Key Terms
Using a substance that affects mood, perception, behavior, or body function.
After stopping prolonged substance use, a patient develops sweating, anxiety, nausea, and muscle aches. These findings suggest this process.
what is substance withdrawal
9 question diagnostic tool, used to assess depression
PHQ-9
Your addiction PowerPoint groups major addiction risk factors into three broad areas: inherited or biological influences, surroundings, and this third area involving stages of life and maturation.
what is development
what are the three stages of the addiction cycle
1. binge/intoxication
2. withdrawal/negative effect
3.preoccupation/anticipation
A problematic pattern of substance use that causes clinically significant impairment or distress. It may affect health, relationships, responsibilities, and safety.
what is SUD
A patient using cannabis develops euphoria, increased appetite, dry mouth, red eyes, tachycardia, and impaired attention. This is the most likely explanation.
what is cannabis intoxication
This laboratory measurement is used to estimate the amount of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream.
what is blood alcohol concentration
A person has a family history of addiction, prolonged exposure to substance use in their environment, and began using substances at a young age. These are examples of this.
What are addiction risk factors
This neurotransmitter plays an important role in the brain's reward circuitry and helps reinforce the memory and pleasurable feelings associated with substance use.
what is dopamine
A chronic, relapsing condition involving compulsive substance-seeking or use despite harmful consequences.
what is addiction
A patient believes coworkers are plotting against them despite having no supporting evidence. This type of psychotic symptom is called this.
what is a delusion
A provider suspects recent opioid use. This type of test can help detect opioids or their metabolites in a patient's urine.
what is urinalysis
Family history, depression, substance misuse, bullying, major losses, impulsivity, chronic pain, and access to firearms can all increase the likelihood of this outcome.
what is suicide
A patient has psychosis, reduced self-care, social withdrawal, and disorganized thinking. The nurse should remember that this condition is a collection of symptoms and is not necessarily a diagnosis of one specific disorder.
what is psychosis
Physical and/or psychological symptoms that occur when a substance is reduced or discontinued after repeated use
what is withdrawal
A patient reports hearing voices that other people cannot hear. This perceptual disturbance is called this.
what is a hallucination
A patient with chronic alcohol use stops drinking and develops tremors, sweating, and a seizure. This assessment priority is especially important because this withdrawal complication can be life-threatening.
What is recognizing severe alcohol withdrawal and assessing for complications?
A history of violent victimization, poor emotional control, delinquent peers, family conflict, and exposure to unsafe communities are examples of risk factors for this outcome, particularly among youth.
what is youth violence
These factors can help protect against suicide: connection to family and community, access to care, coping skills, and this important environmental safety measure involving access to potentially lethal methods.
what is limiting access to lethal means
The process of managing acute intoxication or withdrawal while the substance clears from the body.
what is detox
A patient has become socially isolated, lost interest in usual activities, feels hopeless, and has begun giving away possessions. These changes may be warning signs of this serious mental health concern.
What is suicidal ideation or suicide risk?
A patient presents with new confusion and hallucinations during an acute illness. Before assuming a primary psychiatric disorder, the clinician should evaluate for this acute condition, especially in an older adult.
what is delirium
Childhood abuse, neglect, household instability, and exposure to violence fall under this term, which is associated with cumulative risks for later health problems.
what are ACEs (adverse childhood experiences)
A nurse notices a patient expressing hopelessness, withdrawing from others, and increasing alcohol use after a major loss. The most appropriate initial response is to do this rather than assume the patient is simply seeking attention.
What is directly assess suicide risk, listen without judgment, and arrange appropriate safety measures and support?