Mood Disorders
The goal of the acute treatment phase
What is to reduce symptoms and inappropriate behaviors?
In what dimension does a suicidal patient experience distorted thinking and self-defeating thoughts?
Intellectual
Which level of intervention is the use of injectable sedative medications?
Level 3
A concept from feminist theory that explains male violence against women
Machismo
Name 3 contraindications for ECT
Heart disease, recent MI, HF, increased ICP, tumors within nervous system
A patient asks, "How many total times should I expect to receive ECT?"
What is a total of 6-12 times?
Which gender more often attempts suicide and in what way?
Women are more often attempt suicide and use methods such as overdose
Patients that are restrained or secluded should be assessed how often?
Every 15 minutes
What prolongs the recovery cycle?
Degree of brutality of the attack
The use of inappropriate, harmful, or destructive behaviors to express current or past emotions
Acting out
A disorder defined as daily moderate depression that lasts longer than 2 years
What is Dysthymic or Persistent Depressive Disorder?
An older adults begins to refuse eating, drinking, and taking his medicines. This is an example of
Passive suicide
In the trigger phase of the assault cycle, which level of interventions would you use, what's the primary goal, and provide 2 examples
Level 1, to prevent violence, maintaining eye contact, not interrupting, using calm and level voice, paraphrase their concerns
A baby that presents to the clinic with unexplained vague symptoms such as irritability, lethargy, and fussiness should be evaluated for
Shaken baby syndrome
What is an example of direct and indirect self-destructive behaviors?
Phototherapy is a recommended therapy to which type of mood disorder?
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
What is the term for when a terminally ill patient chooses the time and place of their own death?
Rational suicide
A mother comes to you and states that their 12-year-old child is acting extremely aggressively, shows no empathy, and has hurt their pet. The child should be evaluated for which disorder?
Conduct disorder
Advanced age, older adult women, living with family members, low socioeconomic status, chronic illness or disability, mental disability
Name 3 risk factors of postpartum depression
Nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, and lethargy are signs of which level of lithium toxicity?
What is moderate?
In the United States, suicide is the _________ leading cause of death
10th
A patient has undergone an extreme change in their life and feels that they are unable to cope, they are acting aggressively, socially isolated, and completely overwhelmed. This patient might be diagnosed with which anger control disorder?
Adjustment disorder
What are three characteristics of an abused women?
What are 3 complications of pregnancy abuse?
Low birth weight, pre-term labor, lack of prenatal care