Low Down
Levels of Mood
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia
Safety is Key
100
The type of depression an empty nester may experience.
What is maturational?
100
This form includes at least 1 episode of mania alternating with major depression with or without psychosis.
What is bipolar I?
100
A person with this personality disorder believes they deserve the best.
What is narcissistic?
100
A person with schizophrenia has an excess of this neurotransmitter.
What is dopamine?
100
An increase in energy and giving away prized possessions are this type of suicide clue.
What is non-verbal?
200
A priority nursing diagnosis for a patient with depression.
What is risk for self harm?
200
Called mini-bipolar with mild hypomania alternating with minor depression for at least 2 years.
What is cyclothymia?
200
This person is not able to form warm, close social relationships and has this personality disorder.
What is schizoid?
200
This organ tends to shrink with schizophrenia.
What is the brain?
200
Priority assessment question to ask a patient at risk for suicide.
What is do you have a plan?
300
Nursing interventions for patient with depression should be focused on this.
What is safety?
300
This form has a higher risk of suicide associated with it.
What is bipolar II?
300
A rule following, perfectionist who needs to control others and is devoted to work and engages in rituals has this disorder.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
300
Apathy, avolition, alogia, anhedonia
What is negative signs?
300
High risk for suicide.
What is people with history of suicide attempts?
400
A person with 5 or more mood symptoms occurring every day for most of the waking hours over the same 2 week period suffers from this
What is major depressive disorder?
400
This medication has been known to cause mania in patients with bipolar.
What is antidepressants?
400
A person with this personality disorder has instability in relationships, unstable moods, can be impulsive and engages in splitting.
What is borderline personality?
400
Priority nursing interventions for a patient with hallucinations focus on this.
What is safety?
400

Two-thirds of people who commit suicide have this mental disorder.

What is depression?

500
This is a form of treatment used for patients with major depressive disorder who have had no response to antidepressants.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy?
500
A priority nursing intervention to keep bipolar patients safe.
What is remove hazardous objects from environment?
500
A charmer who wants to be in control and views others as objects to be manipulate.
What is an antisocial?
500
Bleuler’s four A’s.
What is affect, associative looseness, autism and ambivalence?
500
Priority nursing intervention if patient is at risk for suicide.
What is one to one supervision?
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