PSYCHIA Flashcards
Five Stages of GRIEF
D - ENIAL A - NGER B - ARGAINING D - EPRESSION A - CCEPTANCE
SKIPPING from one topic to another
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
LACK OF CONCERN for a profound disability such as blindness or paralysis in a pt with Conversion Disorder
LA BELLE INDIFFERENCE
What is the HIGHEST treatment priority in a patient with Anorexia Nervosa?
CORRECTION OF NUTRITIONAL AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
What is the MAIN PRIORITY when dealing with Psychiatric Patients?
SAFETY!
4-6 week period of SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISORGANIZATION d/t failure
CRISIS
Type of Crisis:
Related to EXPECTED life events; sense of GAIN from experience
(Ex. First job, first baby, etc.)
MATURATIONAL/DEVELOPMENTAL
Type of Crisis:
Related to UNEXPECTED life events; sense of LOSS from experience
(Ex. Loss of job)
SITUATIONAL/ACCIDENTAL
Type of Crisis:
The ENTIRE SOCIETY is involved
(Ex. Natural calamities, heinous crimes)
SOCIAL/ADVENTITIOUS
Anxiety Disorder:
Excessive and persistent anxiety or fear concerning SEPARATION FROM HOME or to those whom the individual us attached to
SEPARATION ANXIETY
MGT: Family therapy/Support system, CATHARSIS (verbalization of feelings)
Anxiety Disorder:
A person normally capable of speech does not speak in specific situations or to specific people; Most common in CHILDREN
SELECTIVE MUTISM (extreme shyness or strong social anxiety)
Mgt:
Anxiolytics
Encourage child to speak SLOWLY
Therapy: PLAY, FAMILY, GROUP
REPEATED EXPOSURE to stimulus that triggers anxiety or fear until pts are no longer triggered by it;
DESENSITIZATION
Anxiety Disorder:
Intense IRRATIONAL fear of objects, things, place, events, situation, animals and even a person;
SEVERE ANXIETY to PANIC
PHOBIA
Fear of being alone in an open/public space where ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE
AGORAPHOBIA
Fear of being ALONE
MONOPHOBIA
“MONO” - single - only one
Fear of situation that may cause SHAME or EMBARRASSMENT
SOCIAL PHOBIA
Fear of HEIGHTS
ACROPHOBIA
Fear of SPIDERS
ARACHNOPHOBIA
Fear of STRANGERS
XENOPHOBIA
Fear of CLOSED SPACES
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Fear of FEMALES
GYNOPHOBIA
Fear of SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
GENOPHOBIA
What should you do for the pt during PHOBIA ATTACKS?
STAY WITH THE CLIENT
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY methods to treat Phobia
- SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION (gradual exposure to phobia)
2. FLOODING (exposed to phobic stimulus immediately)
ANXIOLYTICS are given to
LESSEN PANIC ATTACKS
SSRIs are given to
PREVENT OCCURRENCE OF PANIC ATTACK
Unwanted repetitive THOUGHTS;
INCREASES anxiety
OBSESSION
Unwanted repetitive ACTIONS;
DECREASES anxiety
COMPULSION (Rituals)
What should you INITIALLY do for a pt with OCD?
OFFER AND ALLOW RITUALS INITIALLY
After:
- Contract: TAPERING (setting limits; gradually decreasing)
- DIVERSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Characterized by IMAGINARY DEFECT which appears normal to others;
Common in FEMALES
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
Uncontrolled and repetitive SCRATCHING of the skin because of high anxiety and boredom
aka SKIN PICKING DISORDER
EXCORIATION
What can you do to prevent scratching or arms in pt with EXCORIATION?
UNNA SLEEVES
Uncontrolled and repeated PULLING OUT of one’s own hair resulting in hair loss for at least 6 months
TRICHOTILLOMANIA
Common RITUAL in patients with Trichotillomania
EATING THE HAIR
Persistent difficulties with DISCARDING or PARTING with possession, regardless of their actual value
HOARDING DISORDER
Depressed Mood + Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure) =
MAJOR DEPRESSION
Depressed mood + Mood elevation =
BIPOLAR DISORDER
Defense Mechanism:
REFUSAL to accept reality
DENIAL
Defense Mechanism:
REVERSION to an earlier stage of development
REGRESSION
Defense Mechanism:
Performing an EXTREME behavior to express thoughts or feelings the person feels incapable of otherwise expressing
(Ex. Instead of saying “i’m angry with you” pt throws a book or punches a hole through a wall)
ACTING OUT
Defense Mechanism:
Person loses track of time/and or person and instead finds ANOTHER REPRESENTATION of themselves in order to continue in the moment
(Ex. Multiple personality disorder)
DISSOCIATION
Defense Mechanism:
Misattribution of a person’s undesired thoughts and feelings onto another person who DOES NOT have those thoughts, feelings or impulses
(Ex. Husband is angry at wife for not listening, when in fact it is the husband who does not listen)
PROJECTION