Final Exam
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Therapeutic Relationship | -Genuineness:aware of one's feelings w/in the relationship; ability to meet person to person
-Empathy: seeing from other person's perspective; communicating this understanding
-Positive Regard: respect, assume patient's goodwill
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Empathy | -Involves active listening to the client and then communicating understanding of what the client is feeling and behaviors associated with those feelings
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Sympathy | -Implies: pity, compassion, commiseration, condolence
-Not very therapeutic
-Better to offer empathy
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Barriers | -Excessive questioning
-Giving approval, disapproval
-Giving advice
-Asking why questions
-Changing subjects
-False reassurance
-Making value judgments
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Helpful Guidelines | -Speak briefly
-When you don't know what to say, say nothing
-When in doubt, focus on feelings
-Avoid advice
-Avoid relying on questions
-Pay attention to nonverbal cues
-Keep the focus on the client
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Boundaries: Transference | -Unconscious process of transferring past childhood emotions onto individuals in the present
-Accelerated toward a person in authority
-Desire for affection or respect, gratification of dependency needs
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Boundaries: Countertransference | -Nurse displaces onto the patient's feelings in nurse's past
-Over identification with the patient
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Countertransference Reactions | -Rescue: reaching for unattainable goals (giving advice)
-Overinvolvement: ignoring peer suggestions (buying gifts)
-Overidentification: Increase self disclosure (physical attraction)
-Anger: withdrawing (speaking loudly)
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DSM-IV-TR | -Axis I - mental disorder
-Axis II - personality and mental retardation
-Axis III - general medical disorder
-Axis IV - psychosocial and environmental problems
-Axis V - Global Assessment of Functioning
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Diathesis-Stress Model | -Diathesis: biological predisposition
-Stress: environmental stress/trauma
-Most accepted explanation for mental illness
-Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
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Behavioral Therapy | -Modeling
-Operant conditioning: pos reinforcement
-Systemic desensitization: address specific fears and gradually deal with them
-Aversion therapy: punishment
-Biofeedback
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | -Basic Needs
-Self-esteem/ Self actualization
-Biological/Physiological
-Safety
-Belongingness/Love
-Esteem
-Cognitive
-Aesthetic
-Self-actualization
-Transcendence
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Cognitive Theories | -Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy: aims to eradicate irrational beliefs, recognize thoughts that aren't accurate
-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: test distorted beliefs and change way of thinking, reduce symptoms; give alternatives
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Inpatient Psychiatric Care | -Admissions reserved for: suicidal, homicidal and extremely disabled in need of short term acute care
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Inpatient Admission | -Direct Admission or hosp er dept
-Criteria:danger to self/others or unable to care for basic needs
-Voluntary:if came in voluntarily can ask to leave and physician can approve/deny
-Involuntary(pink slipped)judge decides whether pt can leave or not
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Partial Hospitalization Program | -Intensive, short term tx w/pt
-able to return home each day
-Pts receive 5-6h of tx daily
-Typically 5d a wk
-Average length of stay 2-3wks
-Multidisciplinary team
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Psychiatric Home Care | 4 Requirements
-Homebound status of pt
-Presence of psychiatric dx
-Need for skills of RN
-Plan of care under physician
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Assertive Community Treatment | -For clients w/repeated hospitalizations, severe sx, or inability to participate in traditional tx
-Multidisciplinary team
-Work w/pts in homes,agencies,hosp or clinics
-ACT team provides support and resources on call 24h/d
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Community Mental Health Centers | -Emergency adult and children's services for those who have no access to private care
-Med admin, indiv therapy, psychoeducational and therapy group, family therapy, dual dx tx
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Primary Drug Classifications | -Antianxiety
-Antidepressants
-Mood Stabilizers
-Antipsychotics
-Anticholingerics
-Stimulants
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Destruction of Neurotransmitter | -Immediate inactivation at the postsynaptic membrane by an enzyme
-Reuptake into the presynaptic cell where it is recycled or inactivated by an enzyme in the cell
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Anxiety | -Necessary force for survival
-Normal response to an observable fear
-Subjective emotional response to stressor
-Anixety=emotional response
-Fear=cognitive response
-Physical response=anxiety and fear
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Mild Anxiety | -Tension of day to day living
-Alert perceptual field
-Motivation to learning
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Moderate Anxiety | -Focus on immediate concerns
-Narrow perceptual field
-Selective inattention
-Butterflies in stomach, facial twitches, trembling lips
-ex: 1st day of clinical
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Severe Anxiety | -Focus on specific detail
-Perceptual field is greatly reduced
-Frequent SOB, I BP,HR
-Dry mouth, upset stomach, D,C, tense musc, restelessness
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Panic | -Sense of awe,dread, and or terror
-Loss of control
-Disorganization of the personality
-Sweating,restlessness, chest pain, body shaking, N, poor motor coordination
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Mature Defenses | -Suppression: conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling
-Sublimination: unconscious process of substituting mature, constitutional/socially acceptable activity for immature, destructive activity; turn a bad thing into a good thing
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Neurotic Defenses | -Intellectualization: events are analyzed based on remove cold fact w/out passion
-Repression: temp/long term exclusion of unpleasant/unwanted experience emotions/ideas from conscious awareness
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Neurotic Defenses | -Reaction-Formation:unacceptable feelings are controlled and kept out of awareness by developing opp behavior
-Undoing:make up for an act
-Rationalization:justify illogical ideas actions or feelings by developing acceptable explanations
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Neurotic Defenses | -Displacement: transference of emotion associated with a particular person to another nonthreatening person,object or situation
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Immature Defenses | -Regression: reverting to a child like pattern of behavior
-Projection: unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to other people,objects or situations; blaming others
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Psychotic Defenses | -Denial: escaping unpleasant anxiety, causing thoughts feelings wishes or needs by ignoring their existence
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Panic Attack | -Sudden onset of extreme apprehension or fear
-Usually associated w/feeling of impending doom
-Palpitations,Chest pain,Breathing difficulties,N,Feeling of choking, Chills, Hot flashes
-Many believe they're losing their minds
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Interventions for panic Attack | -Stay with client
-Speak slowly and calmly
-Use short,simple sentences
-Give brief directions
-Decrease excessive stimuli
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OCD | -Obsessions: recurrent thought,image or impulse that is experienced as intrusive and inappropriate and causes marked anxiety
-Compulsion: repetitive behavior or act, the goal of which is to prevent or reduce anxiety
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OCD: Pharmacological Interventions | -Clomipramine (TCA): helps with anxiety to control obsessions; SE: sedation, anticholinergic, dizziness, tremulousness,HA
-Fluvoxamine (SSRI): sedation,dizziness, somnolence, HA, sexual dysfunction
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder | -Insidious onset
-Excessive anxiety and worry
-Restlessness
-Difficulty concentrating
-Irritability
-Muscle Tension
-Sleep disturbance
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GAD Risk Factors | -Unresolved conflicts
-Cognitive misinterpretation (everything is always awful)
-Life stressors
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GAD Interventions | -Diet/Nutrition
-Sleep Patterns
-Meds: Benzo-can become addicted
Buspirone: few side effects, takes several wks to become effective
Anti-depressants (TCAs) very effective
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PTSD | -Hyperarousal-walk around,very alert
-Flashbacks
-Numbing
-Hypervigilance: walk into room, turn on all lights and look around before entering
-Startle Response
