Anxiety
More Anxiety
Nursing Interventions
Depressive Disorders
Treatments
100

General adaptation syndrome begins with a crisis and leads to either _________ or ___________.

Adaptation or Exhaustion 

100

4 levels of anxiety

Mild

Moderate

Severe 

Panic

100

These types of questions should be asked when communicating with a depressed patient.

open ended

100

Depression puts those at risk for suicide especially when a plan is in place.  What symptom would increase risk for following through with plan.

Hopelessness

100

Antideppresants may take several weeks to gain peak effectiveness.  As the patients energy levels increase what are they are at a higher risk for this.

Suicide

200

The most common anxiety disorder is_________

Phobia

200

This type of stress is caused by events we perceive as positive.

Eustress

200

Psychotherapy is provided by a licensed therapist and the nurse is to ________ what is established during therapy sessions.

reinforce

200

This type of depression is marked by less severity in symptoms but over a period of 2 years with more days depressed than not.

Dysthymic Disorder

200

Patients on MAOI's require a low tyramine diet to prevent them from having a ___________  _______.

Hypertensive Crisis

300

This disorder has its own classification and involves the unique symptom of flashbacks.

PTSD

300

Anxiety that one can pinpoint the cause of.

Signal

300

The nurse should provide safety and trust by building a _____________ with the patient.

Rapport

300

Mood fluctuations are normal but a disorder is diagnosed when symptoms _______ ______.

interrupt life 

300

Antianxiolitics such as Buspar may be monitored for effectiveness by gathering data on ________  patterns or prevalence other symptoms after treatment has begun.

sleeping

400

This disorder lasts 6 months or longer with 3 or more symptoms present. 

Generalized anxiety disorder

400

Anxiety that is described as impending doom without a known cause.

Free-floating

400

The nurse must address symptoms of conversion disorder in a ________ ____ _______ manner without reinforcing or "playing into the symptoms".

matter of fact

400

This disorder is marked by 5 or more symptoms with increased severity persisting for 2 weeks.

Major Depressive Disorder

400

Therapy is necessary to identify triggers and feelings.  The patient then learns coping mechanisms.  ___________ is a behavior modification a patient can do on their own to progressively relax and alter brain waves. 

Biofeedback

500

This disorder is sudden and extreme.  4 symptoms must be present.

Panic Disorder

500

Fear of darkness

Nyctophobia

500

Limit setting provides

Structure 

Boundaries

500

Major Depressive disorder with seasonal pattern is linked to increased levels of _________.

Melatonin

500

List 1 of the treatments discussed for treatment resistant depression. 

ECT

TMS

Esketamine