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Mental Health
Advanced Physical Assessment
Question | Answer |
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Depression | 2 blue weeks, feeling sad and losing interest |
Neurocognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementia- DSM V | Dementia is (ACUTE) now mild neurocognitive d/o- applies to younger individuals w/impairment from TBI or HIV. The DSM-5 term dementia (CHRONIC) for wide spread clinical usage |
Test for attention with | serial 7s, spelling, world backwards, repeating numbers backwards/digital span |
Test for remote memory with | birthday, anniversary |
Recent memory | what you ate today |
MMSE | orientation to time (date), registration (repeating 3 words) , naming (an object) , reading (read this and do what it says |
IN SAD CAGES | 2 blue weeks w/oss of interest or depression must be there w/5- INterest*: (anhedonia)Sleep: ↑↓, Appetite: ↑↓, Depressed mood*: Concentration difficulty: Activity: psychomotor agitation/ retardation, Guilt feelings, Energy ↓SI |
SUICIDAL pneumonic | S: Sex U: Unsuccessful attempts, I: Identified family members hx CI: Chronic illness hx D: Depression, Drugs, Drinking, A: Age, L: Lethal method available |
CAGE for etoh/drugs | C:cut down on your drinking? A: annoyed? G: guilty about your drinking? E: Eye-opener |
Delirium | ACUTE- Altered consciousness, Incoherence, illogical flow of ideas, Illusions, hallucinations, delusions, Poor memory |
Dementia | A chronic, slowly progressive disorder of failing memory, cognitive impairment, behavioral abnormalities, and personality changes that often begins after age 60 years |
Delerium causes- Sudden, transient onset of clouded sensorium; may occur at any age associated with a physical stressor | 1.Toxins. 2. Alcohol/drug abuse 3. Trauma. 4. Impactions in the elderly 5. Poor nutrition 6. Anesthesia 7. Electrolyte imbalances |
Dementia causes- Gradual memory loss with decreased intellectual functioning usually occurring over the age of 60 yrs | 1. Atherosclerosis 2.Neurotransmitter deficits 3.Cortical atrophy 4.Ventricular dilation 5.Loss of brain cells 6.Possible viral causes 7.Alzheimer’s disease 8.Parkinsonism (Lewi) |
Dementia acronym | D: Drug reactions/interactions E: Emotional M: Metabolic/ endocrineE: Eye and ear N: Nutritionalms T: Tumors |