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PTSD: At Risk | -Traumatic incidents in past
-Children
-Rescue workers
-Military
-Poor social support
-Hx of mental illness
-Regard reaction as sign of weakness
-Believe others aren't responding sympathetically
-Fearing it will happen again
-Ruminating
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Acute Distress Disorder | -Occurs one month after incident
-Subjective sense of numbing, detachment or absence of emotional responsiveness
-Reduction of awareness of surroundings
-Depersonalization
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Phobias | Irrational fear of a specific object,activity or event
-ND: Feat r/t unfounded morbid dread of seemingly harmless situation/object;
Anxiety r/t contact w/ feared object/situation
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Somatoform Disorders | -Experience of somatic symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
-Symptoms aren't considered under voluntary control indiv believes the symptoms are real
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What Somatoform Disorders are NOT | -Malingering: faking a disorder to achieve some gain
-Factitious Disorders: deliberately inducing physical symptoms with no apparent incentive
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Gains | -Primary: relief from anxiety, used to get attention
-Secondary: relief from role function, don't have to do something
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Conversion Disorder | -Complaints of physical problems or impairments of sensory or motor functions controlled the by the voluntary nervous system, all suggesting a neurological disorder but w/ no underlying cause
-Ex: glove anesthesia
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Pain Disorder | -Complaints of severe pain that has no physiological or neurological basis is greatly in excess of that expected with an existing condition or lingers long after a physical injury has healed
-Complaints may be vague not localized
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder | -Preoccupation w/an imagined physical defect in a normal appearing person or an excessive concern w/ a slight physical defect
-Common concerns-hair, nose, face, eyes
-Frequent checking in mirror, consultation with plastic surgeons,activity limitations
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Hypochondriasis | -Persistent preoccupation with fears of having a serious disease even in the face of physical evaluations that reveal no organic problems
-Pt appear to be oversensitive to physical sensations
-Often occurs with anxiety and mood disorders
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Dissociative Disorders | -Disorder that arises from a trauma that disrupts the conscious memory and results in a psychological retreat from reality
-A retreat from a person's primary identity or perception of self
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Suicide Risk Factors | -Hx of attempts
-Psychosis
-Single
-Chronic pain/disabling illness
-Gender:women - more often attempt/ men - more often succeed
-Fam hx
-Previous attempts
-Loss of someone
-Unemployment
-Severe financial stress
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Suicide in Hospitalized Clients | -1st 24h after admission
-Immediately preceding discharge: don't want to be discharged
-Most common: hanging
-Antidepressant: approx 2 wks after beginning antidepressant = increase risk
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Warning Signs of Suicide | -Depressed patient becomes suddenly calm
-Starts giving away favorite objects
-Preoccupied with death
-Makes out a will
-Express hopelessness
-Express worthlessness
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Crisis | -An acute, time limited (6-8wks) phenomenon experienced as an overwhelming emotional reaction to the perception of an event
-Results in: struggle far equilibrium and adjustment when the problem seems unsolvable
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Types of Crisis | -Maturational: normal state in development in which task must be learned but old coping mechanisms are no longer adequate (marriage, baby, college)
-Situational: crisis arising from external ($, divorce, lose job)
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Types of Crisis | -Adventitious: an event that is not part of everyday life (natural disaster, crimes)
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Schizophrenia | -Delusions
-Hallucinations
-Disorganized speech
-Disorganized catatonic behavior
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Common Myths about Schizophrenia | -does NOT mean split personality
-are NOT unusually prone to violence
-NOT caused by family dysfunction
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DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria: Schizophrenia | 2 or more of the following during a 1 month period: Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganized speech, Grossly disorganized/Catatonic behavior, Negative Symptoms
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Schizophrenia Subtypes | -Paranoid:Delusions of persecution/grandeur
-Disorganized:Regressed,silly,inappropriate behav
-Catatonic:motor immobility, stupor,excessive purposeless motor activity
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Schizophrenia Subtypes | -Undifferentiated:indicate schizophrenia but fail to meet criteria
-Residual:no active symptoms, continues neg. symptoms
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Schizophrenia: Neuroanatomical | -Decreased cerebral and cranial size
-Lowered numbers of cortical neurons
-Decreased volume of brain-reduced brain activity in the frontal lobe.
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Schizophrenia: Potential Early Symptoms | -Withdrawn from others
-Depressed
-Anxious
-Phobias
-Obsessions and Compulsions
-Difficulty concentrating
-Preoccupation with self
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Symptoms of Schizophrenia | -Positive: reflects an excess or distortion of normal function, add something to personality
-Negative: Reflects a lessening or loss of normal function, take something away
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Positive Symptoms | -Delusions (religious, ideas of reference,persecution,grandeur, somatic)
-Hallucinations
-Looseness of association
-Echolalia
-Concrete thinking
-Tangentiality
-Neologisms
-Circumstantiality
-Clang assoc
-Word salad
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Positive Symptoms: Alterations in Behavior | -Extreme motor agitation
-Catatonia
-Stereotyped Behavior (do what see someone else doing)
-Waxy flexibility (make movement and once start they can't stop)
-Automatic obedience (no matter what anyone says, do behavior)
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Negative Symptoms | -Poverty of speech - limited
-Affective blunting
-Anhedonia
-Social withdraw
-Apathy
-Avolition - no goals
-Poor grooming
-Attentional Impairment
-Anergia
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Typical Antipsychotics | -Chlorpromazine HCL, Thoridazine, Fluphenazine, Thiothixene, Haloperidol
-Block dopamine
-Tx of pos symptoms, not neg
-Higher incidence of EPS
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Side Effects of Typical Antipsychotics | -Sedation
-Orthostatic Hypotension
-Alt. in sex
-Increase appetite
-Decrease tolerance to alcohol/sedatives
-Seizures
-Galactorrhea/Amennorhea
-Gynecomastia
-Jaundice, Agranulocytosis
-NMS
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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome | -Hyperthermia
-Muscular rigidity (stiffness)
-Altered Consciousness
-Autonomic dysfunction: HTN, tachycardia, diaphoresis, incontinence
-Stop drug and treat symptoms
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Treatment of NMS | -Withdraw med
-Cooling blankets, antipyretics
-Dantrolene - muscle relaxer
-Bromocriptine - dopamine receptor agonist
-Benzodiazepines - relieve anxiety and reduce bp, tachycardia
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EPS: Acute | -Pseudoparakinsonism (resting tremor, mask like face, shuffle) -Acute Dystonia (intermittent/fixed abnormal, posture of eyes,face,tongue,trunk)
-Akathasia (motor restlessness, pacing, rocking,shifting, subjective sense of not being able to sit still)
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EPS: Late | -Tardive Dyskinesia (abonrmal dyskinetic face, mouth, jaw, movements of extremities)
-Tardive dystonia (sustained postures in face, eyes, tongue)
-Tardive akathsia (unabative sense of subjective/objective restlessness
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Anticholinergics | -Benztropine, Trihexphenidyl, Diphenhydramine
-Side effects: dry mouth,blurred vision, decrease lacrimation,mydrasis,photphobia, constipation, urinary hesitancy/retention
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Atypical Antipsychotics | -Blocks D2 receptors(low) and serotonin blockage (high)
-Less incidence of EPS
-Effective in treating both of the pos and neg symptoms
-Risperidone,Olanzapine,Quetiapine,Siprasidone,Apriprazole,Clozapine, Paliperidone
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Atypical Antipsychotics: Side Effects | -Weight gain
-Glucose dysregulation -DM
-Hypercholesterolemia
-HTN
-Decreased self esteem
-Sedation
-Agranulocytosis (clozapine)
-Cardiac arrhythmias
-Caution with ALL:risk of mortality in elderly is used for dementia
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Alcohol and CNS | -Wernike's encephalopathy
-Korsakoff's psychosis
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Alcohol and GI | -Esophagitis
