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MENTAL HEALTH

13 14 MED HEALTH

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anxiety is vauge, internal feeling of dread
fear respsone to identiable external threat
stress physiolgic "wear and tear " on the body -"i am afraid of..statments
anxiety affects thinking, comminication, sftey
trauma impact longterm mental and physical health
medications affect CNS and saftey risk (falls and sedadtions)
GAS General adaption syndrome (hans selye) affects sympathetic nervous system - foght or flight
GAS stages alarm resistance exaustion
Alarm stage fight or flight hr ^ bp^ glucose ^(adrelal gland ) adrenaline and norepinephrine released
resistance stage body adapts vital organs working harder attemot to resore balance
exasution stage resources depleted decrease immunity risk for illness
exasution = highest risk for breakdown
levals of anxiety mild moderate sever panic
mild increased alertness motivates learning (GOOD anxiety )
moderate narrowed focus diffiuculty concentratiing USE SHORT SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS focuses on problem itself
severe poor thinking , confusion physical symptoms increase focus on sympt if anxiety more than problem REDUCE ANXIETY FIRST before teahcing moerate or mild
PANIC fight/flight/freeze loss of control hyperventaling, dont knwo where is
panic disorder= no reason
nursing priority saftey FIRST STAY WITH PATIENT CALM VOICE
PSYCHOLOGICAL DECREASED ATTENTION FEAR, HELPESSNESS DISORTED THINKING
PHYSICAL INCREASE HR, AND BP TREMORS NAUSEA DILATED PUPILS
BEHAVIORAL PACING RESTLESNES POOR IMPULSE CONTROL
ANXIETY DISORDERS PANIC DISORDER GAD SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER PHOBIAS AGRORAPHOBIA
AGROPHOBIA FEAR OF OUTDOORS AND OPEN SPACES
PHOBIAS IRRATIONAL FEARS
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDERS SOCIAL, AFRAID OF PEOPLE, TALKING LOOKING AT THEM
GAD - GENRAL ANZIETY DISORDER LASTS HALF THE DAY, SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY ANXIETY, 6 MONTHS OR MORE
PANIC DISORDER SUDDEN INTESNE EPISODE OF PANIC NO clear trigger- 15min-30min or longer heart attack symptoms / unexpected spends atleast half the time fearing next attack reccurent unexpected panic attack folowed by atleast 1 month of fear of next
panic disorders sudden intense episode 15-30 min no clear trigger symptoms: chest pain, SOB, palpitations, fear of dying
phobias irrational, persistent fear leads to avoidence behavior
types of phobias social specific agoraphobia
GAD Excessive worry more than 6 months symptoms : fatigue, irratablity, muslce tension, slep issues
mild- moderate anxiety encourage expression teach coping strategies use simple communication
severe - panic anxiety stay with patient reduce stimuli speak calmly DO NOT : ask complex questions- or force decisions
priority saftey and calming
Trauma definition extreme event beyound normal stress of daily living
trauma examples abuse war natural disasters COVID related trauma adolescents asault #1PTSD
COMMON responses during and after trauma anxiety insomnia grief difficultly coping
PTSD key fetures night mares re- experiencing flashbacks avoidance negitive thoughts hyperarousal "on gaurd"
acute sress 3 days to 1 month
PTSD More than 1 month often chronic
risk factors previous trauma (layers) combat exposure child hood abuse low supprt
Treatment CBT - cognitive behavioral therapy SSRIs exposure therapy - cognive therapy, behavioral
dissociative disorders purpose protect mind from trauma - discactiate-trauma/peri trauma
types of dissociative disorders dissociative amnesia dissociative identity disorder depersonalization/derealization
dissociative amnesia memory loss relatd to trauma
dissociative identy disorder multiple identies
depersonaliztion/derealization not yourself , looking at yourself" detached from enviroment - domnt reconginze envirment - feling detahced / unreal
nursing focus for dissociative disorder grounding disorders- pt aware of space and time reality orientation saftey
benzodiazapines - exmamples diazepam (valium) alprazolam (xanx) ADDICTIVE
Effects of benzos sedation muslce relaxation lower anxiety
side affeects of benzos drowsiness fall risk (ederly) cognitive impairment
over dose of benzos ANTIDOTE- flumazenil consuion, coma
NON benzos zolpidem eszopiclone
non benzos used for SLEEP
Diffrence between seditive and hypnotic is the DOSE
BARBITUATES phenobarbitol- anti convulsant
barbituate HIGH RISK respiroty depression LOW theraputic index- which means distance between thereputic and OVERDOSE
nursing implications anxiety SAFET FIRST FAL PRECAUTIONS ASSIST AMBULATION BED ALARMS
Patient teaching NO alcohol - riskk of resp deperession avoid CNA deperessants take befoere bed time (hypnotics)
monotor for : sleep imporvment reduced anxiety side afects
key points benzos = fall risk withdrawel- rebound insomnia always asess respitory and LOC
anxiety= spectrum (mild- panic) sever/panic saftey frist PTSD = truama and long term symptoms benzos= effctive but risky
best treatment is meidcation and CBT
STRESS MILD = ALERT MOTIVATED, NO INTERVATION NEEDED
STRESS MODERATE NARROW FOCUS, DIFFICULTY CONENTRATING USE SIPLE INSTRUCTIONS
STRESS SEVER CONFUSIN - POOR THINKING DIFF CONCENTRATING SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS
SEVVER CONFUSION- POO THINKING REDUCE ANXIETY FIRST
PANIC LOSS OF CONTROL- FIGHT/FLIGHT SAFTEY STAY WITH PATIENT
PANIC LEVAL AXIETY SAFTEY FRIST - stay with the patien
control decreses as leval rises
GAS 'ARE' alarm resistance exaustion
exuaston stage = highest risk for illness and breakdow
acute stress 3days - 1 month short tem
PTSD More than one month chronis and delayed
PTSD requires exposure to trauma and symptoms lasting longer than 1 month
benzos vallium, xanax SEDATION FALLS
NOnbenzos zolpidem- sleep aid less abuse
babrs [henobarb- esp depresson
benzo overdose flumazenil
benzos= brin slows = fall risk
nurs proiorites stay wth patient - reeduce stimuli- calm voice,ensure saftey
never leave patient in panic anxiety alone
panic= protect first, teach later
trauma leads to PTSD Medications rewuire saftey monotoring
best treatment= medication and CBT
Created by: mmishue
 

 



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