Mood and Affect
What the patient says they feel. internal emotional state that influences a person’s perception of the world. It is subjective and typically reported by the individual (e.g., "I feel sad," "I’m anxious").
What is Mood?
This type of communication technique involves active listening and showing empathy to understand the patient's feelings.
This personality disorder is characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior.
What is the most commonly diagnosed depressive disorder?
Major Depressive Disorder
observable expression of emotion or feeling. It’s what you can see in a person’s facial expressions, voice tone, and body language during an assessment.
What is Affect?
What are suicide risk factors?
Medical treatment that aims to improve perceptions of and responses to social and environmental stressors.
psychotherapy
What self-reporting clinical tool can be used to evaluate the severity or presence of depression in both adolescents and adults?
PHQ-9
The term for a normal, stable emotional state that is neither elevated nor depressed.
What is euthymic mood?
In cases of acute suicide risk, this intervention involves constant visual observation to prevent self-harm.
What is 1:1 or continuous observation?
What are the 4 cluster B personality disorders?
Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic personality disorder.
These medications are most commonly prescribed to treat depression
SSRIs, SNRIs, Atypical Antidepressants like bupropion or trazodone, TCAs, MAOIs
Affect that does not match the content or situation, such as laughing at bad news.
What populations may be at an increased risk for suicidal ideation?
Children and adolescents, people over age 75, people with chronic illness, racial/ethnic minorities, substance-use disorders, health professionals/first responders/military/law enforcement, victims of abuse, individuals with limited healthcare access
Possible nursing diagnoses for patients with personality disorder
Risk for suicide, risk for self-mutilation, risk for violence, ineffective coping, social isolation
Depression that occurs in the weeks or months following childbirth.
What is Postpartum Depression?
When a person shows no visible emotional expression, this type of affect is described.
What is flat affect?
What are some protective factors for suicidal patients?
Family connection, community support, access to mental health resources, coping mechanisms, pets, children, religion
A patient reports instability in emotions, relationships and self-image but feel "numb" most of the time. They also report spending 100k on a new car they can't afford. The patient reports feeling that they are fearful of their family abandoning them. What personality disorder might this patient be experiencing based on these statements?
Borderline Personality Disorder
In children and adolescents, depression may present with this symptom instead of sadness.
Irritability