NURSING 633 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 at your urgent care multiple times over the last several weeks complaining of vague symptoms. You note that she seems to respond poorly to medical tre