Anxiety Disorders
The type of outpatient treatment that would typically be done for mild to moderate anxiety disorders?
What is CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
A depressive disorder that involves low-level depressive feelings for more than 2 years in adults and 1 year in children.
What is persistent depressive disorder
A disorder that is characterized by mood disorder and psychotic illness.
What is schizoaffective disorder.
Someone with this personality disorder might hold a pattern of disregarding and violating the rights of others.
What is anti-social personality disorder.
A class of psychiatric medication can be taken in a monthly injection.
What is atypical antipsychotics
The two categories of defenses against anxiety are:
What is adaptive and maladaptive
A mood disorder that is characterized by the presence or history of at least one hypomanic episode.
What is Bipolar II Disorder
Name the main physical concern that nurses be looking for when assessing someone who is taking anti-psychotic medication.
What is abnormal involuntary movements or EPSE or extrapyramidal side effects.
A nurse assesses an 18 year old female who has a history of parental and peer rejection. She has difficulty going to school and ignores her responsibilities. Although further assessment is needed, her symptoms are in keeping with what personality disorder?
What is avoidant personality disorder.
The class of medications that may increase suicidal behaviours as a side effect.
What are anti-depressants.
What is the anxiety disorder that someone might experience after seeing a co-worker have a heart attack and pass away in front of them?
What is PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A medical treatment that can be used to treat mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorder.
What is ECT.
A patient says "the government is tracking my every move." What two symptoms of psychosis may this person be experiencing?
What are delusions and paranoid thinking.
When caring for someone with this personality disorder it would be important for the nurse to role model empathy, recognise the source of the behaviours, and avoid engaging in power struggles.
What is narcissistic personality disorder.
During an episode of panic, the first line medication class is.
What is benzodiazepines.
The four levels of anxiety as defined by Pepleu
What are mild, moderate, severe, and panic
Name three parts of the nursing assessment when assessing someone with a mood disorder.
Can include: affect, thought process, suicidal ideation, mood, feelings, physical behaviour, communication, and spirituality.
Name two applicable nursing diagnoses for persons experiencing psychosis.
Could include: disturbed sensory perception, ineffective coping, impaired communication, risk for self-directed or other directed violence, and impaired family coping.
This model is the theory that explains psychopathology of how personality disorders emerge from multifaceted factors of biology and environment.
What is the diathesis-stress model.
The class of medications used to treat ADHD.
What is psychostimulants.
An anxiety disorder that involves psychological symptoms presenting themselves as physical symptoms.
What is conversion disorder
These side effects characterize what condition that may affect persons taking medication for depression - fever, elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, restlessness, hostility, and seizures.
What is serotonin syndrome.
The four categories of symptoms in schizophrenia are:
What are positive, negative, cognitive, and affective symptoms.
A nurse is assessing someone who engages in NSSI, has active suicidal ideation, has previously tried to end their own life, and brings alcohol in their purse to the assessment. Based on these objective findings the nurse might think this person is experiencing what mental illness?
What is borderline personality disorder.
A medication that reduces dopaminergic transmission would be used to treat this mental illness.
What is psychosis.