psychoeducational approach
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An effective approach with patients and families with a schizophrenic
member ;Psychoeducation brings educational and behavioral approaches
into family treatment. The psychoeducational approach recognizes that
families are secondary victims of a biological illness. In family therapy
sessions, fears, faulty communication patterns, and distortions are
identified. Improved problem-solving skills can be taught, and healthier
alternatives to situations of conflict can be explored.
On an individual level psychoeducation seems to reduce relapse,
encourage medication adherence, reduce readmission, and cut down on
length of hospital stay
Displacement:
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, Feelings toward one person are directed to another who is less
threatening, satisfying an impulse with a substitute object
CYCLOTHYMIA
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HYPOMANIC EPISODES ALTERNATING WITH MINOR DEPRESSIVE
EPISODES (AT LEAST 2 YEARS IN DURATION). INDIVIDUALS TEND TO
HAVE IRRITABLE HYPOMANIC EPISODES
Alzheimer's Disease
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is a complex disease that begins to damage the brain long before the
symptoms appear. AD affects processes that keep the neurons healthy,
such as (1) communication, (2) metabolism, and (3) repair. The anatomical
pathology of Alzheimer's disease includes senile plaques (SNs) and
neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). It is believed that the disease begins with the
buildup of beta-amyloid protein, resulting in senile plaques, which are also
called beta-amyloid plaques. These plaques are cores of degenerated
neuron material that lie free of the cell bodies on the ground substances of
the brain. The quantity of plaques has been correlated with the degree of
mental deterioration.
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
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, A NEARLY CONTINUOUS FLOW ACCELERATED SPEECH WITH ABRUPT
CHANGES AMONG TOPICS THAT ARE USUALLY BASED ON
UNDERSTANDABLE ASSOCIATIONS OR A PLAY ON WORDS.
EXAMPLE: "HOW ARE YOU DOING KID, NO KIDDING AROUND, I'm
GOING HOME..HOME SWEET HOME..HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS..THE
HEART OF THE MATTER IS i WANT OUT, AND THEY AIN'T HAY..HEY
dOC..GET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE."
Reaction Formation:
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Developing conscious attitudes and behaviors and acting out behaviors
opposite to what one really feels
illusion
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misperceptions or misinterpretations of a real experience. For example, a
man sees his coat hanging on a coat rack and believes it to be a bear about
to attack him. He does see something real but misinterprets it.
Hallucinations
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, sensory perceptions for which no external stimulus exists. When they occur,
"they are vivid and clear, with the full force and impacts of normal
perceptions, and not under voluntary control" (APA, 2013, p. 87). The most
common types of hallucination are the following:
• Auditory—hearing voices or sounds;Anna "hears" the voice of her dead
mother call her a ***** and a tramp.
• Visual—seeing persons or things;Charles, who is experiencing alcohol
withdrawal delirium, "sees" hungry rats coming toward him.
• Olfactory—smelling odors;Theresa "smells" her insides rotting.
• Gustatory—experiencing tastes;Sam will not eat his food because he
"tastes" the poison the FBI is putting in his food.
• Tactile—feeling bodily sensations;Jack suffers from paranoid
schizophrenia. He "feels" electrical impulses controlling his mind.
Regression:
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Returning to an earlier developmental stage to express an impulse to deal
with anxiety
Poverty of speech
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An effective approach with patients and families with a schizophrenic
member ;Psychoeducation brings educational and behavioral approaches
into family treatment. The psychoeducational approach recognizes that
families are secondary victims of a biological illness. In family therapy
sessions, fears, faulty communication patterns, and distortions are
identified. Improved problem-solving skills can be taught, and healthier
alternatives to situations of conflict can be explored.
On an individual level psychoeducation seems to reduce relapse,
encourage medication adherence, reduce readmission, and cut down on
length of hospital stay
Displacement:
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, Feelings toward one person are directed to another who is less
threatening, satisfying an impulse with a substitute object
CYCLOTHYMIA
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HYPOMANIC EPISODES ALTERNATING WITH MINOR DEPRESSIVE
EPISODES (AT LEAST 2 YEARS IN DURATION). INDIVIDUALS TEND TO
HAVE IRRITABLE HYPOMANIC EPISODES
Alzheimer's Disease
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is a complex disease that begins to damage the brain long before the
symptoms appear. AD affects processes that keep the neurons healthy,
such as (1) communication, (2) metabolism, and (3) repair. The anatomical
pathology of Alzheimer's disease includes senile plaques (SNs) and
neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). It is believed that the disease begins with the
buildup of beta-amyloid protein, resulting in senile plaques, which are also
called beta-amyloid plaques. These plaques are cores of degenerated
neuron material that lie free of the cell bodies on the ground substances of
the brain. The quantity of plaques has been correlated with the degree of
mental deterioration.
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
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, A NEARLY CONTINUOUS FLOW ACCELERATED SPEECH WITH ABRUPT
CHANGES AMONG TOPICS THAT ARE USUALLY BASED ON
UNDERSTANDABLE ASSOCIATIONS OR A PLAY ON WORDS.
EXAMPLE: "HOW ARE YOU DOING KID, NO KIDDING AROUND, I'm
GOING HOME..HOME SWEET HOME..HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS..THE
HEART OF THE MATTER IS i WANT OUT, AND THEY AIN'T HAY..HEY
dOC..GET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE."
Reaction Formation:
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Developing conscious attitudes and behaviors and acting out behaviors
opposite to what one really feels
illusion
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misperceptions or misinterpretations of a real experience. For example, a
man sees his coat hanging on a coat rack and believes it to be a bear about
to attack him. He does see something real but misinterprets it.
Hallucinations
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, sensory perceptions for which no external stimulus exists. When they occur,
"they are vivid and clear, with the full force and impacts of normal
perceptions, and not under voluntary control" (APA, 2013, p. 87). The most
common types of hallucination are the following:
• Auditory—hearing voices or sounds;Anna "hears" the voice of her dead
mother call her a ***** and a tramp.
• Visual—seeing persons or things;Charles, who is experiencing alcohol
withdrawal delirium, "sees" hungry rats coming toward him.
• Olfactory—smelling odors;Theresa "smells" her insides rotting.
• Gustatory—experiencing tastes;Sam will not eat his food because he
"tastes" the poison the FBI is putting in his food.
• Tactile—feeling bodily sensations;Jack suffers from paranoid
schizophrenia. He "feels" electrical impulses controlling his mind.
Regression:
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Returning to an earlier developmental stage to express an impulse to deal
with anxiety
Poverty of speech
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