-Pancreatitis
-Gastritis
-Hepatitis
-Cirrhosis of liver
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Alcohol and Pregnancy | -Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Alcohol and Cardiovascular | -MI
-CVA
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Alcohol and Infections | -TB
-HIV
-Bacterial endocarditis
-Asbecesses
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Alcohol and Respiratory | -Perforated septum
-Sinusitis
-CA
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Alcohol and Long term use | -TB
-Accidents
-Suicide
-Homicide
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Medical Comorbidities: Cocaine, Crack, Narcotics (Heroin), PCP | -IV - infections, sclerosed veins, AIDS, hepatitis, endocarditis, cardiac arrest, coma, seizures, PE
-Intranasal - sinusitis, perforated septum
-Smoking - Resp. problems
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What is Addiction? | -Loss of control of substance consumption
-Substance use despite associated problems
-Tendency to relapse
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Substance Abuse | One or more in 12 mo
-Inability to fulfill major work, home, school
-Hazardous situations while impaired
-Recurrent legal issues
-Continued use despite recurrent social and interpersonal problems
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Substance Dependence | 3 or more in 12 mo
-Tolerance/Withdrawal
-Substance taken in larger amts for longer period
-Unsuccessful desire to cut down
-More time obtaining,using substance
-Reduction/Absence of social/work
-Continued use despite physical/psychological problem
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Tolerance and Withdrawal | -Tolerance: need for higher and higher amounts to obtain the desired effect
-Withdrawal: Occurs after a long period of continued use so stopping or reducing results in physical and psychological signs and symptoms
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Blackouts | -Periods of amnesia during which the person appears to function normally but later does not recall the events that transpired
-Frequent blackouts can be sign of alcohol dependence/addiction
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CNS Depressants | -Alcohol
-Barbiturates
-Benzo
-Sedatives
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CNS Depressants: Intoxication | -Slurred speech
-Uncoordinated -Ataxia
-Drowsy
-Decreased BP
-Decreased inhibitions (risk)
-Impaired judgment
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CNS Depressants: OD | -CV depression/arrest
-Coma
-Shock
-Convulsions
-Death
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CNS Depressants: Treatment of OD | -Induce vomiting
-Charcoal
-Clear airway
-IV fluids
-Seizure precautions
-Romazicon IV
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CNS Depressants: Withdrawal | -N/V
-Tachycardia
-Diaphoresis
-Anxiety
-Tremors
-Insomnia
-Grand mal sz
-Delerium
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CNS Depressants: Withdrawal Tx | -Tiltrated detox with similar drug
-Abrupt withdrawal can lead to death
-Only withdrawal that can truly be deadly
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Alcohol Withdrawal | -Associated with severe morbidity and mortality unlike withdrawal from other drugs
-Develop w/in a few hours after cessation (2-8h)
-Peak at 24-48h after stop using
-Disappear rapidly after peak
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Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms | -Anxiety
-Anorexia
-Insomnia
-Hand Tremor
-"Shaking Inside"
-N/V
-Vivid nightmares
-Illusions
-Sweating
-I HR/BP
-Psychomotor agitation
-Grand mal seizures
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Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium Tremens | -Medical Emergency - 10% mortality
-Peak 48-72h
-lasts 2-3d
-Altered consciousness
-Changes in cognition - memory/ language impairment,disorientation
-Perceptual Disturbances - hallucinations, illusions
-Fever
-I pulse, BP, diaphoresis
-Seizur
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CNS Stimulants | -Cocaine
-Crack
-Amphetamines
-Caffeine
-Nicotine
-Accelerate normal body function
-Dependence develops rapidly
-Highs followed by deep depression
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CNS Stimulants: Signs of Abuse | -Pupil dilation
-Dryness oronasal
-Excessive motor activity
-Tachycardia
-I BP
-Twitching
-Insomnia
-Anorexia
-Grandiosity
-Impaired judgment
-Paranoid thinking
-Hallucinations
-Hyperpyrexia
-Convulsions
-Death
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Cocaine, Crack Intoxication | -Dilated pupils
-Dryness of oronasal cavity
-Excessive motor activity
-N/V
-Insomnia
-Grandiosity
-Impaired judgment
-Euphoria
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Amphetamine Intoxication | -Paranoid
-Delusions (may last for months)
-Psychosis
-Hallucinations
-Panic level anxiety
-Potential for violence
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CNS: Overdose | -Resp. Distress
-Ataxia
-Fever
-Convulsions
-Coma
-Stroke
-MI
-Death
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CNS: Tx of Overdose | -Antipsychotics
-Medical management of fever, convulsions, resp. distress and CV systems
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CNS: Withdrawal | -Depression
-Paranoia
-Craving
-Lethargy
-Anxiety
-Insomnia
-N/V
-Sweating
-Chills
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CNS: Tx of Withdrawal | -Antidepressant
-Dopamine agonists
-Bromocriptine
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Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) | -From Indian hemp plant
-THC active ingredient
-Depressant/Hallucinogenic
-Usually smoked
-Desired effects euphoria, detachment,relaxation
-Long term:lethargy,anhedonia, trouble concentrating,loss of memory,D motivation
-OD&w/drawal rare
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Opiates | -Opium
-Heroin
-Demerol
-Morphine
-Codeine
-Methadone
-Fentanyl
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Opiates: Intoxication | -Constricted pupils
-D resp.
-Drowsiness
-D BP
-Slurred speech
-Psychomotor retardation
-Initial euphoria followed by dysphoria
-Impaired attention, judgment, memory
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Opiates: OD | -Possible dilation of pupils
-Resp. Depression/arrest
-Coma
-Shock
-Convulsions
-Death
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Opiates: OD Tx | -Narc antagonist (Narcan)
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Opiates: Withdrawal | -Feels like bad flu
-Insomnia
-Irritability
-Runny nose
-Panic
-Sweating
-Cramps
-N/V
-Fever
-Chills
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Opiates: Withdrawal Tx | -Methadone: synthetic opiate
-Clonodine
-Buprenophine: Treat symptoms
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Hallucinogens:LSD, Mescaline, Psilocybin | -Trip: slowing of time, lightheadedness, images in intense colors, visions in sound
-BAD trip: severe anxiety, paranoia, terror, distortions in time and distance
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Hallucinogens: Phencyclidine Piperidine | -PCP, angel dust, horse tranquilizer, peace pill
-Route significant: Oral(1h);IV, sniffing,smoking (5 min)
-Symptoms:blank stare, ataxia, musc. rigidity, violence
-High dose:hyperthermia,chronic jerk of extrem. HTN, renal fail
-Suicidal Ideation
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Long term use of Hallucinogens | -Result in dulled thinking, lethargy, loss of impulse control, poor memory, and depression
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Flashbacks | -Transitory recurrence of perceptual disturbance caused by a person's earlier hallucinogenic drug when he or she is in a drug free state
-Examples: Club drugs - ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol, LSD
-Can happen with any drug but more common w/ hallucinogen
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Hallucinogens: Intoxication and OD | -Dilated pupils
-Tachycardia
-Sweating
-Palpitations
-Tremors
-Uncoordinated
-I temp, resp, pulse
-Paranoid
-Anxiety
-Depression/SI
-Synesthesia
-Depersonalization
-Hallucinations
-Bizarre behavior
-Labile
-Violent
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Hallucinogens: Tx | -Minimal Stimuli
-Manage symptoms
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Inhalants | -Volatile Solvents: spray paint, glue,cigarette lighter fluid, propellant gases used in aerosols, room deodorizers, anesthetics
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Inhalants: Intoxication/OD | -Excitation followed by drowsiness
-Disinhibition
-Lightheaded
-Agitation
-Enhancement of sexual pleasure
-Giggling, laughter
-Damage to nervous system
-Death
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Inhalants: Tx | -Support affected systems (mostly nervous system)
-B12 and folate
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Club Drugs | -Ecstasy (adam, yabba, XTC)
-3,4 methylenedioxy-methamephetamine
-Ketamine
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Club Drug: Effects | -Euphoria
-I energy
-I self-confidence
-I socialability
-Psychedelic effects
-Dehydration
-Fever
-Rhabdomyolysis
-Acute renal failure
-Hepatotoxicity
-CV collapse
-Depression
-Panic attacks
-Psychosis
-Death
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Date Rape Drugs | -Flunitrasepam (Rohypno) or Roofies
-GHB-y-Hydroxybutyric acid
-Rapidly produce: disinhibition, relaxation of voluntary muscles, retrograde amnesia
-Alcohol synergistic drug
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Asst. Guidelines | -Most important Question: When did you last drink/use?
