Psychiatric And Behavioral Disorders

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Interfere with core life functions (eating. Sleeping, ability to maintain housing, interpersonal or sexual relations
Pose threat to life or well being of patient or others
Significantly deviate from society expectations or norm

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Objective factor that may indicate behavioral or psychological condition

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Persons observable conduct and activity

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Behavior

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Common EMS intervention is required because

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Patients failure to take psychiatric medications

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Biological (organic)
Psychosocial
Sociocultural

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Causes of behavioral emergencies

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Physical rather than psychological
Infections and tumors; structural changes in brain such as those brought on by abuse of alcohol or drugs.
Many psychiatric conditions originate from alterations in brain chemistry

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Biological

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Personal conditions : personality style, dynamics of unresolved conflict, crisis management methods
These disorders not attributable to substance-abuse the medical conditions
Environment plays a large part in psychosocial development

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Psychosocial

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Situational causes related to patients actions and interactions within society
Factors such as Socio economic status social habits social skills values
Attributable to events that changed patient social space social isolation or impact on Socialization
Rape
Assault

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Socio-cultural

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Develops over months, irreversible
Disturbance in executive functioning impaired ability to plan organize or sequence
Significantly impaired social or occupational functioning significant decline from previous level of function

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Dementia

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Significant change in behavior and loss of contact with reality
Definitive cause unknown
Diagnosis is two or more symptoms present from significant portion of each month over course of six months

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Schizophrenia

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State of uneasiness , discomfort apprehension restlessness

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Anxiety

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Numbness or tingling sensations

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Peresthesia

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Significant distress or impairment in social occupational or other functions.

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Depression

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One or more manic episodes with or without subsequent or alternating periods of depression

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Bipolar disorder

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Desire to use substance inability to reduce or stop use repeated efforts to quit

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Psychological dependence

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Need for increased amounts of chemical to obtain desired effect presence of withdrawal symptoms

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Physical dependence

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Preoccupied with no apparent physiological cause

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Somatoform disorder

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Intentional production of physical or psychological signs or symptoms

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Factitous disorder

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Attempt to avoid stressful situations while still gratifying needs.
Permit person to deny personal responsibility for unacceptable behavior

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Disassociative disorder

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Excessive fasting intense fear of obesity complain of being fat even though bodyweight is low

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Anorexia nervosa

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Recurrent episodes of uncontrollable binge eating self-induced vomiting or diarrhea excessive exercise or dieting full awareness of behaviors abnormality.
Personality traits are perfectionism low self-esteem social withdrawal

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Bulimia nervosa

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Act odd or eccentric

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Personality disorder cluster A

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Dramatic emotional fearful

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Personality disorder cluster B

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Appear anxious or fearful

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Personality disorder cluster C

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Reoccurring failure to resist impulses to steal objects not for immediate use or monetary value

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Kleptomania

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Reoccurring impulse to pull one’s own hair

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Trichotillomania

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Least restrictive method that ensures safety of patient and EMS personnel

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Chosen method

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Impaired ability to communicate

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Aphasia

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Impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact sensory function

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Apraxia

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Failure to recognize objects or stimuli despite intact sensory function

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Agnosia

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Affect

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Visible indicators of mood

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Anger

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Hostility or rage to compensate for an underlying feeling of anxiety

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Bereavement

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Death of a loved one

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Catatonia

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Condition characterized by immobility and stupor

*Sign of Schizophrenia

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Dissociative disorder

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Condition in which the individual avoids stress by separating from his core personality