Personality Disorders
This cluster of disorders corresponds to symptoms of being dramatic and emotional.
What is Cluster B (wild)
includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic.
This term is the reddening of the face and neck as a result of increased blood flow. It has been linked to variants of genes for enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism.
What is Flushing?
The compensatory behavior designed to eliminate food by means of self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, enemas, and diuretics.
What is purging?
This disorder is preoccupation with the fear that one has a serious disease or will get a serious disease
What is illness anxiety disorder
previously known as hypochondriasis
You could find abnormalities in this brain lobe when studying brain images of a child with ADHD.
What is frontal lobe
This is a priority nursing diagnosis for client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
What is "Risk for self-mutilation"
This is the most common mood when assessing someone with substance use disorder.
What is irritability?
This is the most common disorder found in clients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa
What is depression
This is the transference of mental experiences and states into bodily symptoms.
What is somatization.
It is characterized as the presence of physical symptoms suggesting medical illness, but no organic basis.
This is the repeating of one's own sounds or words and is found in tic disorders.
What is palilalia
This is the inability to incorporate positive and negative aspects of oneself or others into a whole image, is frequently seen in those with borderline personality disorder
What is splitting?
This is often prescribed to prevent or to treat Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (neurological conditions that can result from heavy alcohol use)
What is vitamin B1 (thiamine)
What is hypokalemia.
(direct loss of potassium due to vomiting)
What is malingering.
Ex. disability benefits, evading military service
This behavior is expected from a child with Tourette's disorder
What are multiple motor and vocal tics
This nursing intervention is used to treat those with dependent personality disorder. (Name one).
- Foster client's self-reliance and autonomy; teach problem-solving and decision-making skills; cognitive restructuring techniques
This drug is prescribed for alcohol withdrawal that reduces manifestations and can help prevent seizures and delirium tremens.
What is Chlordiazepoxide (benzodiazepine anxiolytic)
Lippincott also mentions lorazepam and diazepam
"Other people don't like me because I'm fat" is an example of what kind of cognitive distortions
What is overgeneralizations
This is the third stage of the reattribution treatment. It uses therapeutic communication to acknowledge lack of physical cause for manifestations while allowing client to maintain self-esteem.
What is "making the link"
What are psychostimulant drugs (methylphenidate and amphetamine salts) and nonstimulant selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (atomoxetine)
This type of personality disorder is characterized by their disregard for others, lack of empathy, repeated unlawful actions, deceit, failure to accept personal responsibility etc.
What is antisocial personality disorder
This is the alcohol withdrawal manifestations.
(whoever lists the most wins)
Abdominal cramping, vomiting, tremors, restlessness and inability to sleep, increased heart rate, transient hallucinations or illusions, anxiety, increased blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, and tonic-clonic seizures.
The following are expected findings related to the cardiovascular system (3).
Irregular heart rate (dysrhythmias noted on cardiac monitor), peripheral edema, acrocyanosis
These are some risk factors that may lead to somatic symptom disorder. (5) Name as much as you can
- first-degree relative who has SSD
- decreased levels of neurotransmitters
- depressive, personality or anxiety disorder
- childhood trauma
- learned helplessness
These are characteristic behaviors of autism spectrum disorder (3)
Inability to maintain eye contact, repetitive actions and strict observance of routines.