NUR 256 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing
Exam 3
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acute stress d/o
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develops after exposure to a highly traumatic event same as PTSD except tf
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acute stress d/o dx'ed from
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- days to 1 month after event
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if acute stress d/o is unresolved
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develops into PTSD (more than a month)
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adjustment disorder
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precipitated by one stressful event (ex. divorce, retirement)
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adjustment disorder dx'ed w/in
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- months and occurs freq in hospitalized pts
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complicated grief as adjustment disorder
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occurs w/in 12 months of death of loved one preoccupied w/ death, intense grief, diff. planning the future may occur
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dissociative disorder
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occurs after significant acute adverse experience emotionally separates from the even unconsciously 2 / 4
responds w/t sever interruption in consciousness
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depersonalization
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outside of body & only observing it (out of body exp) feels "weird", looks "weird"
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derealization
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you are not in this world; only observing it things around them are not real
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depersonalization & derealization can be
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a symptom to anxiety or PTSD or a disorder themselves
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dissociative amnesia
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inability to recall important personal info often of traumatic or stressful nature
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localized dissociative amnesia
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unable to remember ALL events in a certain period
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selective dissociative amnesia
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able to recall some but not all events in a certain period
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dissociative fugue
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sudden, unexpected travel away & inability to recall identity & info about some/all of the past
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