Eating Disorders
A treatment for eating disorders that is focused on client control
What is a behavior modification of eating disorders?
Common medication to control ADHD.
What is Ritalin?
Clients with autism commonly have trouble with this
What is social/communication skills?
A quick onset, caused by medication toxicity or underlying medical conditions; reversible
What is delirium?
Three main characteristics of ADHD are
What is inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity?
Patients preoccupied with food and rituals of eating, along with refusal to eat causing extreme nutritional deficits.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Insomnia, decreased appetite, palpitations, and weight loss are the side effects of
What is Ritalin?
Some nursing interventions of Autism are
structured environment, consistent care, concise communication, reward for desired behaviors, role-model social skills, determine triggers
An irreversible, gradual progressive onset of persistent intellectual impairment
What is dementia?
ADHD stands for
What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Recurrently eating large amounts of food over a short period of time, followed by inappropriate compensatory behaviors. These patients usually have a weight within normal limits.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Common medication used for suppression of appetite and weight loss for obese patients.
What is lorcaserin?
The thought to be the primary cause of Autism is
What is genetics?
The strongest risk for developing NCD is
What is age?
Modeling, limits of unacceptable behavior, positive feedback, group participation, and calm firm approach are
What are interventions for ADHD?
Recurrently eating large amounts of food over a short period of time without compensatory behaviors. Excessive food consumption with a lack of control.
What is binge eating?
Serotonin syndrome, hypoglycemia, and bradycardia are the side effects of
What is lorcaserin?
Medications that can be used for the treatment of Autism are
What are antipsychotics and SSRI's?
Some proper communication skills to have with NCD patients are
What is calm, reassuring tone, simple instructions, reinforce reality, introduce yourself, avoid confrontation?
The oldest age that ADHD must be present to diagnose is
What is 12 yr old?
Anorexic people tend to do a lot of this, for they think they need to get rid of their caloric intake.
What is excessive exercise?
The time you take Ritalin is
What is immediately before or after meals and before 4 pm.
Some symptoms of Autism are
Restricted interest, repetitive actions, strict routines, and inability to concentrate
This medication blocks entry of calcium into nerve cells, thus slowing down brain cell death. Approved for moderate to severe stages of AD.
What is memantine?
People with ADHD usually possess below average intelligence (True or False)
What is false?