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Psych
Med Emergencies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most behavioral/psych emergencies are considered dangerous or violent, true or false? | false |
| What is the term describing what you can see of a person's response to their environment | behavior |
| what is the term for patient's exhibiting agitated, violent, or uncooperative behavior or are a danger to themselves or others | behavioral crisis or psych emergency |
| What cognitive disorder describes an abrupt disorientation of time and place which is possibly reversible and has a hallmark sign of confusion? | delirium |
| what cognitive disorder describes a progressive loss of cognitive function that is irreversible | dementia |
| impaired ability to communicate | aphasia |
| inability to carry out motor functions | apraxia |
| failure to recognize objects or stimuli | agnosia |
| What kind of disorder is the result of recurrent episodes of psychotic behavior due to increased dopamine in basal ganglia and limbic system | schizophrenia |
| hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized speech are considered what kind of schizophrenic symptoms | positive |
| apathy, social withdrawal, and flat affect are considered what kind of schizophrenic symptoms | negative |
| type of schizophrenia with feelings of persecution with delusions and hallucinations | paranoid |
| type of schizo that displays disorganized dressing, behavior, and speech | disorganized |
| type of schizo with immobility, stupor, and peculiar movements | catatonic |
| type of schizo that doesn't fit into other categories | undiffereintiated |
| disorder with sudden onset of symptoms of schizophrenia to include delusions, hallucinations, lack of interest in pleasure, and erratic speech | acute psychosis |
| sudden and repeated attacks of fear that last for several minutes or longer | panic attacks |
| transferred anxiety onto situation or object in form of irrational intense fear that can escalate into a panic attack | phobia |
| disorder after exposure to or injury from traumatic event affecting person longer than 6 months | PTSD |
| type of disorder with general pervasive or sustained emotion that colors a patient's perception of the world | mood disorders |
| Type of mood disorder described as sadness, despair, discouragement and can be situational or clinical | depression |
| screening tool for depression In SAD CAGES | Interest, Sleep, Appetite, Depressed mood, Concentration, Activity, Guilt, Energy, Suicide |
| mood disorder with biphasic depression and manic episodes that alternate and develop usually in teen or early adulthood | bipolar disorder |
| lithium, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and benzos are commonly prescribed to who | bipolar disorder patients |
| what are the 3 types of personality disorders | cluster A, B, C |
| What type of personality cluster category describes off or eccentric patients (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal) | cluster A |
| what type of personality cluster category describes dramatic or unpredictable (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic) | Cluster B |
| what type of personality cluster category describes anxious or fearful (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive) | Cluster C |
| what kind of disorder is described as no physical cause can be found for patients symptoms | somatoform |
| what somatoform disorder involves preoccupation with physical symptoms | somatization disorder |
| what disorder involves preoccupation with falsified physical injury/illness/psychiatric illness | factitious disorder |
| inability to resist impulse or temptation to perform act that is unlawful, socially unacceptable or self-harmful | impulse control disorder |
| While a critical component of cerebral function, it refers more specifically to a person's wakefulness and alertness (e.g., alert, lethargic, or comatose) | Level of consciousness |
| clinical term used to describe persons overall state of cerebral functioning | mental status |
| hyperactive irrational behavior, vivid hallucinations, hypertension, tachycardia, diaphoresis, dilated pupils, hyperthermia | excited delirium |
| patient has trouble perceiving and relating to situations or people | personality disorder |
| use of alcohol or illegal drugs to self-medicate, improve mood, or decrease anxiety | substance-related disorders |
| inability to resist impulse or temptation to perform act that is unlawful, socially unacceptable, or self-harmful | impulse control disorders |
| patient's exhibiting agitated, violent, or uncooperative behavior or are a danger to themselves or others | behavioral crisis/psych emergency |
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Lindsey.George