Disorders
This disorder involves intentional fabrication of symptoms.
What is malingering disorder?
Lifestyle modifications for this drug class involve increased exercise, eating more fiber, and wearing sunscreen when outside.
What are antipsychotic drugs?
This topic is one of the most important areas during a mental status exam.
What is suicidal ideation?
The nurse can teach clients with OCD these techniques to reduce anxiety associated with their rituals.
What are relaxation techniques?
A state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness.
A patient reports feeling uneasy about performing rituals similar to his mother. The nurse understands the patient's symptoms and family history are associated with this mental health disorder.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
A client is concerned about new involuntary muscle movements since taking his medications. Lip smacking, tongue protrusion, and excessive blinking are symptoms of this specific side effect of antipsychotic drugs.
What is Tardive dyskinesia?
This stage of the aggression cycle involves shouting, screaming, hitting, and throwing objects.
What is crisis?
This communication concept involves repeating the main idea expressed by another person.
What is restating?
What is autonomy versus shame and doubt?
This mental health disorder is characterized by pervasive patterns of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and lacks empathy.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Patients are at increased risk of this when taking antidepressant medications.
What is suicide?
“He rained the train brain grain strain the crane” is an example of this speech pattern in Schizophrenia.
What is clang association?
These three central concepts are components of Carl Rogers' Client-Centered Therapy approach.
What are unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathetic understanding?
These key features are used to define mental illnesses.
What are a decline in functioning and social impairment?
A feeling of being disconnected from themselves or detached from their behavior commonly associated with PTSD.
What is depersonalization?
A client is found unconscious after using heroin. The nurse anticipates given this medication for a heroin overdose.
What is Naloxone?
"Everyone song on the radio is targeted toward me from my ex-partner" is an example of this abnormal thought process.
What are ideas of reference?
This type of questioning is primarily used to collect information and help client's identify and discuss topics of concern.
What are open-ended questions?
This stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs includes high achievement and reaching an individual's full potential in life.
What is self-actualization?
Pressured speech, flight of ideas, grandiosity, and participating in high-risk activities are symptoms of this mental health disorder.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This vitamin deficiency is often a result of consuming high amounts of alcohol.
What is Thiamine or vitamin B1?
Individuals who are self-motivated, cope effectively with stress, and ask for help when needed are described as having a high degree of this concept.
What is self-efficacy?
This concept describes providing caregivers with information to prepare for upcoming stages of growth and development.
What is anticipatory guidance?
This shift in treating those with mental illnesses involved utilizing community-based facilities and services.
What is deinstitutionalization?