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What type of activity would you do with depressed people?
Go outside, look at the bird feeders
ineffective coping with stress that causes mild interpersonal disorganization
Neurosis
out of touch with reality and have impaired judgment, perception and hallucinations and delusions
psychosis
Nurses MUST report any intent of a patient to hurt himself
Mental disorders are classified by
DSM-V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders-V
Heredity accounts for
60%-80% of mood disorders.
Bi Polar- also called manic- depressive disorder
Either up or down. Goes from over activity to under activity
Warning signs of suicide
Talking about it, Drug or alcohol abuse, difficulty concentrating on work or school, personality changes.
Delirium-
a change in consciousness that occurs rapidly over a short time. Hallucinations.
Delirium that happens only in the evening and night time causing disorientation and agitation is
sundowning syndrome
dementia
an altered mental state caused by cerebral disease.
Prodromal Stage
the beginning of schizophrenia showing no energy and complaining of multiple physical problems
Schizophrenia-
non-reality based thinking
With schizophrenia, positive or excessive behaviors are
delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking.
Disordered thinking is when
patient is not making sense with words The prognosis is good for schizophrenic patients who experience positive behavior like previously mentioned.
hallucinations can cause them to believe they are talking to dead people and they think they are alive and attending events.
Schizophrenia causes loose association which is a type of disordered thinking that occurs when
the individual cannot interpret information and the conversation does not flow.
Catatonic schizophrenia is when
the patient maintains a rigid pose for a long period of time.
Anxiety traits
means that the patient is getting anxious over something like her nail polish chipping
Panic Attack
an attack of acute, intense and overwhelming anxiety- Help patient through the even by coaching in relaxation techniques like deep breathing.
Med signs- tachycardic, have chest pain, tremble, and feel like they are choking and can’t breathe.
Agoraphobia
type of panic disorder when the patient is scared to leave their house for extended amount of time. They get anxious from being around other people or places or going to events.
Anxiety tension-
People with obsessive compulsive disorder keep checking things over and over again
inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior or thinking are associated with
significant impairment of functioning
Gender identity disorder
sexual identity conflicts with gender perception. When people think they are born in the wrong body the correct terminology is transsexualism.
Somatic symptom disorder
patient complains of multiple physical problems but there is no cause found for them
Anorexia nervosa
eating disorder characterized by self-imposed starvation.It typically develops in the early to middle stages of adolescence. This self-starvation can lead to death
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-electric current delivered to cause a seizure. Effective treatment for patients who do not respond to other treatments. Memory loss is temporary after procedure.
Usually 10 treatments over several weeks. Patients cannot drive after an ECT so make sure they have transportation
Psychoanalysis
psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud to allow a patient’s unconscious thought to be brought to the surface
such as thoughts and feelings and emotions
Alternative Therapies
Use of natural or herbal medications has gained tremendous popularity.