-In last year have you ever drunk or used drugs more than you meant to?
-Have you felt you wanted or needed to cut down on your drinking or drug use in the last year?
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Quick Screening Tools (CAGE) | -C - cut down on drug/drinking use?
-A - annoyed with criticism
-G - guilty about use
-E - early morning (eye opener) to get day started
-Yes, sometimes or often to 2+ of these and they may have a problem
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BAL | -Blood Alcohol Level
-Legal limit in OH = .08
-How many drinks? 1 or 2
-Lethal BAL = .5
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Mood | -A pervasive and sustained emotion that when extreme can markedly color the way the individual perceives the world
-A prolonged emotional state that affects a persons life and personality
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Affect | -The external manifestation of feeling or emotion which is manifested in facial expression, tone of voice, and body language
-How an individual presents feelings and mood
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Major Depressive Disorder Characteristics | -Symptoms interfere with usual functioning
-Severe emotional, cognitive, behavioral,and physical symptoms
-Hx of one or more major depressive episodes
-No hx of manic or hypomanic episodes
-At least 60% can expect to have 2nd episode
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MDD - DSM-IV-TR Criteria -Change in previous functions -Symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impair social, occupational or other important areas of functioning | -5+ occur nearly every day in 2 wk period:Depressed,anhedonia,wt loss/gain,Insomnia/hypersomnia,anergia,motor activity,guilt,indecisiveness,death SI
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MDD Subtypes | -Psychotic (voices, delusions)
-Catatonic
-Melancholic
-Postpartum onset (4wks after birth)
-SAD
-Atypical: hypersomnia,overeating -seen in young ppl
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Dysthymic Disorder | -Chronic depressive syndrome
-Present for most of the day
-More days than not
-At least 2 years
-Hosp. rare
-Early age of onset, still able to function
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Depression Epidemiology | -Leading cause of disability in the US
-More common in Females
-Prevalence unrelated to: ethnicity, edu, income, marital status
-Dominates symptom in adolescents- irritability
-Depression in elderly - major problem
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Depression Comorbidity | -Schizophrenia - go on schizo drugs and relieve symptoms but realize they'll have to be on them for the rest of their life and become depressed
-Substance abuse
-Eating disorders
-Anxiety disorders
-Personality disorders
-Medical disorders - fibromya
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Depression Etiology | -Biological:genetic,biochemical(serotonin, NE), Alt. in hormonal regulation, Diathesis-stress model
-Psychological:Beck's Triad (neg.view of self, world, future), learned helplessness
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Three Phases in Treatment and Recovery | -The acute phase (6-12wks): psychiatric mngt and initial tx
-The continuation phase (4-9mos): tx continues to prevent relapse
-The maintenance phase (1+yrs):continuation of antidepressants to prevent relapse;edu=relapse prevention
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ECT | -Use of electrically induced sz for the tx of severe depression
-Indications:Elderly,non responsive to drug therapy
-80% effective
-Contraindications:severe cardiac disease,HTN,lesions of brain/spinal cord
-Side Effects:memory loss transient,confusion
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ECT Procedure | -6-12txs over 3-4wks
-Admin. anticholinergic
-Prebreathe O2
-Anesthetic
-Air way w/ventilator assist
-bilaterlly,unilaterally
-Musc contraction
-Tonic/Clonic phase(barely noticeable)
-Spontaneous breathing w/in 60-120 sec
-Regain consciousnes
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Bipolar Disorder | -Bipolar I Disorder: spans whole spectrum
-Bipolar II Disorder: hypomania to sever depression
-Cyclothymia: hypomania to mild depression
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Epidemiology | -Bipolar I more common in males
-Bipolar II more common in females
-Cyclothymia usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood
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Etiology | -Biological Factors: genetic, neruobiological, neuroendocrine (adrenal, pit, thyroid)
-Psychological factors - drug use
-Environmental factors - upper socioeconomic status, higher incidence
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Bipolar: Lithium Carbonate | -Levels: Therapeutic:0.8 - 1.4; Maintenance:0.4 - 1.3; Toxic: 1.5 - 2.0
-Contraindications: Kidney Disease
-Relapse: w/in wks of stopping drug, need to be on it for lifetime
-Watch salt, electrolytes
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Sleep Disorders | -Sleep Deprivation: not getting an optimal amount of sleep every night
-Leads to: chronic fatigue, memory problems, energy deficits, mood difficulties, feeling out of sorts
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Consequences of Sleep Loss | -Excessive sleepiness
-Serious enough to: impact social, vocational functioning, increase risk for accident/injury
-Comorbidity: sleep apnea - HTN, HF - fewer antibodies can't fight infection, obesity, diabetes; addiction
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Sleep Requirements | -Varies from individual to individual; most adults require 7-8h each night
-Long sleepers: require more than 10h each night
-Short sleepers: can function effectively on few than 5h per night
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Normal Sleep Cycle | -Complex interaction b/w CNS and environment
-Non-REM sleep:composed of 4 stages, peaceful, restful
-REM Sleep: reduction and absence of skeletal muscle tone,bursts of REM, myoclonic twitches of facial and limb musc, dreaming, ANS variability
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Regulation of Sleep | -Complex interaction b/w 2 processes: homeostatic process or sleep drive promotes sleep; Circadian process or circadian drive promotes wakefulness
-Influenced by endogenous factors (neurotransmitters, hormones) or exogenous factors (light and dark)
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Dyssomnias | -Primary insomnia
-Primary hypersomnia
-Narcolepsy
-Breathing-related sleep disorders
-Circadian rhythm disorders
-Dyssomnias not otherwise specified (restless leg syndrome)
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Primary Insomnia | -Most common sleep complaint
-Difficulty with sleep initiation
-Sleep maintenance
-Early awakening
-Non-refreshing nonrestorative sleep
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Pharmacological Interventions:Primary Insomnia | -Benzo (promote sleep, crisis/short term therapy)
-Sonata, Ambien, Lunesta (Atypical): less addcitive, longer term
-Antidepressants - sedative effects
-Barbiturates - short term
-Antihistamines
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Herbals: Pharmacological Interventions | -Melatonin
-Appears to be helpful in treating insomnia in older adults and insomnia r/t circadian rhythm disruption
-Risks: Not FDA approved
-Forms: Natural from pineal glands of animals- risk of virus; Synthetic - no risk of virus
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Parasomnias | -Unusual or undesirable behaviors or events
-Occur during: sleep/wake transitions, certain stages of sleep; arousal from sleep
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Depression | -Prevalence varies among reported studies
-People can mix up depression and dementia in elderly
-Depression and anxiety are the biggest issues in the elderly
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Predictors of Suicide in Elderly | -Over 65
-Male
-Caucasian
-Chronic/ uncontrolled pain
-Bereavement
-Unmarried (widowed/divorced)
-Social Isolation
-Retirement
-Financial difficulty
-Hoplessness/helplessness
-Alcohol/drug abuse
-Major depressive disorder
-Hx of previous att
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Anxiety: Psychological Manifestations | -Apprehension
-Fearful
-Feelings of dread
-Irritable
-Intolerant
-Panicky/preoccupied
-Tense/worried
-Phobic
-Paranoia
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Anxiety: Physical Manifestations | -GI/GU:ab pain, anorexia, butterflies, D,V, urinary freq
-CV: chest discomfort, diaphoresis, dyspnea, flushing, HTN, pallor
-MS: backache, fatigue, musc tension
-Neuro: tremolos, dizziness, paresthesia
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Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Potential Alcohol-related problems | -Fluctuations in ADL and IDL
-Self-neglect
-Trauma
-Wt loss
-Dehydration
-GI complaints
-Incontinence
-Confusion
-Depression
-Legal trouble
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Delirium | -Disturbance in consciousness and a change in cognition
-Develops over a short period of time
-Usually reversible if underlying cause identified
-Serious, should be treated as a medical emergency
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Delirium: Diagnostic Criteria | -Impairment in consciousness***
-Elderly - most common in this group, often mistaken as dementia
