Midterm 14, 15, 16 Flashcards
DSM criteria for depression
5 or more of the following s/s in a 2-week period
- Depressed mood most of the day
- Diminished interest of pleasure
- Weight loss
- Increase or decrease in appetite
- Insomnia or hypersomnia
- Fatigue or loss of energy
- Feeling of worthlessness or excessive guilt
- Diminished ability to think or concentrate
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation
- Emptiness
- Irritability
- Somatic (body) concerns
- All impact a person’s ability to function
social skills training
EBP that focuses on teaching a wide variety of social and ADL skills.
i. Breakdown complex interpersonal skills (resolving conflicts) into more manageable subcomponents
ii. Teach them how to deal with problems step by step
iii. Use role playing and group interaction to practice skills
Anhedonia
A. loss of pleasure
B. inability to feel pleasure even with things that once made them happy
C. To assess someone’s mood ask “how do you feel”
Side effects of SSRI (11)
- Agitation
- anxiety
- sleep disturbances
- tremor
- sexual dysfunction
- tension HA
- dry mouth
- sweating
- weight change
- nausea
- loose bowel movement
Toxic side effects of SSRI (11)
Serotonin syndrome
- abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- sweating
- fever
- tachycardia
- increased BP
- altered LOC
- muscle spasms
- irritability
- hostility
- mood changes
How to prevent serotonin syndrome when using SSRI
- Do not give with MAOI or anything that increase serotonin
- discontinue all SSRI before starting MAOI 2-5 weeks and vice versa
ECT eight indications
- depression
- psychotic illness
- drug resistant patient with psychosis
- Severely malnourished. exhausted, and dehydrated patient (after rehydration)
- Pt with certain medical conditions that meds are not safe for
- Delusional depression
- Previous med trial have failed
- Schizophrenia with catatonia
ECT six risk factors
- Hypertension
- CHF
- Cardiac arrythmias
- Other cardiac conditions
- Brain tumors
- Subdural hematomas
ECT procedure
- General anesthetic to induce sleep and muscle relaxer
- EEG monitoring brain waves and ECG monitoring heart
- Brief seizure induced by electrical current through electrodes attached to both side of head
- 2-3 treatments/week for 6-12 weeks
ECT ADR
- Confused and disoriented for several hours
2. Retrograde amnesia: loss of memory of event leading up to and including the treatment
Body dysmorphic disorder
- Normal appearance but believe that they have a defective body part resulting in obsessive thinking and compulsive behavior such as mirror checking and camouflaging
- People can be aware that their thoughts are distorted or unaware
- Feelings of disgust, shame and depression
- Chronic and response to treatment is limited
- Often come from homes with abuse and neglect
- Suicide risk is high
- Form of OCD
What comorbidities are linked with body dysmorphic disorder
depression (most common), social anxiety, substance use and OCD
Treat mild-moderate anxiety
- Open-ended questions
- Explore and seek clarification
- Calm presence
- Recognizing the person’s anxious distress
- Willling to listen
- Help patient consider alternatives to problem situations and offer activities that may temporarily relieve feelings of inner tension
- DO NOT: being up irrelevant topics increase anxiety
Treat moderate to severe anxiety
- Safety of patient and others
- Meet physical needs
- Guiding person to quiet environment
- Use of medications and restraints/seclusion
- Reassure the patient that thry are safe
- Pointing out reality of environment to calm the patient’s distortions for severely anxious
- Deep breathing
- Firm, short, simple statements
Other ways to treat anxiety
- Counseling
- Teamwork and safety
- Promotion of self-care activities
- Medication