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ch:14 schizo
schizo
Question | Answer |
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schizophrenia | distorted and bizarre thoughts,mvms,emotions perceptions,behaviors.dx earlier in men |
positive(hard) symptoms | delusions,hallucinations,grossly disorg thinking,speech and behavior.Can tx with typical meds |
negative(soft) symptoms | flat affect,lack of volition,social w/d or discomfort.atypical meds tx both (+)(-) s/sx. can persist after (+) have abated and cause barrier to recovery |
ambivalence(+) | holding seemingly contradicctory bleiefs or feelings about the same person,event, or situation |
associative looseness(+) | fragmented or poorly related thoughts and ideas |
echopraxia(+) | imitation of the mvms and gestures of anouther person whom the pt is observing |
delusions(+) | fixed false beliefs that have no basis in reality |
flight of ideas(+) | continous flow of verbalization in which the person jumps rapidly from one topic to another |
hallucinations(+) | false sensory perceptions or perceptual experiences that do not exist in reality |
ideas of reference(+) | false impressions that external events have special meaning for the person |
perserveration(+) | persistent adherence to a single idea or topic, verbal repetition of a sentence or word or phrase,resisting to change the topic |
alogia(-) | tendency to speak very little |
anhedonia(-) | feeling no joy or pleasure from life |
apathy(-) | feelings of indiff toward people, activities, events |
blunted affect(-) | restricted range of emotional feeling,tone,mood |
catatonia(-) | psychologically induced immobility occasionally marked by periods of agitationor excitement |
flat affect(-) | absence of any facial expression that would indicate emotions or mood |
lack of volition(-) | absence of will,ambition, or drive to take action or finish tasks |
paranoid schizo | persucatory(feel vicitimized)granidose del, halluc,^religiosity, hostile |
disorganized schizo | inapp or flat affect,loose assoc, extremely disorg behavior |
catatonic schizo | psychomotor disturbance,motionless or excessive, catalepsy(waxy flex)or stupor ^ activity is purposeless not stimulate by external stimuli |
undiff schizo | mixed schizo s/sx along with disturbances of thought affect and behavior |
residual schizo | at least 1 previous though not current episode,social w/d,flat affect,& loose assoc |
onset schizo | abrupt or insidious, most pts dev s/sx slow suchs as social w/d,unusual behavior, loss in interest of school/work, neglect hygiene |
dx schizo | made when more acitve (+) s/sx such as delusions,halluc,& disordered thinking(psychosis) appear, ealier in age worse outcome |
immediate course | 2 patterns- ongoing psychosis & never fully recovers; episodes of psychotic s/sx alternating w/episodes of complete recovery |
long term course | intensity of psychosis diminishes w/age, most with difficulty functioning, few w/ability to live indep lives |
related disorders | schizophreniform,delusional,brief psychotic, shared psychotic |
etiology schizo | genetic factors(partial) neuroanatomic/neurochem-(less brain tissues &CSF,dop)imunnovirologic factors |
schizophreniform disorder | s/sx schizo but for < 6 months necessary ti neet dx criteria for schizo |
delusional disorder | 1+ nonbizzare delusions-focus of del is believable |
brief psychotic disorder | sudeen onset of at least 1 psych s/sx such as del,halluc,or disorg speech or behavior, lasts 1 day-1month. may follow childbirth |
shared psychotic disorder(folie a deux) | 2 people share a similar del. dev del in the context of a clos r/t with someone who has psych del |
cultural considerations | del in 1 culture may be accepted by other cultures, aud/vis halluc normal in some,culture bound syndrome |
psychopharmacology | primary tx,neuroleptics(tx s/sx) |
conventional antipsychotics(dopamine agonists) | thorazine,haldol,navane,prolixin, target(+)s/sx, no effect on (-) |
atypical antipsy (dopamine,serotonin antagonists) | clozapine,risperdal,zyprexa geodon, abilify, diminish(+) and lessen(-) |
depot injection forms | prolixin in decanoate&enanthate preps, haldol in decanoate, risperidal costa(atypical) effects last 2-4 weeks elim daily PO med |
EPS | acute dystonia,akathisia,parkinsonism,TD(use AIMS),seizures,NMS |
Abnormal Involuntary Mvm scale (AIMS) | used to screen for s/sx of mvm disorders(TD) observe pt in several positions rate 0-4, done at admit,dc,or every month |
non-neuro s/e | weight gain, sedation,photosen,antichol,ortho hypo,agranulocytosis(clozaril) |
psychosocial tx | indiv/group therapy,social skills training(CET),family therapy, family ed |
history | previous schizo hx, prev suicidal ideation, current support system, pts perception of current situation |