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Delirium: Etiology | -Complex and usually multidimensional
-Most commonly identified causes: variety of brain alterations, infections, meds, fluid/electrolyte imbalance
-Reduction in cerebral functioning
-Damage of enzyme systems, bbb or cell membranes
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Delirium: Etiology | -Reduced brain metabolism: instead of using gray matter use white
-Imbalance of neurotransmitters
-Raided plasma cortisol level
-Involvement of white matter
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Delirium: Priorities | -Pay attention to life threatening disorders
-Rule out life threatening illness
-Stop all suspected meds
-Monitor vs
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Delirium: Biological assessment | -Pay special attention to CBC, BUN, creatinine, electroylytes, liver function and O2 saturation
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Delirium: Pharmacological | -Substance abuse Hx
-Assessment of drug combinations
-Polypharmacy (greater than 5)
-OTC/Herbals - grapefruit
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Delirium: Psychological Assessment | -Cognitive Changes with rapid onset: fluctuations in LOC, reduced awareness of environment; difficulty focusing, sustaining, or shifting attention; severely impaired memory
-May be disoriented to time and place but RARELY person
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Delirium: Psychological Assessment | -Environmental perceptions altered
-Illogical thought content
-Behavior change: Hyperkinectic - psychomotor, hyperactivity, excitability, hallucinations; Hypokinetic - lethargic, somnolent, apathetic
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Dementia: Alzheimer's type | -Degenerative, progressive neuropsychiatric disorder that results in cognitive impairment, emotional, and behavioral changes physical and functional decline and ultimately death
-Types:early onset-65 yrs&younger, rapid progression;late onset-over 65 yrs
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Stages of AD | -Stage 1 (mild) forgetfulness
-Stage 2 (moderate) confusion
-Stage 3 (moderate to severe) ambulatory dementia
-Stage 4 (late) end stage
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AD: Diagnostic Criteria | -Essential feature-multiple cog deficit
-1or more:Aphasia(trouble forming words),Apraxia(cant perform purposeful movements),Agnosia(cant recognize familiar objects),Disturbance of exec func,
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Later stages of Dementia | -Agraphia (can't rd/write)
-Hyperorality(put everything in mouth)
-Hypermetamorphosis(touch evrything)
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AD: Etiology | -Neuritic Plaques (extracellular lesions)
-Neurofibrillary tangles
-CHolinergic hypothesis - ACh is reduced
-Genetic factors - roles of chromosome 1, 14, 21
-Oxidative stress and free radicals
-Inflammation
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Dementia: Priority Care Issues | -Priorities will change throughout the course of the disorder
-Initially, delay cognitive decline
-Later, protect patient from hurting self
-Later, physical needs become the focus of care (nutrition, hydration)
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Dementia: Pharmacological Interventions | -Cognitive Enhancers - Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: work by increasing CNS ach concentrations by inhibiting AcheEl
-Donepezil,Tacrine,Rivastigmine,Galantamine
-Used to delay cognitive decline
-Most common side effects: N,V
-Not a cure but can help
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Later stage medication | -Memantine
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Dementia: Domain Assessment | -Mood Changes: depression, anxiety, catastrophic reactions
-Behavioral responses: apathy, withdrawal, restelessness, agitation, aggression, aberrant motor behavior, disinhibition, hypersexuality
-Stress and coping skills
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Sexual Dysfunction | -a disturbance in the sexual response cycle or pain on sexual intercourse
-Nonmedical/ non physiological, it's all mental
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Types of Sexual Dysfunction | -Sexual Desire:hypoactive sexual desire disorder(r/t body image,no desire to have sex,Sexual aversion (thinking about sex makes you "sick")
-Sexual Arousal Disorders:female sexual arousal disorder,male erectile disorder(erectile dysfun,impotence)
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-Orgasm Disorder:Female orgasmic disorder(inhibited female orgasm or anorgasmia);Male orgasmic disorder (inhibited orgasm, retarded ejaculation); Premature Ejaculation
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-Sexual Pain Disorders (not due to med condition):Dyspareunia (pain in labia or vagina during intercourse), Vaginismus (contraction/spasm of vaginal during intercourse)
-Sexual dysfunction due to a general medical condition
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-Substance-Induced Sexual Dysfunction: alcohol and drugs, prescribed meds (antidepressants, antipsychotics)
-Sexual Dysfunction NOS
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Medication-Induced Sexual Dysfunction | -Antidepressants and antipsychotics commonly affect 3 phases of normal sexual response cycle: sexual interest (libido), Physiological arousal (including lubrication in women and erection in men), orgasm (and ejaculation in men)
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Paraphilias | -Recurrent,intense sexually arousing fantasies,sexual urges,or behaviors that involve:preference for use of nonhuman object;sexual activity w/ suffering or humiliation of self or others;repetitive sexual activity w/children or other nonconsenting adults
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Paraphilias: Types | -Exhibitionism: intentional display of the genitals in public place
-Fetishism: use of nonliving objects
-Frotteurism: touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person
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-Pedophilia:sexual activity with a prepubescent child (13 and younger), perp must be at least 16 and 5 y older than victim
-Sexual Masochism (self): sexual satisfaction by being humiliated, beaten, bound or made to suffer
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-Sexual Sadism (others): sexual satisfaction form the physical or psychological suffering or humiliation of victim
-Neither masochism nor sadism is wrong if it's b/w 2 consenting adults
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-Transvestic fetishism: sexual satisfaction is achieved by dressing in the clothing of the opposite sex - cross dressing
-Voyeurism: viewing of other people in sexual situations
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Gender Identity Disorder | -Strong and persistent cross gender identification
-Persistent discomfort about one's own assigned sex
-Gender dysphoria: feelings of unease about their maleness or femaleness
-Transsexualism: wishes to change anatomical sexual characteristics
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Categories of Gender Identity Disorder | -Gender Identity Disorder: in children or in adolescents or adults
-Gender Identity Disorder NOS
-Sexual Disorder NOS
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Gender Identity Disorder: Interventions | -Psychotherapy
-Hormone treatment
-Sex reassignment surgery
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Central Concepts of Family | -Boundaries: diffuse or enmeshed, rigid or disengaged
-Triangulation
-Scapegoating
-Differentiation
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Functions of a Healthy Family | -Management:adults agree how these functions are to be performed
-Boundary:clear, help define roles&allow for differences
-Communication:clear/direct messages abt wants/needs
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Functions of a Healthy Family | -Emotional-supportive:feeling of affection dominate family pattern, members emotional needs are met
-Socialization: members flexible in adapting to new roles within the family
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Dysfunctional Family Patterns | -Management:inappropriate member makes decisions
-Boundary:diffuse/enmeshed,thoughts merged together,rigid/disengaged
-Comm:manipulate,distract, general,blaming,placating
-Emotional-Support:conflict/anger
-Socialization:role change difficult, I stress
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Ecomap | -tool used to diagram relationship qualities of a family system; addresses boundaries and interactions
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Contraindications: Family Therapy | -If there is physical harm being done (family secret by being brought out will do more harm than good)
-If members of family aren't honest
-Family members can't keep confidentiality
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Healthy Boundaries | -Clear = balance
-Know where self starts and stops
-Maintains separateness
-Emphasizes belonging to family system
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Rigid Boundaries | -Rigid rules, shoulds, little tolerance and understanding
-Unable to see another's perspective
-Can't connect
-Isolated
-Disengaged
