Paranoid Schizophrenia
Is characterized by persecutory or grandiose delusional thought content and, possibly, delusional jealousy. Some patients also have gender identity problems, such as fears of being thought of as homosexual or...
Category: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Defense Mechanisms
People use defense, or coping, mechanisms to relieve anxiety. The definitions below will help you determine whether your patient is using one or more of these mechanisms. 1. Acting Out...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder with an insidious onset that often affects adolescent girls. Sufferers are typically high achievers, with good grades and described by parents as perfect children. Disorder...
Bulimia Nervosa
“The Diet-Binge-Purge Disorder”. Is a disorder characterized by alternating dieting, binging and purging through vomiting, enema, and laxatives. The person engages in episodes of starvation and other methods of controlling...
Peplau’s Roles of the Psychiatric Nurse
by : Lhynnelli 1. Creator of therapeutic environment the nurse creates an accepting atmosphere in which the client can relax, feel secure emotionally and physically, and does not feel afraid...
Three Phases of Nurse-Client Relationship
by : Lhynnelli Nurse-Client Relationship – the nurse and the client work together to assist client to grow and solve his problems. This relationship exists for the benefit of the...
Therapeutic Relationship
by: Lhynnelli Therapeutic relationship – is a relationship that is established between a health care professional and a client for the purpose of assisting the client to solve his problems....
Therapeutic and Non-Therapeutic Communication
by: Lhynnelli Quick Checklist for Effective Communication: (1) Open ended questions (2) Focus on feelings (3) State behaviors observed (4) Reflect, restate, rephrase verbalization of patient (5) Neutral responses Effective...
Therapeutic Community or Milieu Therapy
by:Lhynnelli Sullivan envisioned the goal of treatment as the establishment of satisfying interpersonal relationships. The therapist provides a corrective interpersonal relationship for the client. Sullivan coined the term participant observer...
Human Growth and Development Theories
by: dos The term growth and development both refers to dynamic process. Often used interchangeably, these terms have different meanings. Growth and development are interdependent, interrelated process. Growth generally takes...