gen appearance,motor behavior,speech | odd,bizzare,catatonia(restless)echopraxia(imitate mvms)psychomotor retard, word salad,echolalia(repeat)latency response |
clang associations | ideas that are related to one another based on sound or rhythm, i WILL take a PILL if i go UPHILL not if my name is JILL |
neologisms | words invented by pt, im afraid of grittiz. are you grittiz? |
verbigeration | sterotyped repitition of words that may/not have meaning to listener, i want to go home go home... |
echolalia | pts imitation or repitition of what nurse says |
stilted language | use of words or phrases that are flowery,excessive-would ou be so kind as rep of florence nightengale, to bring me wee bit of h2o |
perseveration | persistent adherance to a single idea or topic and verbal repeat of a sentence- |
ex persveration | n- how have yo been sleeping pt- ithink people have been following me n-where do you live pt- at the place where people have been following me |
word salad | combo or jumbled words that are disconnected and make no sense- corn,potatoes,jump up |
mood/affect | flat,blunted, anhedonia(depressed no joy in life) |
thought process | thought blocking, broadcasting, withdrawl, insertion |
sensorium/intellctual process | halluc(7 types), depersonalization9 most extereme form of disorientation pt detached from their behavior |
auditory halluc | most common, involve hearing sounds, most often voices-command halluc- tell pt to take action to harm self or others |
visual halluc | seeing images that dont exist, lights dead people,distortions like seeing monster and not nurse, 2nd most common |
olfactory halluc | smell/odors, may be specific scent lilke pee/poo or rotten odor, also seen in pts with dementia,seizures and CVA |
tactile halluc | sensations like electricity running through body or bugs on skin, often seen in pts with ETOH w/d rare in schizo |
gustatory halluc | taste lingering in mouth or thatfood tastes like something else- taste may be metallic or bitter |
cenesthetic halluc | pts report they feel bodily functions that are undetectable- urine formings, impulses in brain |
kinesthetic halluc | pt is motionless but reports senstaion of body mvm- floating about ground |
persuctory/paranoid del | believe "others" are planning to harm pt,spy, ridicule,follow. sometimes can define who "others" are- pt food poisioned or room bugged |
grandiose del | pt claims to associate w/famous people or that they are famous- pt engaged to celebrity, daughter or president, cure for cancer |
religious del | second coming of chris, prophet,del appear suddenly and notpart of religious beliefs-pt claims to be messiah,prophet from god |
somatic del | vague&unrealistic beliefs about pts healthor body function,facts or dx tests dont change beliefs- man saing he is preggo, decaying intestines,worms in brain |
referential del | ideas of ref, involve pts belief that tc broadcasts, music,newspaper have special meaning to pt-presidents speech directed to them |
judgement/insight | usually impaired,can be severe pt cant protect themselves, fail to wear warm clothes in winter, insight severely impaired early |
self concept | loss of ego boundries-lack of clear sense of where their body mind and influence end and whre those aspects of other animate/inanimate objects begin, ideas of ref |
roles&r/ts | social isolation, trust intimacy problems, lack of confidence,feel strange/diff |
physiologic and self care considerations | inattention to hygiene and grooming, failure to recognize sensations(hunger,thirst) polydipsia(h2o intox) |
nursing dx based on (+) s/sx | risk for violence,suicide, disturbed thought process,sensory perception, personal identity, impaired verbal comm |
nursing dx based on (-) s/sx | self care defecits, social isolation,ineffective health maintenance,ineff therapeutic regimen management |
outcome identification | acute psychosis wiill get tx in an intensive setting, focus is to stabilize thought processes and reality to orientation-ex:not injure self or others,contact w/reality,interact w/others,express thoughts, participate |
interventions | safety,therapeutic r/t,interventions for del thoughts,interventions for halluc(voice hearer groups),manage inapp behavior, pt/fam ed(s/sx relapse,selfcare,socialskills,meds) |
s/sx of relapse | impaired cause-effect reasoning, poor nutriton, lack of sleep, lack of exercise,fatigue,poor social skills,mood swings,hopeless,anxiety, ^ negativity, forgetful, neglect looks |
elder considerations | late oset ^45, psychotic s/sx later in life associtated w/depression or dementia not schizo, 1/4 exp dementia 1/4 reduction in(+) s/sx, remainder mostly unchanged |
mental health promo | goal of rehab is recovery, accurate id of those at risk, early interventions- improved prodromal s/sx, prevent social stagnation or decline, prevent or dealy progression of psychosis |