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Diffuse Boundaries | -Parent intrusive, overprotective-can't exist without supervision/approval, can't set limits
-Easily distracted
-Can't separate (try to live through kids)
-Enmeshed
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Resiliency | -Relationship b/w a child's constitutional endowment and environmental factors
-Temperament that adapt to change
-Ability to form nurturing relations
-Distance self from chaos
-Social intelligence
-Problem solving skills
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders:Autism | -impairment in social interaction, impairment in communication, restricted repetitive sterotyped patterns of behavior, delay abnormal social interaction, language and imaginative play
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Asperger's Disorder | -Self-injurious/aggressive behavior
-Impairment in social interaction
-Restricted repetitive pattern
-No sign delays in language,development, self help skills, curiosity
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Retts | -Normal until about 5 month
-Lack of purposeful hand movement
-Severe social disengagement
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Child Disintegrative | -Poorest prognosis
-From few months
-Personality disinegratives before its even formed
-Die at very young age
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Marked Behavior Disorders: Oppositional Defiant Disorder | -Negativistic hostile and defiant
-No violent of other's rights
-Pull the cat's tail
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Marked Behavior Disorders: Conduct Disorder | -Basic rights and societal norms are violated
-Psychogenic not biological
-Pour gasoline on the cat and set on fire
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Symptoms of anxiety in children (physical) | -Sweaty palms
-Trembling
-Muscle aches and tension
-Upset stomach
-Headaches
-Difficulty sleeping
-Change in eating habits
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Symptoms in anxiety in children (mental) | -persistent worry
-irrational fears
-irritability
-lack of social activity
-fits of crying
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | -Inattention
-Hyperactivity
-Impulsivity (interrupting people, acts without thinking)
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ADHD Symptoms | -are in constant motion
-squirm and fidget
-don't seem to listen
-are easily distracted
-don't finish tasks
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Pharmacological management | -Stimulant drugs:adderall, ritalin
-physical tolerance can occur
-insomnia,anorexia, wt loss, tachycardia, temporary decrease in rate of growth and development
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Nursing Considerations | -Assess mental status
-to reduce anorexia, administer after meals
-prevent insomnia, administer 6h before bedtime
-drug holiday-titrate med during summer when not in school
-avoid OTC
-gradual withdrawal
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Other Disorders | -Tic Disorders: tourette's syndrome, involuntary movements and utterances especially in head and neck
-Eating disorders
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Elimination and Intake Disorders | -Pica: eating substances that shouldn't be eaten (clay,dirt,chalk)
-Rumination: chewing excessively
-Enuresis: after 5, inappropriate wetting
-Encopresis: defecating inappropriately after the age of 4
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Mood disorders-depression | -Presentation in kids: irritability, boredom, poor motivation; HA, stomaches; poor concentration; not listless, will play with peers
-Teens: hypersomnia, delusions, substance abuse, promiscuity, running away
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Factors Associated with Adolescent Suicide | -Depression or mania
-Antisocial or aggressive behavior
-Hx of suicidal behavior in family
-Availability of firearms
-Incarcerated youths
-Shameful event
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Schizophrenia | -Very rare in kids
-Beginning symptoms in adolescence: acute hypochondria,strange fears, school phobia, insomnia, concrete paranoid thinking
-Intelligence and Orientation are okay
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DSM-IV Criteria Anorexia | -Refusal to maintain body wt at or above a minimally normal wt for age and ht (15% wt loss)
-Intense fear of gaining wt or becoming fat even though underwt
-Body image disturbance, denial of the seriousness of current low wt
-Amenorrhea
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DSM-IV Criteria Bulimia Nervosa | -Recurrent episodes of binge eating (large amounts of food in a discrete period of time, sense of lack of control over eating)
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DSM-IV Criteria Bulimia Nervosa | -Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors in order to prevent wt gain
-Occur on avg at least 2x a wk for 3 mo
-Self evaluation in unduly influenced by body shape and wt
-Does not occur during episodes of anorexia nervosa
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Purging Type: Bulimia | -During the current episode the person engages in vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas
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Non-Purging Type: Bulimia | -During the current episode the person uses other inappropriate compensatory behaviors such as fasting and excessive exercise
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Anorexia | -Diet out of control
-Wt loss
-Avoid food to cope
-Deny
-Rigid and controlled
-Avoid sexual issues
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Bulimia | -Eating out of control
-Wt maintenance
-Use food to cope
-Aware of abnormality
-Impulsive, extrovert
-Struggle with sexual issues
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Binge Eating Disorder | -Recurrent episodes of binge eating at least twice per week for 3 months
-No use of extreme measures to lose weight
-Awareness that eating pattern is abnormal
-Fear of not being able to stop eating
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-Depressed mood&self-deprecating thoughts following binges
-No evidence of body image disturbance other than body size dissatisfaction
-Episodes not related to AN,BN or physical disorder
-Consumption of high calorie, easily ingested food during binge
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-Secretive eating during binge
-Repeated efforts to diet in an effort to lose weight
-Negative affect, which often starts the binge eating
-Frequent wt flucuations of greater than 10 lbs caused by alternating binges and dieting
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Personality traits of ED patients | -Perfectionism
-Social insecurity
-Instability
-Interoceptive deficits(inability to correctly respond to bodily sensations)
-Alexithymia(difficultly naming/expressing emotions)
-Immaturity
-Compliance
-Sense of ineffectiveness in dealing w/the
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Physiological Symptoms | -Dental concerns
-Ulcers/Colitis
-Esophageal bleeding/trauma/tears/hair/skin/lanugo hair/rashes/menses
-Osteoporosis
-Hypothermia
-Constipation/Diarrhea
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Electrolyte Disturbances | -Hypokalemia (most frequently in pts who abuse diuretics and laxatives)
-Fatigue,lassitude
-Paresthesias
-Metabolic alkalosis
-Cardiac arrthmias
-Hypokalemic nephropathy
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Complications of Laxative Abuse | -Nonspecific gastrointestinal complaints
-Cathartic colon (a pathologic state of colon structure and function) the colon is dilated and distended, inflammation of the mucosa and muscular layers, multiple superficial ulcers, limited reversibility
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Diuretic Abuse | -Electrolyte disturbances
-Excessive loss of fluid: dehydration, thirst, dry mucus membranes, tachycardia, poor skin turgor, postural hypotension
-Severe cases: delirium, acute tubular necrosis
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Most Common Patient Complaints | -Inability to concentrate
-Fatigue
-Chest pain
-Fainting spells
-Orthostatic hypotension
-Feeling of bloat after eating/drinking anything
-Depression
-Cold
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Hospice | -Available to everyone regardless of age,dx, or the ability to pay
-Requires a physicians best clinical judgment that the pt is terminally ill w/a life expectancy of 6 mo or less
-Pt chooses this rather than curative tx
-Ensuring pt dignity and respec
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Styles of Confronting the Prospect of Dying | -Struggle:living&dying are a struggle
-Dissonance:dying isnt living
-Endurance:triumph of inner strength
-Incorporation:beliefs accommodates death
-Coping:working to find a new balance
-Quest:seeking meaning in dying
-Volatile:unresolved,unresigne
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Fears of Dying Person | -Loss of control
-Pain
-Having death prolonged artificially
-Submitting to the suffering of death
-Palliative nursing returns a sense of control to a dying person as well as hope that uncomfortable symptoms can be alleviated
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Four gifts of resolving relationships | -important role of hospice care is to encourage families to consent to the inevitability of death
