Exam 55: Psychiatric Disorders

The nurse explains that the difference between an illusion and a hallucination is that an illusion could be exemplified by:

A nursing diagnosis that would be appropriate for all patients with an anxiety,a somatoform,or a dissociative disorder would be:

A patient given anxiolytic medications for his mental disorder is being treated using a(n)_______________ approach.

The nurse assessing the patient with an acute stress disorder will note the evidence of:

The nurse speaking to a patient who is depressed says,"So what you are saying is that you are feeling very sad today." This would be an example of:

A patient with bipolar disorder is being treated with tricyclic medications.As part of the patient teaching information concerning its side effects,the nurse tells the patient to expect:

The nurse reminds the family of a patient who experiences delirium that some common causes are:

When the nurse asks questions like,"What day is today?" or "What time is it now?" the nurse is testing the patient's ____________________.

The nurse explains that the probable causes of mood disorders include all of the following except: