1. Denial - ANSWER Refusing to believe or even perceive realities
2. Confabulation - ANSWER Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something wh
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1. Denial - ANSWER Refusing to believe or even perceive realities
2. Confabulation - ANSWER Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened
3. Rationalization - ANSWER Defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions
4. Projection - ANSWER Disguising one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
5. Regression - ANSWER Return to an earlier or less advanced condition
6. Agoraphobia - ANSWER Fear of open or public places
7. Hypochondriasis - ANSWER Excessive occupancy or worry about having a serious illness
8. lithium - ANSWER Antimanic
9. MAOI inhibitors - ANSWER 1. Avoid Tyramine rich foods: cheese, salami, avocado, red wine, fish, aged foods, pickled or fermented meats
2. s/s: weight gain, orthostatic hypotension
10. Buspar (buspirone) - ANSWER Antianxiety
11. Diazepam (Valium) - ANSWER Benzodiazepine
anti-anxiety
12. Phenelzine sulfate (Nardil) - ANSWER MAOI antidepressant
13. Delusion - ANSWER False belief
14. Hallucinations - ANSWER False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
15. Dementia pt. - ANSWER Offer finger foods
16.Therapeutic communication - ANSWER Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship
17.Nontherapeutic communication - ANSWER Communication techniques, both verbal and nonverbal, that hinder the nurse-patient relationship
18. Involuntary - ANSWER Court ordered
19.Alcohol abuse signs and symptoms - ANSWER Depression, hostility, suspiciousness, irritability, isolation, decreased inhibitions, decrease self-esteem, denial that a problem exists
20 Parkinsonism - ANSWER Having tremor, muscle rigidity, stooped posture, and a shuffling gait
21.Tardive dyskinesia - ANSWER Involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs; a possible neurotoxic side effect of long-term use of antipsychotic drugs that target certain dopamine receptors
22.Neuroleptic malignant syndrome - ANSWER Life-threatening muscle rigidity, fever
23.Desensitization - ANSWER Reducing fear or anxiety by repeatedly exposing a person to emotional stimuli while the person is deeply relaxed
24.Flooding therapy - ANSWER A behavioral treatment for phobias that involves prolonged exposure to a feared stimulus, thereby providing maximal opportunity for the conditioned fear response to be extinguished
25.Conversion disorder - ANSWER A disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
26.Dissociative disorder - ANSWER Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
27.Psychosis - ANSWER A psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
28.Catatonic stupor - ANSWER An immobile, expressionless, comalike state
29.Antisocial personality disorder - ANSWER A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist
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