-Four gifts: forgiveness,love, gratitude, farewell
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Loss | -Something of value is actually or potentially: changed or gone
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Types of Loss | -Actual: identified by others, lost mom or lost pet
-Perceived: can't necessarily be verified by others - loss of self esteem
-Anticipatory: before a loss happens
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Circumstances of Loss | -Maturational: results from normal life transitions (empty nest syndrome, retirement)
-Situational: specific live event (losing someone, job, house fire)
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Bereavement | -Mourning: public rituals, external displays
-Grief: emotional, physical, spiritual
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Bereavement | -The social experience of dealing with the loss of a loved one through death
-Encompasses grief experience and mourning
-Period of time after a loss during which grief is experienced and mourning occurs
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Mourning | -The culturally patterned behavioral response to loss
-What people see
-People will show this differently
-Process by which people adapt to a loss
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Grief | -Individual process
-Due to a loss of a loved one or cherished object
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Manifestations of Grief | -Physical
-Emotional/Psychological
-Cognitive
-Behavioral
-Spiritual
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Physical Responses to Grief | -Fatigue
-Exhaustion
-Insomnia
-HA
-Tension
-Digestive
-Medical flare ups
-Crying
-Tightness in chest, throat
-Heartache
-Noise sensitivity
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Emotional/Psychological Responses to Grief | -Shock
-Numbness
-Sadness
-Depression
-Hopelessness
-Overwhelmed
-Powerlessness
-Confusion
-Anxiety
-Abandoned
-Anger
-Fear
-Guilt
-Restlessness
-Irritability
-Loneliness
-Freedom
-Relief
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Anticipatory Grief | -Anxiety or sorrow experienced prior to an expected loss or death
-Often unrecognized
-Nurses should be able to recognize
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Delayed Grief | -Postponed response in which the bereaved person may have a reaction at the time of the loss but it is not sufficient to the loss
-A later loss may trigger a reaction that is out a proportion to the meaning of the current loss
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Disenfranchised Grief | -A response to a loss or death in which an individual is given the opportunity to grieve or is unable to acknowledge the loss to others
-Can't publicly grieve the loss
-A mistress, gay partner, healthcare workers, neighbor
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Dysfunctional Grief | -People fear experiencing the pain of loss therefore grief work is unresolved
-Unresolved: prolonged or extended in length and severity of response
-Inhibited: suppressed response that may be expressed in other ways, such as somatic complaints
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Grief vs Depression:Grief | -Relates directly to loss
-Sx disappear after the loss if resolved
-Sad,angry,hopeless,despair,agitation
-Physical symptoms cover wide spectrum
-Spiritual beliefs may provide comfort
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Grief vs Depression: Depression | -Not specifically r/t loss
-Must be > 2 mo
-Guilt abt things other than death
-Cyclic or static
-Symptoms get more intense than grief
-Anger less seldom expressed
-SI much more common
-Spiritual beliefs seldom provide context or meaning
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Factors Influencing Grief: Childhood | -Preschool-fear separation and do not understand finality
-5-6y - death is reversible,magical
-6-9y-accept finality, see death as destructive
-10y-death is inevitable
-Teen-intellectualize, but repress feelings
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Factors Influencing Grief: Early Middle Adult | -Loss and death as normal developmental task
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Factors Influencing Grief: Older Adult | -Loss of health, function and or independence
-Loss of longtime mate
-Multiple losses-control,competence, material possessions, important people
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Five stages of Grief: Kubler Ross Model | 1)Denial
2)Anger
3)Bargaining
4)Depression
5)Acceptance
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Bereavement Process | -Acute stage (4-8wks)
-Shock and disbelief (denial)
-Development of awareness (somatic symptoms, anger, guilt, crying)
-Restitution
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-Long-term stage (1-2y)
-Most people resolve with support
-Broken-heart syndrome (during 1st year of significant other passing, person passes)
-Suicide rates higher
-Dysfunctional/Unresolved grief
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Successful Bereavement | -Accept reality of loss
-Share in the process
-Adjust to an environment without the deceased
-Restructure the family's relationship
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Effective Coping Skills | -Optimistic attitude
-Confronts the issues
-Seeks information
-Shares concerns
-Has capacity for healthy denial
-Redefine the situation
-Constructive use of distractions
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Ineffective Coping Skills | -Sees glass as half empty instead of half full
-Forgets it happened, minimizes critical health status
-Shows tendency to escape or withdraw
-Prolonged denial
-Feels hopeless
-Withdraws, brood overwhelmed
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Personality Disorder | -Behaviors rigidly maintained
-Endure in face of disastrous consequences
-Create significant problems in daily living
-Onset-adolescence/early adulthood
-NOT egosyntonic
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Categories of Personality Disorders | -Cluster A: odd, eccentric
-Cluster B: dramatic, emotional, erratic
-Cluster C: Anxious, fearful
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Cluster A | -Paranoid Personality Disorder
-Schizoid Personality Disorder
-Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Paranoid Personality Disorder | -Suspicious
-Distrusting
-Hypervigilant
-Argumentative
-Humorless
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Schizoid Personality Disorder | -Prefers solitude
-Socially Distant
-Unmotivated by feedback
-Lacks spontaneity
-Does not make small talk
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder | -Uncomfortable around people
-Poor social skills
-Eccentric
-Odd behaviors
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Cluster B | -Histrionic Personality Disorder
-Narcissistic Personality Disorder
-Antisocial Personality
-Borderline Personality
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Histrionic Personality Disorder | -Love me, please
-Self-centered
-Attention seeking
-Seductive
-Exaggerates and dramatizes
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder | -Look at me, I'm special
-Demands admiration,recognition, attention
-Insensitive to anyone except self
-Overestimation of abilities and importance
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Antisocial Personality | -Pattern of disregard for rights of others
-Repeated acts that are grounds for arrest
-Impulsivity
-Repeated physical fights or assaults
-Reckless disregard for safety of self or others
-Failure to sustain consistent work behavior or $
-Lack of re
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Interventions: Antisocial Personality | -Set firm, matter of fact limits
-Anger control assistance
-Avoid preaching or moralizing
-Monitor personal feelings
-Focus on behaviors
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Borderline Personality | -Frantic attempts to avoid real/imagined abandonment
-Unstable relationships
-Unstable sense of self
-Impulsivity
-Recurrent suicidal behav
-Chronic feelings of emptiness
-Inappropriate anger
-Tranisent paranoid ideation
-Self-mutilating behav
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Reasons for Self-Injury | -Tension release
-Return to reality
-Establishing control
-Security and uniqueness
-Influencing others
-Neg perceptions
-Sexuality
-Euphoria
-Venting from anger
-Relief from alienation
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Thought Distortions and Corrective Statements | -Catastrophizing- make whatever is going on horrible, bigger deal than it is
-Dichotomizing-take things apart without putting it back together
-Self-attribution Errors-believe everything is their fault
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Interventions: Borderline Personality Disorder | -Provide support,empathy
-Provide structure
-Use consistent approach by all caregivers
-Point out when client's attempts to manipulate are counterproductive
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Cluster C | -Avoidant Personality Disorder
-Dependent Personality Disorder
-Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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Avoidant Personality Disorder | -Poor self image
-Highly sensitive to criticism
-High anxiety about being OK, so limits contact with people
