Disorders
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), previously called "Multiple Personality Disorder".
Disturbance in the perception of one's self. Experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one's thoughts, feelings, sensations, body or actions.
An unconscious defense mechanism in which there is a separation of normally related mental processes such as identity, memory, and cognition from affect; the detachment of ideas and memories from events or experiences.
What is Disassociation.
Assess level of knowledge regarding effects of psychological problems on the body.
What are nursing interventions for patients suffering from Somatic Symptom Disorder.
Patients may remember with feelings so painful that they may actually scream, cry and feel the pain they felt at the time of the abuse.
What is abreaction
Syndrome of multiple somatic symptoms that cannot be explained medically and are associated with psychosocial distress and long term seeking of assistance from HCP.
What is Somatic Symptom Disorder.
A specific subtype of dissociative amnesia characterized by a sudden “fleeing” where they move to a new location and adopt a new identity. No memory of prior life.
What is Dissociative Fugue.
Abnormal limb shaking with impaired or LOC that resembles epileptic seizures.
What are Psychogenic or Non-epileptic seizures.
Patient will verbalize that fears associated with bodily sensations are irrational within the first 2 weeks of psychotherapy.
What is a Patient-Centered Goal for a patient experiencing Illness Anxiety Disorder
This ego defense mechanism describes the underlying psychodynamics of Somatic Symptom Disorder.
What is Repression of anxiety.
Previously called Conversion Disorder- loss of or change in body function that cannot be explained by any known medical disorder or pathophysiological mechanism.
What is Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder.
Symptoms such as paralysis, abnormal movement, difficulty swallowing, speech issues, seizures, anesthesia or sensory loss.
What are symptoms associated with Neurological Symptom Disorder.
False pregnancy.
What is Pseudocyesis.
Individuals who are exposed to painful information from which the amnesia is providing protection may decompensate even further into a psychotic state.
What is nursing rationale for not flooding a patient with impaired memory with data regarding their past life.
The ultimate goal of therapy for a client with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
What is integration of identities into one cohesive personality.
Hypochondriasis, doctor shopping, unrealistic or inaccurate interpretation of physical symptoms or sensations, leading to preoccupation and fear of having a serious disease.
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder.
Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings. Alteration in the perception of the external environment.
What is Derealization.
Inability to produce voice.
Disturbed personal identity
What is a nursing diagnosis for a patient with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Expresses persistent fears of having life-threatening disease.
What are manifestations consistent with the diagnosis of Illness Anxiety Disorder.
Individuals pretend to be ill in order to receive emotional care and support commonly associated with the role of the "patient". Behaviors are deliberate and intentional, however, there may be an associated compulsive element that diminishes personal control.
What is Factitious Disorder.
Inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting.
Inability to smell.
What is anosmia.
Listen nonjudgmentally and respond empathetically when a patient transitions to different personality states.
What is establishing trust in a patient diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Result in an alteration in the normally integrative functions of identity, memory, or consciousness.
What are Dissociative responses.