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Ch 7 Common Problems

Chapter 7 Common Problems and Conditions

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an abnormal mood state in which a person characteristically has a sense of sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness, and despair resulting from some personal loss or tragedy major depression
How long does a person have to be in a depressed mood to be considered major depression 2 weeks
a type of depression charachterized by episodes of mania, depression, or mixed moods bipolar disorder
excessive emotional displays, excitement, euphoria, hyperacticity accompanied by elation, boisterousness, impared abailty to concentrate, decreased need for sleep, limitless energy bipolar disorder
a feeling of uneasyness or dicomfort experienced in varying degrees, from mild to panic anxiety
unwanted, intrusive, persistent ideas, thought, impulses, or images that cause marked anxiety or distress obsessive-compulsive disorder
gross distortion of reality, disturbances of language and communication, withgrawal from social interaction, disorganizes perception schizophrenia
apathy and confusion, delustions and hallucinations, rambling or stylized paterns of speech, echolalia, incoherence, evasivness schizophrenia
delirium or delirium tremens, hand tremors, sweating, nausea, and vomiting, anxiety and agitation alcohol withdrawal syndrome
a disturbance of consciousness and a change in cognition that develops rapidly over a short period of time delirium
attenation deficits, disorganized thinking, confusion, disorientation, restlessness, incoherence, anxiety, excitement and at times illusions delirium
a syndrome of acquired, progressive, intellectural impairment that compromises function such as memory, language, visual-spatial skills, emotion, personality, and cognition dementia
client loses things and forgets peoples names, loss of short term memory is common and disorienation becomes apparent dementia
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