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WK5: Thought Disorders Flashcards

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Characteristics of Schizophrenia

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  • break w/ reality
  • hallucinnations, delusions, disorganized thinking
  • poor self care
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What is the most common psychosis related disorder?

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schizophrenia

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When is schizophrenia typically seen?

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late adolescence/early adulthood

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psychosis

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pt experiences symptoms: hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thoughts, speech or behanior

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Hallucinations

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sensory disturbances (seeing hearing things that aren’t there

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Delusions

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beliefs about things that aren’t true

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Types of delusions

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grandiosity, nihilistic, persecutory, somatic

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Describe the clinical course of schizophrenia (5 steps)

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  • Prodromal period (often noticed in retrospect)
  • acute illness
  • stabilization
    maintenence and recovery
  • relapses
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Diagnostic Criteria: (szh) “Positive symptoms” are and would include?

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  • symptoms that exist but should not

- delusions and hallucinations

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Diagnostic criteria: (szh) “negative symptoms” are and would include?

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  • symptoms that should be present ut are not (flattening of emotion, withdrawl)
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Diagnostic Criteria (SZ)
Neurocognitive impairment is?
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involving memory, vigilance, verbal fluency, and excutive function (ie disorganized symptoms)

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Disorganized symptoms: Disorganized thinking - what are some examples of this?

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echolalia, loose associations, flight of ideas, word salad, neologisms, paranoia, concrete thinking, pressured speech

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Disorganized symptoms: Disorganized Behavior - What are some examples of this?

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Aggression, agitation, catatonia/catatonic excitement, echopraxia, hypervigilance

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Risk factors of sz

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genetics/environment

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SZ - gender differences?

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earlier diagnosis and poorer prognosis in men

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SZ - familial differences

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1st degree biologic relatives w/ greater risk

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SZ - pregnancy

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viral infections during pregnancy according to newer research

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SZ: Comorbidity

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  • substance use and depression
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • disordered water balance
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Why is DM2 a comorbidity of SZ?

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  • The meds we put them on cause lots of metabolic changes and can cause weight gain (changes in blood pressure and changes in glucose metabolism)
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Social stressors contributing to changes in brain function

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social stigma, absence of good, affordable, and supportive housing; frangmented mental health care delivery system

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No accepted psychosocial theories…what does this mean?

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There’s no theory that can predict schz. Social stressors can contribute, but will not make you schz. by themselves

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Nursing Management: Biologic assessment components

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Current and past health status and physical exam
Physical functioning
Nutritional Assessment
Fluid imbalance assessment
Pharmacologic assessment (meds, abnormal motor movements)

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Nursing Dx’s for the biologic domain

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Self care deficit, disturbed sleep pattern, ineffective therapeutic regimen management, imbalanced nutrition, excess fluid volume, sexual dysfunction, constipation

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Interventions for the Biologic domain

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promote self care activities, activity/exercise/nutritional interventions, thermoregulation interventions, promotion of normal fluid balance and prepvention of water intoxication
Pharmacologic interventsions: antipsychotics and anticholinergics

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Antipsychotics: Monitoring and administration

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1-2 weeks to effect a cx in sympts; usually, trail of 6-12 weeks before a change

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Antipsychotics purpose

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blockage of dopamine transmission

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2nd gen antipsychotics

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effective in treating neg and positives symptoms (boxes 22.6 and 22.7)

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Extrapyramidal side effects of antipsychotics

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table 22.3

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Parkinsonisms and anticholinergic effects (antipsychotics)

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table 22.2

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Dystonic reactions

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box 22.9

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Antipsychotics: side effects

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OS HTN, hyperprolactermia, sedation/weight gain, new onset diabetes, cardiac arrhythmias, agranulocytosis, Drug/Drug interactions

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Case: Pt presents erratic, hallucinatory, and expressing sx of sz. What info do you want?

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Where are his parents?
Labs (CBC, CMP (organ function), uranialysis, EKG, CXR, RPR (tests for siphilis) and HIV tests.)
Toxicology?

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Second Gen antipsychotics have:

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better effectiveness profile and generally fewer side effects

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Complications: Neuroleptic Maligant Syndrome (rare/life threatening condition)

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  • ## severe muscle rigidity, elevated temperature w/ a rapidly accelerating cascade of symptoms (box 22.`0)
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Complications: Neuroleptic Maligant Syndrome (rare/life threatening condition)

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  • severe muscle rigidity, elevated temperature w/ a rapidly accelerating cascade of symptoms (box 22.`0)
  • Usually occurs 1-2 wks after meds started
  • Early recognition of symptoms; withholding of any antipsychotic meds
    Dopamine agonists (bromocriptine); muscle relaxants (dantrolene or benzodiazepine)
  • frequent vital sign monitoring
  • supportive measures
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Complications: Anticholinergic crisis (life threatening condition)

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overdose or sensitivity to drugs with anticholinergic properties:

Signs/Symps: box 22.11
- “hot as a hare, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, dry as a bone”

  • Self limiting - usually 3 days after drug discontinued
  • Tx: Discontinue med, physostigmine, gastric lavage/charcoal/catharsis for intentional overdoses
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Antipsychotics: side effects

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OS HTN, hyperprolactermia, sedation/weight gain, new onset diabetes, cardiac arrhythmias, agranulocytosis (only carbimezole) , Drug/Drug interactions

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Psychological assessment includes

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mental status/appearance

mood/affect

speech

thought processes and delusions/hallucinations/disorganized communication

cog. impairments

memory and orientation

insight/judgement

self concept

stress and coping patterns

risk assessment

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Interventions for psychological domain

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  • development of trust/acceptance/hope
  • mgmt of distrubed thoughts and sensory preceptons
  • education about symptoms
  • teaching and coping with stress
  • pt/family education and pscytherapy
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Nursing mgmt social domain: social assessment

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functional status, social systems, quality of life, family assessement

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evaluation and tx outcomes

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successfull tx and management w/ significant improvement or recovery (not cure!)

Continuity of care as a major goal of recovery

mental health promotion with a positive support system for stressful periods

community tx - ACT teams

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