A patient has a pattern of overeating and forcing themselves to throw up, often involving use of laxatives is known as what?
Bulilmia nervosa
Depression symptoms?
Prolonged stress, loss of interest, weight changes, changes in sleep habits.
Patient Intake
Patient lifestyle, family history, drug and alcohol use, acute Episodes, and history of behavioral treatment
Anxiety Disorder
Counseling and Medication including antidepressant
GAD-7
7-item item questionnaire used to assess the severity of the most common anxiety disorders
Trauma due to military combat, involved in life threatening instances or victim of violent crime can cause what disorder?
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Anorexia nervosa symptoms?
Refusal to eat due to fear of gaining weight. Eat and then throwing up. Fasting to many days.
Active listening skills
use terms and language patient can understand, watch for nonverbal cues, validate patients feeling, redirect conversations, avoid pushing or prying, acknowledge how they feel, develop rapport, and treat patient with empathy
Personality disorder
Treatment of psychotherapy, talk therapy, medications
PHQ-2
inquires about someone's depressed mood
What disorder is considered partially due to genetics?
Schizophrenia
Binge Eating symptoms?
Involves eating a lot of food in a short period of time.
Patient's medical record
current symptoms, reason for seeking care, past experience with counseling, current and past health diagnoses, risk factors
Mood Disorder
Therapy, antidepressant, and support and self care, good nutrition, exercise, sleep, and medication
PHQ-9
more extensive screening measuring the severity of depression
Chemical disorders, such as depression or biopolar, in the brain classified as what?
Mood disorders
Anxiety symptoms?
Stress, rapid heartbeat and inability to stopping worrying.
How to cope with burnout in mental clinic
Have a good diet, sleep each night, exercise
Eating disorder
combination of psychological and nutritional counseling, medical and psychiatric monitoring
MDQ
brief, self-report screening instrument that can be used to identify patient most likely to have bipolar disorder
Which type of the following is characterized by loss of interest in normal activities or long term stress?
Depression
Schizophrenia symptoms
Hallucinations, delusions and loss of touch with reality.
What are the tasks related that MA perform
Room patients, Obtain adequate history, process prior medication, complete release of information, assist with referrals, perform labs, and collect oral swabs
How is substance use treated?
Behavioral counseling, medication and medical devices.
What to do when a patient is violent
protect yourself, hear them out, talk with empathy, be close to the door, no objects out, be called to call for help