FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
PNG 2254 Mental Health Nursing:
Module #6 Questions and Answers
mania - Ans:✔✔-an alteration in mood that may be expressed by feelings or elation, inflated self esteem,
grandiosity, hyperactivity, agitation, racing thoughts and accelerated speech
Bipolar disorder - Ans:✔✔-characterized by mood swings from profound depression to extreme
euphoria (mania) with intervening periods of normalcy
delusions, hallucinations, manis, hypomania - Ans:✔✔-What are some S&S of Bipolar?
social and occupational functioning - Ans:✔✔-during a manic episode the mood is elevated, expansive or
irritable enough to cause an impairment in this
25 - Ans:✔✔-what is the average onset of bipolar (AGE)
higher - Ans:✔✔-does bipolar disorder occur more frequently in lower or higher socioeconomic classes?
Bipolar #1 - Ans:✔✔-in this type of bipolar disorder the individual may have experienced a depressive
episode in the past, the client is now experiencing a full syndrome of manic or mixed symptoms
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