We.ek 10 –Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric (NUR633)
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We.ek 10 –Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric (NUR633)
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CNS stimulants cause increase alertness, excitation, and sometime euphoria. Stimulant drugs include the following:
Cocaine, Amphetamine and Ecstasy Ectasy, Cocaine and Alcohol
Naloxone, Benzodiazep...
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Week 10 – Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric Disorders
Week 10 – Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric Disorders
CNS stimulants cause increase alertness, excitation, and sometime euphoria. Stimulant drugs include the
following:
Cocaine, Amphetamine and
Ecstasy Ectasy, Cocaine and
Alcohol
Naloxone, Benzodiazepines and Alcohol
Benzodiazepines, Cocaine and Amphetamines
A patient is diagnosed with panic disorder and begins taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
medication. Six weeks later, the patient reports little relief from symptoms. What will the provider do
next to manage this patient?
Discontinue the medication
Refer to a mental health provider
Change the medication to buspirone
Increase the medication dose
A patient is coming to your clinic and you suspect opiate withdrawal. You know the most common signs
of opiate withdrawal include:
Vomiting, vision loss, ulcerations
Dysphoric mood, piloerection, insomnia, weakness
Hypertension, muscle pain, urinary issues
Anxiety, hair loss, muscle spasms
A patient with an eating disorder might exhibit evidence of:
Sexual abuse
Anxiety
disorders
Thyroid disease
Sleep disorders
In patients with eating disorders, it is common to identify affective disorders, anxiety
disorders, or substance abuse issues. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is also commonly
observed. There is no evidence of patients with eating disorders exhibit a higher incidence of
sleep disorders, or had been sexually abused. Thyroid disease should always be assessed in
patients with eating disorders, but this does not represent the reason for weight loss when
eating disorder is present.
A patient is coming in to see you at your urgent care with vague symptoms. You note that she has been
, Week 10 – Mental Health Conditions and Psychiatric Disorders
at your urgent care multiple times over the last several weeks complaining of vague symptoms. You
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