Substance Abuse
consciously or unconsciously helping maladaptive behaviors.
Enabling
2 types of interventions for personality disorder.
therapy and medications
Set of symptoms evidencing disorganization in mental processes.
Psychosis
Disorders that consists of holding grudges, exploitation without a sufficient basis, questions others trustworthiness.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
The primary goal for a mental health patient.
Safety.
profound confusion, delusion, and withdrawal symptoms that can lead to seizures.
Delirium Tremens
Important assessment for opioid intoxication.
Airway.
false sensory perceptions, unrelated to reality and unsupported by actual environmental stimuli.
Hallucinations
Disorder that consists of being emotionally cold and detached, shows no interest of relationships, considered eccentric, isolated, or lonely.
Schizoid Personality Disorder.
Disorder consisting of avoidance of specific places, situations tending to trigger panic attacks.
Agoraphobia
encephalopathy psychosis
Wernicke--Korsakoff syndrome
Severe decrease in motor activity, responsiveness to environment. Considered a schizophrenia subtype.
Catatonic
disorder consisting of disorganized thoughts, perceptual alterations.
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Reduce alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the hospital setting.
Benzodiazepines
First phase of dependency treatment. Can take up to 3-5 days or longer.
Detoxification
The action of this drug is to block various dopamine receptors in the brain.
Antipsychotic drugs
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Clang Association
Disorder that consists of criminal behavior, lack of remorse, no sense of morality and lack of impulse control.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Brain adapts to repeated dosing, causing decreased effects, requiring greater amounts of drug to achieve same effect.
Tolerance
What is the priority assessment with an alcoholic patient?
1. headache
2. tremors
3. temp 37.9 C
4. HR 100
2. Tremors- Tremors can indicated delirium tremens which can lead to seizures and become fatal to the patient
5 types of extrapyramidal side effects.
1. Akathisia
2. Dystonia
3. Tardive dyskinesia
4. Drug- induced parkinsons
5. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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Disorder that consists of persistent unstable relationships, mood swings and splitting.
Borderline Personality Disorder
A patient withdrawing from alcohol should be on what type of precautions at the hospital.
Seizure and Fall precautions