What are the characteristics of Delirium?
Give this one a try later!
Onset: abrupt; sudden over hours/days
Course: Fluctuating, worse at times
Duration: Hours, weeks, months
Orientation: decreased short term
, Speech: slow, incoherent, inappropriate
Perception: distortions, hallucinations, decreased sense of reality,
Attention: Disordered fluctuating
Define mental disorder
Give this one a try later!
•A diagnosable mental illness
"characterized by a combination of abnormal thoughts, perceptions,
emotions, behavior and relationship with others. Mental disorders include
depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychoses, dementia
and developmental disorders including autism"
What are functional impairment associated with depression?
Give this one a try later!
Decline in individual's performance to perform functions they could do
when not depressed (ADL's, IADL's and executive function)
What are disturbed vegetative function associated with depression?
Give this one a try later!
-Somatic symptoms: fatigue, decreased energy, increased or decreased
appetite, weight, sleep disturbances, and psychomotor agitation
Give this one a try later!
Onset: abrupt; sudden over hours/days
Course: Fluctuating, worse at times
Duration: Hours, weeks, months
Orientation: decreased short term
, Speech: slow, incoherent, inappropriate
Perception: distortions, hallucinations, decreased sense of reality,
Attention: Disordered fluctuating
Define mental disorder
Give this one a try later!
•A diagnosable mental illness
"characterized by a combination of abnormal thoughts, perceptions,
emotions, behavior and relationship with others. Mental disorders include
depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychoses, dementia
and developmental disorders including autism"
What are functional impairment associated with depression?
Give this one a try later!
Decline in individual's performance to perform functions they could do
when not depressed (ADL's, IADL's and executive function)
What are disturbed vegetative function associated with depression?
Give this one a try later!
-Somatic symptoms: fatigue, decreased energy, increased or decreased
appetite, weight, sleep disturbances, and psychomotor agitation