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Dependent Personality Disorder | -Make decisions for me, I'm so helpless
-Submissive
-Over compliant regardless of cost
-Helpless
-Passive so does not initiate self care
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Obsessive Compulsive Personality | -If it's not perfect, I will make it perfect
-Rigid and unbending
-Get lost in details
-Needs to feel in control
-Perfectionist
-Comfortable with rules,order and conformity
-Doesn't interfere with life
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Content vs Process | -Content: all that is said in the group
-Process: structural development of the group
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Facilitating Roles | Task
-Initiator- offers new ideas/outlook
-Information seeker-clarify group values
-Summarizer-summarize group progress
Maintenance
-Evaluator-measure group work against standard
-Encourager-praise,seeks input
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-Gate Keeper-Monitors participation of all members to keep communication open
-Compromiser-group harmony
-Harmonizer-tries to mediate b/w members
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Blocking Roles | -Computer-only gives facts
-Self confessor-always want to talk about themselves
-Big talker-want to hear themselves talk
-Clown-make joke/lighten things
-Withdrawer-sit there,don't say anything
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Anger | -An emotional response to one's perception of a situation that is threatening to ones needs
-Normal emotion
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Aggression | -A physical or verbal behavior intended to threaten or injure the victim's security or self esteem
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Violence | -A hx of violence is the single best predictor of violence
-Threats including verbal or written statements that imply harm to a person or property
-Physical assault with or without a weapon that results in actual harm
-Damage to property
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Stages of Anger and Aggression | -Feeling of vulnerability
-Uneasiness
-Anxiety
-Anger
-Aggression
-Violence
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Signs and Symptoms that usually precede violence | -Limit setting by nurse
-Hyperactivity
-Increase in anxiety and tension
-Verbal abuse
-Very loud/soft
-Absolute silence
-Intoxication of alcohol/drugs
-Possession of weapon
-Recent hx of violence
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Stages of Violence: Interventions | -Preassaultive: de-escalation, meds
-Assaultive:Restraint, meds, seclusion
-Postassaultive: debriefing, documentation
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Seclusion and Restraint | -Only be used if client is a danger to self/others
-When less-restrictive methods have failed
-Require physicians order
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Cycle of Violence | -Tension-building stage: pushing/shoving, verbal abuse,victim doesn't speak up for self, abuser rationalizes abuse, victim tries to make things better
-Acute battering stage: physical violence, victim depersonalize situation, both parties in shock
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-Honeymoon stage: perpetrator feels remorseful, victim believes perp, thinks things will be better
-Tension builds and cycle continues
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Actual Occurrence of Violence requires: | -Perpetrator
-Vulnerable Person
-Crisis situation
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Characteristics of Perpetrators | -Consider their own needs more important than needs of others
-Poor social skills
-Extreme pathological jealously
-May control family finances
-Likely to abuse alcohol or drugs
-Relationships are usually enmeshed and codependent
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Characteristics of Abusing Parents | -Hx of violence
-Low self esteem
-Isolation/suspicious of others
-in a crisis situation
-rigid expectations
-Harsh punishment
-Violent outbursts
-Substance abuse
-Poor impulse control
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Characteristics of Vulnerable Persons: Children | -Younger than 3 yrs
-Perceived as different
-Remind parents of someone they don't like
-Product of unwanted pregnancy
-Interference with emotional bonding b/w parent and child
-Don't meet fantasy
-Adolescents also at risk
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Effects of Violence on Children | -Depressive disorders
-PTSD
-Somatic complaints
-Low self esteem
-Phobias
-Antisocial behaviors
-Child/Spouse abuse
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Effects of Violence on Adolescents | -Poor grades
-Difficulty relationships
-Legal problems
-Promiscuity
-Running away from home
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Characteristics of Vulnerable Persons: Older Adults | -Poor mental or physical health
-Dependent on perpetrator
-Female, older than 75, white, living with relative
-Elderly father cared for by a daughter he abused as a child
-Elderly woman cared for by a husband who has abused her in the past
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Self-Assessment | -It is imperative that nurses assess their own attitudes and feelings about abuse prior to working with families where abuse is present or has occurred
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Don'ts of Assessment | -Don't judge or accuse
-Don't use the words abuse or violence
-Don't display horror,anger,shock, or disapproval
-Don't force a child or anyone else to remove clothing
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Sexual Assault | -Any type of sexual activity the victim doesn't want or agree to
-From inappropriate touching to penetration
-Verbal sexual assault can occur by phone/online
-Forced activities: prostitution
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Rape | -Nonconsensual vaginal and or oral pentration, obtained by force or by threat of bodily harm or when a person is incapable of giving consent
-Majority of rapes are perpetrated by someone known to the victim
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Characteristics of Incestual families | -High incidence of other forms of abuse
-Enmeshed
-Boundary issues
-Role reversal
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Sexual Abuse/Incest Perpetrator Characteristics | -Low self esteem
-Unrealistic dependence needs
-Immaturity
-Self absorption
-Lack of empathy for others
-Hx sexual abuse during childhood
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Sexually Abused Children | -Typically the oldest daughter
-Age of onset 6-9
-Secret frequently not revealed until older
-Early identification of sexual abuse victims is crucial to the reduction of suffering of abused
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Forensic Nursing | application of nursing science to public or legal proceedings and scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims and perpetrators of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic accidents
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-Provide direct services to crime victims&perp
-Consultation services to colleagues in nursing,med&law agencies
-Expert court testimony in cases of trauma and/or ?death
-Adequacy of service delivery
-Specialized dx of specific conditions as r/t nursin
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Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) | -Care of adult/pediatric victims of sexual assault
-Sexual assault response teams (SARTs)
-Expert care in acute setting
-Advocacy for acute&long-term needs of victim
-Referral for counseling for survivors (D long-term effects from assault)
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Nurse Coroner/Death Investigator | -Public official charged with duty of determining how and why people die
-Assessing the deceased through:Understanding the evidence,Discovery of evidence, Preservation of evidence,Use of evidence
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Terms | -Legal sanity:able to distinguish right from wrong
-Legal insanity:presence of major mental disorder
-Irresistible impulse:knew act was wrong but couldnt control behavior
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-Guilty but mentally ill
-Competence to proceed:defendantβs present thinking at time of trial
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Evaluation | -Federal law prohibits persons from being tried if deemed legally incompetent
-Incompetent defendant will be in a mental hospital for treatment to regain competency
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Witness | -Fact witness β testifies about what was personally seen, heard, performed, or documented regarding a patientβs care
-Expert witness β recognized by the court as having a certain level of skill or expertise in a designated area
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Correctional Nursing: Suicide | -First 24 hours most dangerous-jail
-10 times of general public
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Stressors: Client | -Overcrowding
-Double stigmatization
-Grief, isolation, loneliness
-Violence
-Living conditions
-Lack of privacy
-Segregation
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Stressors: Nurse | -Violence
-Language
-Need to be βon guardβ
-Professional isolation
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