity
Rate
Quality
subject matter
Thought Content
thought formation and expression
Thought Process
a lack of connection between ideas
Loose associations
circuitous and non-direct thinking or speech that digresses from the main point of a conversation
Circumstantiality
the tendency to speak about topics unrelated to the main topic of discussion
Tangentaility
occurs when someone is talking and suddenly stops for no clear reason
Thought blocking
a newly coined word or expression
Neologisms
occurs when someone talks quickly and erratically, jumping rapidly between ideas and thoughts
Flight of ideas
a confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases
Word salad
when someone “gets stuck” on a topic or an idea
Perseveration
association of words based on their similar sound rather than meaning
Clang association
Echolalia
meaningless repetition of words just spoken by another person, occurring as a symptom of mental conditions
awareness/understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and situations
Insight
ability to reach a logical decision or plan course of action
Judgment