- Stopping medication abruptly can lead to withdrawal symptoms and relapse.
- The patient is now cured and no longer needs the medication.
- They can take the medication only when they feel depressed.
- They should switch to a different type of antidepressant.
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- "I feel like a burden to my family."
- "I've thought about ending it all, and I have a bottle of pills at home."
- "I don't see a future for myself."
- "Sometimes I wish I could just disappear."
- Provide a highly structured and punitive environment.
- Offer a safe, structured, and consistent environment conducive to healing.
- Isolate patients from external stressors.
- Encourage patients to be entirely independent from staff.
- Direct confrontation about their lack of motivation.
- Encouragement to participate in a small, achievable activity.
- Dismissal of their feelings as part of the illness.
- Explanation of the neurochemical imbalance causing their anergia.
- Administer a PRN sedative.
- Call for immediate security assistance.
- Approach the patient calmly and offer to talk in a quiet area.
- Ignore the behavior, hoping it will de-escalate on its own.
- Encourage families to take full responsibility for the patient's recovery.
- Teach families how to administer medications intravenously.
- Reduce family stigma and improve coping strategies.
- Promote co-dependency within the family unit.
- Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Lithium (Lithobid)
- Haloperidol (Haldol)
- Alprazolam (Xanax)
- The patient's social support network.
- The method used in the suicide attempt and immediate plans.
- The patient's childhood experiences.
- The patient's financial situation.
- Reorient the patient to reality by challenging the flashback.
- Encourage the patient to "talk through" the traumatic memory.
- Help the patient return to the present by engaging their senses.
- Leave the patient alone to process the experience.
- The absence of any mental illness.
- A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
- The ability to cope with daily stressors and maintain productivity.
- Genetic predisposition to emotional stability.
- Confront the patient directly about their manipulative behavior.
- Establish clear boundaries and consistently enforce unit rules.
- Allow the patient some flexibility to build trust.
- Document the behavior and report it to the physician only.
- Subjective statements made by the patient only.
- Only objective observations and measurable outcomes.
- A combination of objective observations, subjective reports, and nursing interventions.
- Opinions and interpretations of the patient's behavior.
- Major depressive disorder.
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Bulimia nervosa.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- The right to refuse all medications under any circumstances.
- The right to immediate discharge upon request.
- The right to receive treatment in the least restrictive environment.
- The right to deny communication with family members indefinitely.
- "That's not possible; the government doesn't spy on people."
- "It must be frightening to feel that way."
- "Why do you think the government is spying on you?"
- "Let's turn off the television, then."
- Explore unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences.
- Identify and modify distorted thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors.
- Achieve self-actualization and personal growth.
- Gain insight into their interpersonal relationships.
- Increased sensitivity to cold.
- Increased risk of sunburn and heatstroke.
- Decreased need for fluids.
- Hypersensitivity to certain foods.
- Generalized anxiety disorder.
- Major depressive disorder.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Panic disorder.
