Psychosocial A Remediation

Alcoholism

A disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol MOnitor VS, allow to sleep it off, protect airway, assess need for iv glucose, injuries

Mental Health

Age-appropriate adaptive responses to threats to mental health and stressors.

Anger, aggression, violence

Anger-emotions rage from intense to rage and fury. aggression-physical or verbal abuse and or staff Passive aggressive behavior-indirect and non-assertive expression of aggression towards other

Treatments

Behavior modification behavioral contract cognitive therapy ect milleu

Barbiturate

CNS depressant, keep client awake, induce vomiting, monitor vomiting, use gastric lavage, give activated charcoal.

schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Catatonic-usually pronounced decrease in amount of movement, client may not move for hours on end, maintain client safety, protect from altered thought processes and inappropriate behavior.

Alzeimer's disease

Chronic, progressive, degenerative disease resulting in cerebral atrophy Most common after 65 years

Impulse Control Disorders

Conduct disorder-disorder of children or aolescents, repetitive and persistent pattern of violating basic rights of others.

Suicide

Impending suicide indicators: ay change in behavior, energetic after a period of severe depression, improved mood, finalizing business or personal affairs.

Anxiety

Mild, moderate, severe, panic, Nursing care-assess level of anxiety

personality disorders

One-on-one interactions between persons occurs when behaviors become dysfunctional and are unable to be changed Antisocial, avoidant, borderline, dependent, histrionic, narcissistic, paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal

Autism

Pervasive impairment in social interactions and communication skills, usually accompanied by stereotypical behaviors, interests and activities.

schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Schizo affective disorder-observable bodily expression of emotions of a person, commonly used terms for affect, flat blunted, inappropriate, labile.

Depression

Somatic indications: GAstrointestinal distress, change in appetite, pain irritability, sleep disturbances, lack of energy, change in sex drive, palpitations.

antipsychotic drugs

Thiothixene: monitor for unusual motor activity, blood work.

Alzheimer's disease

an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning. Changes in personality, motor restlessness, pacing, may be seen to occur in three stages, memory loss, impaired language, an motor ability.

Antianxiety Medication

drugs that help reduce a person's experience of fear or anxiety Used in alcohol withdrawal, anxiety disorders, anxiety symptoms, convulsive disorders, preoperative sedation, skeletal muscle spasms, status epilepticcus.

mood stabilizers

drugs used to control mood swings in patients with bipolar mood disorders toxicity for lithium sign is above 1.5 meq/L

antipsychotic drugs

drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder First generation and second generatoin typical vs atypical

Trauma Related Disorders

exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence

Eating disorders

extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa.

Schizophrenia Spectrum

group of disorders that range in severity and that have similar clinical features, including some degree of reality distortion Inappropriate or no display of feelings hypochondriasis and depersonalization. maintain safety, protect from altered thought processess and inappropriate behavior, administer anti-psych medications.

defense mechanisms

in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality Denial-failure to acknowledge intolerable thoughts, feelings, experience or reality.

personality disorders

psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning Antisocial, avoidant, borderline, dependent, histrionic, narcissistic, paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal

elder abuse

the abuse or neglect of older family members Battering, fractures, bruises, over under medicated, absence of needed dentures and or glasses.

schizophrenia spectrum

the set of psychiatric disorders related to schizophrenia that vary along a severity continuum

Mental Health

the state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings Poor, people who are less educated and people are unemployed typically experience higher rates than the general population.